Video narration
Look at the first transition series: Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn. As we move left to right, the atomic number rises, so the nucleus has more protons and the nuclear charge increases. Stronger nuclear attraction pulls electrons in, so you might expect the atomic radius to shrink a lot. But the added electrons don’t go into a new outer shell. They mostly fill the 3d subshell inside the atom. These 3d electrons partially shield the outer electrons from the growing nuclear charge. That shielding offsets some of the pull. So the trend is only a small change: a gentle decrease from Sc to around Cr, then it stays nearly constant from Cr to Cu, with a slight increase at Zn. Bottom line: increasing nuclear charge tends to decrease radius, while increasing d‑electron shielding pushes back—so the radius changes only slightly across the d-block series.