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Friday, March 22, 2024

Home field Advantage

 Home Field Advantage:  Do you think it exists? This slide share contains some information we talked about in class from:  Sports Illustrated, Jan. 17, 2011 “What’s Really Behind Home Field Advantage?” by Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim After discussion, reading and looking at the slide share, what is your opinion of home field advantage?  Does it exist? Does it depend on the sport? Do you think there is a certain conference in which fans are louder or more intense? Does the shape and size of the stadium matter? What about NCAA March Madness?   Do you think the neutral sites help in 12 vs 5 winning percentage? Does the proximity of a site to the school make a difference?  Is there more data or concepts that should be looked at?  Is there any data piece that is surprising to you? You must support you reasoning with two ideas from the slide share.  Please post your comments to the class discussion post.


5 vs 12 History Bleacher Report 3/14/23: https://www.bleachernation.com/news/2023/03/14/5-vs-12-seed-history/







 

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Muscle contraction

Watch the short animations on muscle contraction and answer the questions on the paper from class.

Sarcomere Contraction:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9K1enGBJRw

Corporis Sliding Filament Theory:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbbVbwX0av8

Thursday, February 8, 2024

BPM and workouts

Research has shown that if an individual listens to music while working out that the rate or perceived exertion (RPE) will be less and work rate will go up.  The research is based on using bpm's of the music to match up with stride length or cycling pattern.  

Read the following articles: 

Here are the recommendations for bpm's need for certain activities:
warm-up, cool-down and stretching- 90-120 bpm
low intensity cardio - 120's
medium intensity cardio - 130's
high intensity cardio - 140' and above
strength training - 110-130's
power walking:  137-139
running- 147-169
cycling - 135-170

If you pump up your bpm just 1-4 bpm's you can increase your workout rate without feeling like you are working harder.

Create your own playlist tailored to you and what you do to workout.

websites to try:  jogtunes, clickmix, podrunner, bpmdatabase,songbpm.,  djbpmstudio, mix meister, bpm widget, ergmusic.com/ca, blastfm.com, grooveshark.com
You can also search in google - song title + bpm
If you find a better website please add to the blog in the comments section for others to use.






Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Personality and Sport

Does personality play a roll in the sports you play?

Different tests for personality. Please use to answer the questions on your lab report. 

Eysneck Personality Questionnaire test - http://similarminds.com/eysenck.html


Global 5:  http://similarminds.com/big5.html

16 personalities:  https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test