Monday, December 8, 2025
Muscle contraction
Sarcomere Contraction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9K1enGBJRw Calcium attachment Actin myosin crossbridge
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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/
Link to 12 over 5 in NCAA tourney: http://www.syracuse.com/axeman/index.ssf/2015/03/2015_ncaa_tournament_how_many_12_seeds_have_defeated_5_seeds.html
SEC football: https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/home-field-advantage-sec-college-football/
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/938671-power-ranking-the-nfls-10-loudest-stadiums#slide1
Sunday, September 14, 2025
reactions and vision
Dynavision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cek7YNVNaOM
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Weight work out types
Workout types: senior fitness, tabata, cross fit training, circuit training, core lifts, Olympic lifts, supersets, HIIT, LISS, coordination & agility training, yoga & Pilates, body resistance exercises
Please consider the following while researching:
(ignore #6-8 right now)
- What are you researching? If HIIT - what does HIIT stand for?
- What is the workout?
- Who do you think this workout is geared towards? age, gender, fitness level
- What is the purpose of the workout?
- Give an example of a sample workout.
- Include a video that you find helpful about this type of workout/weights. Why do you think this video would be helpful?
- Cite all your sources used. Copy and paste of the website is fine.
- Would this be a beneficial workout program for you? Explain
https://medlineplus.gov/exerciseforseniors.html
https://www.self.com/story/fitness-terms-to-know-before-working-out
Superset: https://www.shape.com/fitness/tips/superset-definition-superset-workout
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Nutrition online calculators
BMR & TDEE online calculators - Use this along with your packet from class to estimate your BMR and TDEE
Harris Benedict Equation - Cornell
Mifflin St. Jeor Equation for BMR and TDEE -
How many calories with specific exercise? https://www.verywellfit.com/how-many-calories-you-burn-during-exercise-4111064
Monday, April 17, 2023
Review of physics/biomechanics for the test
Bernoulli's Principle: https://www.slideshare.net/vyvianleow/bernoullis-principle-24567863
Curveball - baseball: https://devonsphysicsofbaseball.weebly.com/how-physics-affect-baseball.html
Magnus force and soccer link to video : http://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/the-physics-behind-a-curveball-the-magnus-effect
Flow and Pressure - Skip the animation of the pipe size. It will not work on your computers - I will show you in class
Monday, February 13, 2023
Muscles to know and Muscle Movements
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PVa2hoNiBH3R21fsklWQK6rtyBhi6QICSyNIw9OfrIc/edit?usp=sharing
anatomy arcade: http://www.anatomyarcade.com/ (Play Poke-a-Muscle or matching game)
Label major muscle groups: https://www.sporcle.com/games/Scuadrado/muscle-anatomy-picture-click
Human muscular label: https://www.purposegames.com/game/6ab74077fa
Muscle Movements: http://quizlet.com/_gvpz3
