Mrs. P's Sport Science/kinesiology Blog

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

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? You must support you reasoning with two ideas from the slide share. Please post your comments to the blog.

Link to 12 over 5 in NCAA basketball 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/

The Real Reasons Behind the Home Field Advantage from Sloan Sports Conference

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Vision Training

Watch the video clips and post a blog comment of what you think about reaction time, genetics vs, training, the products, etc.. You must also reply to a classmates post as well. I would appreciate full thoughts and not just a sentence.

Strobe training glasses info: http://dynamicvision.us/

Video clips

Nike Strobe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM7i2OSUyFY
Dynavision board: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzM-zFSR1Vg
Dynavision ISpan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1X5H6bRBfQ

Try these for the bottom 2
Span: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYlJeXJCS_o
Dynavision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cek7YNVNaOM

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Concussions

Please answer the questions in a blog post. Please make sure you write your answers in complete sentences and use supporting details from the articles and videos.

1. What is a concussion? What are symptoms of a concussion? Watch this video clip of Dr. Sanjay Gupta from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyRBlSAfb_k

2. What is second impact syndrome? Watch the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du_qiQ96ddk

3. Tough Calls - PBS student broadcasting: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/spc/multimedia/concussionstories/
High school kids handle concussions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA7aRP5BIzk

4. What do you think about concussions and sports? Is this a big deal or being blown out of proportion? Are the sports league trying to keep the stats a secret? Are concussions just part of the game? Should we be trying to find a way to minimize them? What about tackle football at grades 3-6? Are parents part of the problem? Are athletes that want to keep playing part of the problem?

Check out the concussion blog or league of denial or national geographic or NG video Cracking Down On Concussions, concussions for further information. If you use another source to support you idea please include the source. SI - LofD

Helmet ratings: https://www.playsmartplaysafe.com/resource/helmet-laboratory-testing-performance-results/