...The three sports I will be talking about is soccer, basketball, and hockey. Soccers deal with parabola's, rectangles, and chance of making a goal on average, basketball deals with angles, length, and size of the ball, and hockey deals with horizontal lines, speed of opponent, and hockey size. These three sports show the reason why math is needed in sports. In the game of soccer in order to score you have to keep your kick from going overboard using the math of parabola’s. Parabola’s electronically show the chance of a goal from any spot on the field. Mathematically the highest point of the parabola for a 75% of a goal is between 10 to 15 feet off the ground due to speed, velocity, and wind speed. The ball can be kicked higher but wind speed...
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...The sport of basketball was created by James Naismith in 1891 in an effort to make a game that could be played indoors, more specifically in gyms of the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association). The early days of basketball used a soccer ball and peach baskets. It wasn’t until 1898, when the first professional league was founded, when the peach baskets were replaced with nets. The original game of basketball only had 13 rules created by Naismith. One of the most notable differences from today's rules is that you could not move with the ball in your hand. There was no dribbling, so you had to stay where you were and throw it without moving. Additionally, there were no free throws in the original game. Instead, if a team made three consecutive fouls, the opposite team would receive a point. There are an abundance of terms used in the game of basketball. While most people can deduce what some terms mean, there are some that may need some explanation. You'll often see many different fouls in the game. A personal foul happens when contact is made between players that could lead to injury or an unfair advantage. On the other hand, a technical...
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...basics. Sport is not only about performance, there is a lot of other factors that influence the performance, from the psychological aspect to the physiological condition. The recovery phase and rest is one of the main subject that help to improve athlete s performance. Human is not a machine, we all need rest to restart our body again to reach the performance we want. Rest is not only behind higher performance, recovery periods prevent injuries that are caused by overtraining or a trauma. My project is about recovery program for a specific athlete, and how it can influence his performance. I try to build up a recovery program for him, that is suitable for his possibilities and capacities. I ve chosen Tiago Luz as my client. He is a basketball player, high level athlete though. He trains 4 / 5 times per week, in addition he has match almost every week. The goal of my recovery program for my client is to help to repair muscles and to rebuild them after workout. I will do with Tiago 4 weeks recovery program. First week we start with stretching where I will try to...
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...I chose to further examine the film Hoosiers from week 13 of class. After reviewing the film I will compare it with chapter 13 of Major Problems. Hoosiers really caught my interest as a great underdog story and that is why I chose to further study the 1986 classic. I always had heard people talk about this movie but I had never seen it. In this paper I will discuss the historical period Hoosiers is set in, compare and contrast major themes from the week, and evaluate the film based on its effectiveness. Hoosiers is a fictional movie that is actually based on real events in a small town in Indiana. It is based on a true story but does change some of the truths, as evidenced by the ESPN article. The message I gathered from the film was that anything is possible if you can work hard and accept change. The little town of Hickory was very set in its ways and uncooperative of the new basketball coach. Once the town and players learned to accept something different, the team flourished. The argument the film presents is to never count someone out. No matter how small a school or town is, hard work can trump talent and compete with the big boys. The message of acceptance resonates with the viewer and is most likely why Hoosiers is so highly regarded as a sports movie. The historical period that Hoosiers is set in is 1952 rural Indiana. In this time period, people are more centralized around common goals and the entire town knows when someone moves in. There are no...
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...Project Design Plan The experiment is designed to test how the degree of inflation in a basketball directly relates to its rebound height. My intent is to determine how the air pressure can negatively affect the ball with too short or high a rebound. This is relevant to basketball players because they need to maintain control over the ball. Too little inflation and the ball will not bounce high enough for them during dribbling to continue forward at maximum speed to score or they will not be able to pass the ball on a bounce because the ball may not make it to the next player. Too much inflation and the ball may become erratic and not go where it is intended during a pass and will be much more difficult to handle while dribbling. Literature Review The NBA (National Basketball Association) is the governing body for professional basketball in North America. In order for a basketball to meet regulation standards for professional games, the NBA states on page ten of their rule book in section II.f.(1) “ The ball shall be an officially approved NBA ball between 7 ½ and 8 ½ pounds of pressure” (National Basketball Association, 2013). The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) states in its rulebook in section 16, article 7 that “when [the ball] is dropped to the playing surface from a height of 6 feet measured to the bottom of the ball, it will rebound to a height, measured to the top of the ball, of not less than 49 inches when it strikes its least resilient spot nor...
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...were living in Virginia and my mom put me in my first basketball camp. It was fun to get on the court and practice and play with the other boys. I could not wait to get to practice each day. Some days I was tired and I realized that sometime you have to push yourself and work hard when you are a part of a team. There is no better feeling than after you have worked hard in practice and the coach calls your name to go on the court and play in a game. Touching the ball for the first time makes you nervous but when you hit the first shot the excitement takes over. Since I was a little boy I have watched basketball games with my mom. Seeing how exciting it is and how the fans go crazy when a player makes a basket made me want to become a basketball player when I grow up. I have watched Kobe Bryant play and I have dreamed of being a great player like he is. Kobe works hard and competes with his heart each night. He seems to enjoy his job and I want to enjoy whatever job I choose for my future. I have followed Kobe throughout his career and have his posters and jerseys. I look at them sometime and tell myself that I will be a great player like him someday. I know that it will take a lot of hard work and long practices to become great. I know that I will be forced to train and keep my body in the best condition. Sports are about being physical, athletic, and strong. The reason I am doing this I-search paper on basketball is to see if that is the career that I really would like...
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...interest in football and basketball. I enjoy watching high school and college football and basketball which incorporates my desire and ambition to volunteer my time coaching cheerleading at local recreation parks and centers. Coaching cheerleading allows me to stay active myself, and give back the talents I have acquired throughout the years. I enjoy working out on a consistent basis I try to do at least two physical activities five days a week. I love yoga, Pilates, running, and hope to take up biking soon. My husband and I like to work out together and at times coordinate group workouts with other couples. History and Art have always been a major part of my life. I try to make time to visit an exhibit at a local museum or art studio and actively attend various lectures offered on historical topics. I specifically take interest in African American history, Civil War, and Post Antebellum. My family, my husband and my two boys are my major interest and hobby we enjoy spending time together and formulating family traditions and routines. My husband and I have set goals to spend as much of our time outside of work and personal interest to create family time that our boys will remember. We enjoy church, festivals, family dinners, or just being home spending quality time together. In my spare time I enjoy reading, planning parties and events for my friends and family, and drawing and painting. My family and my physical and spiritual health are very important to me and my interest...
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...My senior capstone is about to becoming a great coach in basketball or just in sports. Coaching is the guy that keep the locker room organized, who conducts the practice, and the guy who make you lift weights and run laps. They help you get better in basketball and just a better person in life because there is no team without a coach everything thing starts with you. You are the leader and the role model that young kids or teenagers need to teach them to learn responsibility or discipline. Coaches keeps everything stable because if you a bad coach you will lose a lot of games , and me being the competitor I am that will ruin the team and the locker room. Also, coaching is very challenging there is never the point you can say I...
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...“The building up is a disaster with the average defender. They always look only one line forward, instead of two. If the defender passes into midfield, the midfielder has his back to the opponents goal and will have to turn and look to move forward. This takes too much time in modern football. The ball needs to go to the strikers, so they can bounce the ball back to a midfielder who then will be facing the opponents goal and who can immediately attack.” “It’s a simple rule in football: the third man determines what you can or can’t do. But we seem to forget to teach our youngster this. And this is a dangerous situation. We now have two generations defenders (Mathijsen/Ooijer/Bouma vs Vlaar/Boula/Jaliens/Heijtinga) who do not have that skill. Our youth coaches need a long look in the mirror.” "Our system was also a solution to a physical problem. How can you play for 90 minutes and remain strong? If I as a left back run 70 meters up the wing it's not good if I immediately have to run back 70 to my starting place. So if the left midfielder takes my place and left winger takes the midfield position, then it shortens the distance. That was the philosophy." (krol) " It was about making space, coming into space, and organizing space-like architecture on the football pitch. "(barry hulshoff) "My idol, my father was Rinus Michels, who was runner-up with Holland in 1974 and the 1988 European champions. It is the same way in Munich. Only Michels was too defensive, I'm more attacking...
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...Sizing Up the Global Economy Size does matter you know. There are basketball players, NFL linemen, and the more popular but unmentionable allusion to the bedroom that makes my point, although the older one gets, the more irrelevant playing basketball and football become, if you get my drift. More interesting to me than any of the above, however, is the application of size and its relevance to the animal kingdom. Randy Newman raised eyebrows and a goodly number of hackles three decades ago with his “Short People” ditty – “Short people got no reason, short people got no reason to live” he crooned, and the vertically disadvantaged got mad and the tall people laughed and the world went about its business of favoring size – in this case – when measured from head to toe. Mr. Newman’s parody was so radical that I suspect he was asking us to think, as opposed to expressing an opinion, and if so, he was and may still be more of a Buddhist than a bigot. But I speak not about the size of people here – but to animals of the more ordinary kind. I am not what you might think of as an animal lover. I’ve had some great dogs and a rather well publicized cat by the name of “Bob”, but on the whole I’ve become more of a life respecter than an inveterate petter of felines or canines. But there’s something about the size of a living thing that increases or diminishes my sense of caring and I’m not sure why that should be. Let’s start at the top of the size chart and see if...
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...PERSUASIVE PT 2: SOLUTIONS AND ADVANTAGES College Athletes—Pay or not to Pay, That is the Question? Encouraging today's youth to attend a higher education institution is more important that ever before. Students attend these higher academic institutions by either sports or academic achievement. Focusing on the student population that attends for sports –related purposes, scouts tracked these students to pose the student to attend the represented institutions in the areas of mostly football or basketball. It is not that scouts do not focus on other sports, such as soccer or baseball; just that the marketability of college football or basketball appears to get the most attention from the institutions as well sports media. Obtaining a higher education leads to better-paying jobs and a potentially a better way of life. What about the urban student that lives in poverty that this may be his or her way to a better-living remains based on their athletic talents? They may be great at "hooping" or "can throw the distance" but can they write a term paper? The answer that may surprise most is the answer is yes; they can. However, they cannot afford to attend the local university in their home state let alone another state altogether. So, if they get into the university on a scholarship, play their heart out, and get their championship team to the bowl what do they get for all their hard work? Do all they deserve is a pat on the back when the college receives millions? What...
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...Naismith was one day faced with the problem of finding a sport that was suitable to play inside during the cold winters. He needed a game that could be played indoors in a relatively small space. Naismith invented the game of basketball. The first game was played with a soccer ball and two peach baskets used as baskets. The problem with this was every time one of the teams scored the ball was stuck in the basket, so eventually they cut the bottom of the baskets so the ball would go through. After becoming more popular basketball was played as a professional level. Different leagues were created such as the Basketball Association of America (BAA), National Basketball League (NBL), American Basketball Association (ABA), and the most recent, the National Basketball Association (NBA). Many critics and fans around the world call the NBA the greatest show on earth. No other league around the world brings what the NBA’s game has brought every season to its spectators. The greatest plays, games, dunks, players, and great passion for basketball, are reasons why the fans keep watching. Fans of other sports associations such as the Federation of International Basketball Association may not notice any changes at all, but the NBA’s style of playing has changed dramatically through the years. NBA basketball has usually kept its popularity with great stylish plays by the players in the league. The changes occurred when players such as Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson changed the...
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...1. American Sport Movies There are few countries in the world in which sports permeate national life to the degree that it does in the United States. Sports are a big part of the fabric of American life. The centrality of sports in American life is amply reflected in the American cinema. For decades movie makers have successfully mined sports to produce some of the most inspiring, poignant, exciting and memorable American movies ever made. The genre of ‘Sport Movies’ established in the Fifties and the Sixties. At the very beginning it was hard to see it as an independent genre because there was a lot of mixture. There have been propaganda movies as well as comedies, dramas, gangster movies or even westerns combined with some sport scenes. So the movie industry defined three categories of sport movies. Category 1: movies in which the main part of the narration is about sport or an athlete Category 2: movies which tell the life story of an athlete Category 3: movies which use sport scenes to describe a special milieu In addition to that there are a lot of movies of another genre which use sport scenes to dramatise the story or to create a good suspense. The first sport movies were all about the so called American Myth of victory and glory. Fair competitions and the better athletes defeating the weaken. The fascination of sport inspiring the people was used to lure the public. Then in the eighties and nineties there have been made a lot of biographical movies...
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...Reference……………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………….19 Appendices……………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………..20 Introduction For my statistical data analysis project, I chose to analyze the National Basketball Association (NBA) 2013 regular season teams. The analysis looks at the total team and reviewed the information such as games played, field goals attempt and percentage, free throw attempts and percentage, blocks and steals. The data was obtained from the NBA website. For the 2013 NBA stats there were 30 teams that played on the average of 82 games. Based on statistical analysis, the most important keys for team success in basketball and their relative weights, in parentheses, are field goal percentage, turnovers, offensive rebounds, free throw attempts and percentage, blocks and steals. Coaches are always looking for a better understanding of what makes up a winning team. This knowledge would help them improve the team statistics in the areas listed above. I took the entire statistical breakdown from the 2013-2014 seasons and in hopes to find any key statistical areas that could be directly related to winning percentage. Descriptive Analysis and Frequency Distribution For the descriptive analysis, I analyzed the Field Goal Percentage. Field goal percentage is one of the better basketball statistics to determine how effective the...
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...HI18 - C July 1, 2013 _____________________________________________________________________________________ To many of us, history is simply a class you take to be able to learn and memorize certain dates, events and people that have tremendous significance to a country, nation or even community. If you view it this way, you are missing the whole point of history. There is more to the objectivity of history. The very essence of history is that it leaves a trace of emotion by these so called significant events in one’s and/or other people’s lives – much like what Erin did in the movie, Freedom Writers. Erin is one of the rare kind of teachers that teach you more than what the curriculum offers. More than just a teacher-student relationship, she has offered and developed friendship, trust and hope for the students of Room 203 and more importantly, bridged the gap among her students that has been constraining their way of interacting with each another. Erin’s first encounter with her class did not seem to be what she expected at all. There were no signs of respect for anyone in the room as the students formed cliques, isolated themselves from those who belonged to another race or gang and continued chitchatting despite the presence of their teacher. Nevertheless, Erin put up with this kind of attitude from her students and strived to teach them the best way she could – through innovation. She planned field trips, inspiring talks by Holocaust survivors, Anne Frank’s guardian...
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