Class - 9/28/2012

Joe and Nick had a presentation on Martial arts.
Joe talked about kinematics
Nick covered Biomechanics

Class - Wednesday 09/26/2012

We had a class presentation today.
The group presented Golf.

Steve - Player Attributes

Wesley - Equipment

Matt - Swing


The rest of the group will be going Friday, and also the next group.

My group which is Football helmets presents Monday.

Class - Friday 09/21/2012

Plagiarism: using the words or thoughts of someone else without giving credit.

"Do your own freaking work." Martha

Just lie two people can work together and create something like Google, your two disciplines can work together and help you develop your ideas.



Jericho was assigned the task in class to decide what topics we would choose for our assignments.

• Basketball
• Football
• Golf 
• Baseball

We were grouped into groups of 3 and one group of 4.
My group is Football.

Monday will be a lab day, our group will present the following Monday.

Class - Wednesday 09/19/2012

Today we had our final group presenting.
Sports and Physics

Mallory - Basketball
Mallory went over the different statistics and how they are improved through analysis. We talked about free throws in the NBA and how in 1960 they were 68% and in 1965 it was 69%.  They wanted to know from that point why it has not gone up.
A mechanical engineer developed what he said was the perfect free throw.

• Aim at the backboard
• back spin 3 revolutions
• 52 degree angle
• This is for a 6'6'' player
• Players can increase accuracy by 20%

Nick - Golf
Nick went through newtons laws and how they apply to the golf swing. The golf swing can be broken down and analyzed. They take pictures during a swing and then can see how accuartely you match the perfect swing.



Anna - NFL
Anna talked about the NFL and applied Newtons laws to it. She took the pythagorean theorem and applied it to a sideline run  and how the defense needs to calculate the C^2  to make sure they are where they need to be. Then also talked about what mass is needed to stop the force. She also talked about the football and how cars resemble the same shape.

Chris - Soccer
Chris showed a video on the soccer goalie. The time the goalie has to react is such very tiny window.

Lexie - Baseball
Lexie talked about the different pitches and why they occur. She talked about how the air resistance and the stitching on the ball create these effects.



For Next class bring a scholarly article.

Class - Monday 09/17/2012

We talked about our Group Presentations and how they could be improved.

• We need to be very clear on what discipline we are using.
• For our personal presentations we need to be very clear
• Need to know the theories and theorists of your discipline
• Approach your senior project with clearly defined theories in business and IT.

Research Methods that each discipline uses. Approach questions using this.

Business

• Case Study
• Qualitative and Quantitative

IT

• Scientific method; Hypothesis, testing...
• Theories of computing

VT

• Polls and groups to test certain visual elements.

Friday we need to have a topic. This topic will be reseached as a group.

Class - Friday 09/14/12

Friday Presentation
Fandom

Steve Sinclair
Vesectomys go up during March Madness, people plan on sitting around.
Steve talked about how March Madness is very consuming. He talked about the pros and cons of it. The con was that workers are going to be much less productive during this time. They are more focused on the sports and less on their jobs. The pros were that it actually gave the workers something to bond over. People need to feel connected and to be a part of something. Sports are a way for people to actually bond and feel a sense of connection.

Justin
Social Identity Theory, sports actually play a huge part in who you are. For males it is very important for them to be popular and socially accepted. Women also but now as much. The teams you choose and follow usually have something in common. Geographic location, TV channels available, local radio, and others in the community will usually help define who you follow.

Jackson
Sports and religion
A true fan has sports revolving around every aspect in his life. People actually get the same feeling from a sporting event as they would from a religious ceremony. They use a lot of the same words, sacrifice, prayer, etc.

Derek

The business of baseball
types of fans

1. temporary
2. local
3. fanatic
4. disfunctional

Class - Wednesday 09/12/12

Presentation Day - Youth

Name Type of Article Topic
Dre Scholarly Business, NCAA, Camps, AAU
Wes Contemporary Psychology
Joe Scholarly Psychology, Expectancy Theory
Jerico Scholarly, Contempory Biology
Robert Other Psychology Steroids, burnout

Dre - 
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_44/b4201113294148.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/story/2012-07-20/ncaa-investigating-more-aau-teams/56370470/1

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1253430-college-athletic-recruiting-how-young-is-too-young

Wes -  
http://www.familyresource.com/parenting/sports/problems-in-youth-sports

Joe - 
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=5e0c0e40-212f-4a71-af36-5ad2288ef02c%40sessionmgr113&vid=2&hid=125

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=63d2fefa-31b0-465e-a453-da5d8f2bb372%40sessionmgr114&vid=2&hid=125.

Jericho - 
http://synapse.princeton.edu/~brained/redshirting/Do-physical-maturity-and-birth-date-predict-talent-in-male-youth-ice2.pdf

http://synapse.princeton.edu/~brained/redshirting/Carling_Article_anglais2.pdf

Robert -
Pushing to Hard Too Young http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4556235/ns/health-childrens_health/t/pushing-too-hard-too-young/#.UFCiW1zy-yU

Kids on Steroids Willing to RisK it all for Success
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22984780/ns/health-childrens_health/t/kids-steroids-willing-risk-it-all-success/#.UFCmBVzy-yU