How much control does one have over their destiny? Two authors David Epstein and Malcolm Gladwell have two different positions on the question. The Sports Gene, written by David Epstein shows that innate ability plays a bigger role than practice. On the other hand, Outliers: The story of Success, written by Malcolm Gladwell shows his audience that preparation has a bigger role over innate talent. Overall, Gladwell provides stronger evidence than Epstein to support the claim about how much control one has in life by showing that preparation can control one's destiny.…
Throughout the world various cultures have excelled in particular sports. However, despite this wide array of sporting cultures some athletes prove to be particularly amazing. Throughout The Sports Gene we encountered athletes like Donald Thomas, sled dog, and to an extent basketball players. However, athletes like Dan McLaughlin, Jim Ryun, and Dominican baseball players seemed to be the product of arduous practice and their environment. Both of these factors allow devoted athletes to reach their highest potentials and represent their countries.…
The 300 yard shuttle run is mainly a test of anaerobic capacity, or the ability to exert maximal effort over a short period of time. For this reason, this particular evaluation would prove most beneficial for an athlete looking to improve quickness and explosive power in their respective sports. Most likely this test would be used to evaluate athletic ability and skills for athletes in sports that require speed, agility, and quickness such as football, basketball, soccer, and volleyball. This test can help a strength and conditioning coach pinpoint flaws in an athlete’s running mechanics, footwork, flexibility, and power.…
LeBron James is the greatest basketball player of the 21st century. Since high school, he has been deemed “The Chosen One” and has met that expectation and more. As an ambassador for the National Basketball Association he has represented the game with dignity and respect. His selfless attitude on the court has led him to be one of the most successful athletes of his generation. His athleticism, leadership ability, and on-court efficiency are the reasons why he is the greatest to play the game of basketball since the turn of the new millennium.…
Sports Fiction Report: For the Love of the Game: Michael Jordan and Me (Trophy Picture Books) , From Publishers Weekly Just-retired basketball superstar Michael Jordan is the subject of this tribute in verse and paintings. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.…
The female non athletes had an average leap of 29.79078 ± 7.75456. The P value for this graph was 0.3634, which proves that there was not a significant difference between the two groups. The article continued to discuss the importance of training and the relationship between training and a higher leap. Although the experiment was splitting male and females, the importance of training was also proven. “Female athletes had an average leap of 43.71 ± 4.96.”…
Because the experiment takes place in a laboratory, Baumrind argues that participants will not act how they might in the real world. She states that the laboratory is an unaccustomed setting for a typical being and may cause anxiety and passivity (225). Correspondingly, Saul Mcleod, a psychologist who summarizes and critiques Milgram’s experiment, states that the “important” location of the experiment, obedience levels increased (Simply Psychology). The point about setting is one in which Baumrind and Parker are able to reach a consensus.…
Some people believe that we can succeed with our own control, while others believe that succeeding is due to their natural ability. Two authors David Epstein and Malcolm Gladwell both have different perspectives of the two sides. The Sports Gene, by David Epstein, states that innate talent has an advantage over practice. The Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell concludes that preparation is more important than innate talent. Gladwell's argument, that people's motivation and practice lead them to achieve is stronger than Epstein's claim that innate talent leads to success.…
The Relationship between Calf Sizes, Gender, and Vertical Jumps Laura Thompson Mikaela Toler, Cassandra Jenkins, Kionna Calloway BSC 228-202 Introduction A human leg is made of many muscles that affect a person’s ability to jump. For example, the gastrocnemius, soleus, quadriceps, gluteus maximus, and abdominal muscles all help a person achieve a vertical jump.…
Research Proposal I will like to propose an argument about how athletes are portrayed through the media specifically about race. The impact that race has played on professional sports is something that cannot be disregarded. With myself being half black and half white, I take notice in the way the media portrays each race differently. Specifically, blacks and whites.…
Vert Shock Vertical Jump Training Program Review Introduction to Vert Shock? Vert Shock is a vertical jump training system created by Adam Folker and Justin ‘Jus Fly’ Darlington. It is specifically designed to help athletes to enhance their vertical jump.…
In this presentation I will be presenting my discoveries of the use of Sports psychology techniques to improve performance by decreasing anxiety, optimising arousal and increasing the direction of effort and intensity towards touch football. SLIDE 3 - What did you do to determine a current level of performance? In order…
Athletic transferable skills are skills learned through one sports that can be applied to another. (Stankovich, 2011) Young athletes can learn many important fundamental physical movement skills with early diversification that can then transfer later in life to their primary sport. By learning these skills during their developing years, athletes will require less deliberate practice to acquire expertise in their chosen sport . It has been shown in studies that deliberate play is crucial to normal development and attainment of elite status (Eytel,…
Sport, position, and evaluation of the sport The athlete I have chosen for my program design is a 27 year old, male professional basketball player. The position I have chosen is a forward. To begin with I first completed a movement analysis in order to better determine what my athlete would benefit most from. Basketball is a sport in which many joints of the body are used. It is a full body sport.…
Whether it involves sprinting down the court on a fast break or chasing a loose ball, speed often contributes to overall athletic ability. The striker in soccer beating the defender to the ball and scoring the winning goal, the tennis player running down a crosscourt shot before playing a winner down the line, or the wide receiver outrunning the defense for a game-winning touchdown are all examples of the importance of speed in sport. Given this importance, it is no surprise that tests of running speed play a large role in evaluation programs for sport. Similarly, athletes with great speed are highly sought out in variety of…