Talent identification is the method of distinguishing individuals who have the advantageous characteristics to excel in an activity. This process is used by many sports to place aspiring athletes with potential into elite acceleration programs which advance their development. The given task is that, through statistical analyses and the concept of talent identification, it must be determined which house is most likely to succeed in a Touch Football tournament played amongst year 10 students at St Luke’s.
A range of mathematical methods will be applied to reach a valid solution. The house mean will be measured against sample means and their spread compared through box and whisker plots. Medians will also be used to compare central tendency. A data’s mean …show more content…
The ability to move quickly and with ease is vital in a game like touch football where motion is rarely linear; agility will be through the Illinois agility test. Endurance is key to this sport as players require the ability to sustain continuous movements without tiring out this will be tested through the beep test results which were collected earlier this year. To make results easier to compare, the they will be converted into maximum oxygen(max vo2)measurements after they are obtained(not every beep test level had 10 shuttles so it is difficult to compare). The ability to speed up explosively is required for efficient defensive and offensive play; the will be used to measure this as its short distance depends on one’s ability to speed up rather than endurance(sample will be asked to self-report times). Coordination is necessary to efficiently pass the ball and control movements; will be measured by having participants throw and catch a ball as many times as they can in a
A range of mathematical methods will be applied to reach a valid solution. The house mean will be measured against sample means and their spread compared through box and whisker plots. Medians will also be used to compare central tendency. A data’s mean …show more content…
The ability to move quickly and with ease is vital in a game like touch football where motion is rarely linear; agility will be through the Illinois agility test. Endurance is key to this sport as players require the ability to sustain continuous movements without tiring out this will be tested through the beep test results which were collected earlier this year. To make results easier to compare, the they will be converted into maximum oxygen(max vo2)measurements after they are obtained(not every beep test level had 10 shuttles so it is difficult to compare). The ability to speed up explosively is required for efficient defensive and offensive play; the will be used to measure this as its short distance depends on one’s ability to speed up rather than endurance(sample will be asked to self-report times). Coordination is necessary to efficiently pass the ball and control movements; will be measured by having participants throw and catch a ball as many times as they can in a