Discus throw

Basketball: The Greatest Sport Played Indoors Basketball is a very physically and mentally demanding sport, which is why michael Jordan once said this about basketball “ I’ve missed over 9000 shots in my career, lost almost 300 games, have been trusted 26 times to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” Because of its continuous action and frequent scoring, basketball is one of the most popular spectator as well as…

There once was a charismatic boy named Sam Hustle who played basketball. He always dreamed of playing for Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. One day after school Sam opened the mail and noticed a letter addressed to him from Creighton. He ripped open the letter and as he read it he saw it was a full ride scholarship to play basketball and go to college. He was galvanized with this news. He rushed upstairs to tell his parents the good news. One year later Sam rolled up to college.…

Joshua Levine, Sara Etchison, and Daniel Oppenheimer created a study amongst college athletes that showed the “pluralistic ignorance” among students who are involved in athletics, and why they shoot lower for their major, than they do on their free throws. This research is important because it shows how students are getting caught up and not managing their time as well as it needs to. The authors of the article did a good job explaining how students can be affected by multiple factors and they…

It’s extremely important to be able to make your free throw in the game of basketball. They are only worth one point as opposed to two points, but they are crucial in all aspects of the game. But in order to make your free throws, you have to be able to know how to shoot a free throw. It all starts by just going to a court and having a basketball. This could be anywhere, your high school, friends house, or a local recreation center. If you can’t find a court, you could just go in your own…

Tyler Bailey Mrs. Atkins English 10 20 October 2016 Best Free Throw Shooter Many athletes struggle to hit 80% of free throw shots. As the fact is shown, I have had this struggle in my life. Since I’m on the basketball team then I am looking forward to increase this percentage. I hope to increase my percentage to help out myself and my team as a basketball player. My project has been about making 85% of my free throws. With this goal I have achieved at least 80-90%. During this there was only…

event were the performance in the Discus Throw event, r(107) = .79, p <.001, and the 100m Dash event, r(107) = .50, p < .001. The effect size of the correlations between the performance score in the Shot Put and these two decathlon events are large, which suggests that there is a strong relation between the performance in Shot Put and these events. The results revealed a large significant positive correlation between the performance in Shot Put and the Discus Throw and 100m Dash events.…

The idea of throwing discus first started in 708 B.C. in ancient Greece where it was used to test a male’s strength and coordination, it was also one of the first sport any Olympiad played. Even though many sports have changed drastically throughout history discus hasn’t. At first discus was used in a pentathlon which consisted of discus, jumping, wrestling, running and javelin, and now it is its own event. “The typical discus weighed between 4 ½ to 13 pounds.” Discus was eventually added to the…

A shot-put (10kg) weighs more more than a discus (5kg). Thrown with the same force of 20N the discus acceleration would be great, the fact is that the discus would have twice the acceleration over the shot put. A discus of that size would be thrown/accelerate at 4m/s squared while a shot put would accelerate at 2m/s squared. When you need to throw something with a greater mass the more force you use the reach the same acceleration of an object…

Greek high Classical period famous sculptures, Diskobolos (Discus Thrower) was made at 450 BCE by sculptor Myron I believe the significant about this sculpture is his potential for energy. This sculpture is showing full of life and motion. His energy appears wound up, waiting to release it. By comparison with the Romanesque period Sculpture, Last Judgment was made between 1120-1135 by sculptor Gislebertus. The significant of this sculpture represents strong messages about Heaven and Hell into…

JoJo Yang ART-111-NW1 3D Artworks The Discus Thrower was created by Myron, a famous classical Greek sculptor in the late 5th century B.C.. Myron is widely known for his sculptures representing athletes in sport games. The Discus Thrower shows an discus athlete in the mid-action of throwing a discus. The statue was designed on a single plane- was meant to be seen from one side. The bronze sculpture shows a smooth texture that fully depicted the human anatomy. Myron proficiently demonstrated the…