Vertical jump

There isn’t anything more breathtaking than going Up North. If you’re not from Michigan you might be wondering, “Where up north?” In Michigan we use “up north” as a term for the upper half of the mitten, I’d say from the top of the thumb up. The UP (Upper Peninsula) can be considered Up North but normally it's just the UP. Trust me when I say, you know when you’re Up North. The traffic gets thinner, the trees get thicker, and the towns are terribly small. If you blink, you miss them. As a…

the trees and wilderness of Hartley Bay sat Paul Nicklen looking out, peacefully watching the salmon migrate up the stream. Their grey speckled bodies flopping this way and that out of the water. He found them alluring to watch, repeatedly trying to jump up the stream without falling down to the bottom and having to start all over again. Paul admired their perseverance, how they never went down without a fight. That’s what he needed, perseverance he couldn’t let the government come in and take…

potential. I have constructed a training program in order to develop upon my two weakest areas, muscular power and the combination of speed and agility. The average to poor results I received during fitness testing reflected my performance in the vertical jump test, 40m sprint, and the Illinois agility test. "Muscular power is the ability to use strength quickly to produce an explosive effort" (Amezdroz, 2010, p.250) Speed and agility both rely on anaerobic energy, therefore both systems require…

It did many things for the early humans but one important thing it did is free the two upper limbs. Humans now had the ability to interact with the world in a whole new way. They could throw a spear while running and they could jump and catch things to eat. The evolution of the human foot clearly shows that it was built for these kind of activities. There are some tribes in Africa today that still use bipedalism to their advantage in a very strategic way. It is called persistence…

The focus area I have chosen for this inquiry is to create a supportive and productive learning environment that is safe and fun for my students to develop their mathematical thinking and reasoning. This is based, in part, on my teaching philosophy (Figure 1). A personal goal of my teaching placement is to adopt teaching practices that can offer my students a safe, morally-affective, positive and inclusive learning environment, where they can be fostered and encouraged to freely and actively…

3 - Sports 1. Generally I hate sports. I am not good at motion activities. So I don’t practise any sport. I like walking, but it isn’t type of sport. In summer I play basketball with my neighbours. In winter I was sledging when I was younger. Sports and I aren’t a good combination. 2. I would like to try curling. It is a winter sport, which came from Canada. I think it is easy to understand and not so tiring for my weak physical condition, e. g. running a marathon. I can’t say exactly which…

Sports play a key role in the preservation of society. Although sports have brought people together through competition and celebration, it has also brought up many controversies as well. Inequality between men and women is evident throughout various aspects of sport, whether it is physical, financial or social forms of physical activity. Looking at this inequality also plays a role on the ability to excel through sport for females and males. In today’s society, girls fail to grow in athletics…

Different sized television screens oddly placed in a vertical manner showing a man talking with an annoying attitude about prejudice. Then the two choices of doors to walk through, either prejudice, or not prejudice. The not prejudice did not open, and a lady let us in through the prejudice door, saying that…

year in high school years, he led the basketball team to two state championships. Jebron silently pulled his pads on and ran onto the field. First, they tested the players with the physical aspects such as the 40 yard dash, vertical jump, bench press, and standing long jump. Jebron was ready for all these getting within the top three for all the exercises. Then, the coach yelled, “Position drills.” Jebron’s friends wished him luck and walked off to their quarterback, running back, and…

Hawaiian Punch full of Rum and something else. Boy, did I have one hell of a hangover the following day! Another guy walked into the barracks later that afternoon and asked if anyone wanted to rent motorbikes and drive over to Phoenix City, Alabama (which was considered to be the danger zone). Deciding to get out for a while, we went to the bus stop and took a ride to the bike rental shop in downtown Columbus, Georgia. Taking off over the bridge to Alabama to see what all the fuss was about, we…