Scientific Research on Footbag Sport? (Need help!)

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Scientific Research on Footbag Sport? (Need help!)

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Today, I just got a project from my human kinetics class. I have to choose a sport and determine a fitness profile for that sport, and so I choose footbag freestyle without thinking lol. Then the problem strike my without mercy. I need expert advice and/or library/internet REFERNCES, and At LEAST ONE Scientific Journal Article is required !

First part of the assignment is to determine the physical requirements for the sport based on 11 Skill Related and Health Related components of physical fitness (Agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time, speed cardiovascular fitnes, muscle endurance, muscle strenghth, flexibility, body composition). It is easy to choose from those components and explain why, But I need expert/internet references (Since I dont think i can find anything about footbag sport in library)to back up my ideas. I also have to find at least one Scientific Journal Article , and not a sport maganzie :evil: .

The second part is to come up with a training program/exercise for this specific sport. It must include aerobic and anaerobic fitness training, and two other physcial fitness components (which i can decide). A reference can be a video.

Put it simply, there are 3 questions.
What are the physical requirments for your sport?
What are common tests used in your sport to measure an athletes physical capacities?
What are common training methods to develop these physical capacities?
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Seems to me that the biggest hurdle would be the scientific journal article requirement.. I hope more knowledgable people here can help you find one if one exists, but if not, you might have to pick a different topic :?
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I think this isn't too hard. The key is to use your journal reference for asking question 3, not the first two. Of course you could still use journal articles for the first two, but you'd need to make comparisons between footbag and other sports and then make the decisions about attributes and tests of those attributes from those other similar sports - and reference that way.

In terms of finding a journal reference, that should be easy. Usually when I'm looking for scientific literature I start off with a google scholar search of the terms I'm looking for. In this case I'd answer questions one and two first and then search for something along the lines of "improvement, health, [selected attributes]" or similar terms and I'm sure heaps of stuff will come up. The issue then is whether you have access to those journals or not. Most universities would subscribe to the important journals and so hopefully you'll have access to those articles online through your school. Otherwise you can post up the reference and I can probably download it and email you the pdf. I often use references after just reading the abstract, which would hopefully tell you that the article covers what you need, but if you want to get a good mark you should refer carefully to the actual article and not just the abstract. You should also probably use many more than just one article. I don't know about your word count, but when I write scientific essays I usually have at least one reference for every claim of truth I make - so usually 1-3 references per paragraph. I don't know the level of your course or what is expected, but I think it shouldn't be too difficult. Just look for scientific articles about findings that would apply to footbag, rather than actually deal with footbag.

I don't want to find the articles for you, but I did do a quick search for myself and could definitely find stuff that I'd personally use.

Finding and managing information is probably the most important skill you need to learn these days.
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Thnks for the reply. Actually, I need good references to support my question one ideas.
"You will need to support your ideas on the physical requirements for your sport, either from expert advice and/orlibrary/internet references. Atleast 1 Scientific Journal Article is required."

Sports that related to footbag i can think of are shuttlecock, soccer, and juggling? Ill ask see if it is ok to find some other sports references and apply it to footbag sport. :? If got more ideas plz share :roll:
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Ok this is a very short (because I'm running late to play footbag) example of how I'd write it. I obviously don't know the formatting or referencing expected or the level of detail required or the level expected of the work, and everything I'm about to write is completely made up and may not have any relation to the truth. I'd view each sentence as a paragraph headline rather than the completeness of what I'd write.



Freestyle foobag is a sport sometimes incorrectly known as hacky sack that was invented 30 years ago by some old men. (ref; footbag.org or a million footbag newspaper articles).

According to 2009 footbag world champion Phil Morrison, freestyle footbag is a sport that requires high levels of aerobic and anaerobic fitness, as well as extreme levels of foot/leg coordination. (ref; communications with Phil Morrison, maybe on this forum with the link).

A common test to measure the physical capacities of athletes in footbag is the shred 30 competition where competitors try to go 30 seconds without dropping the bag and hitting the hardest tricks they can. This is scored with a mathematical formulae. (ref; footbag.org etc.)

A common method used by many athletes for developing anaerobic fitness is to do star jumps. This helps by building up the midichlorians in an athletes blood allowing them to harness the power of the Force, although care must be taken to avoid them turning to the dark side. (ref; scientific journal).
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Part 1: Fitness Profiles

Section A: Determine the physical requirements for your sport

You will need to determine the physical requirements for your sport based on the 11 skill related and health related components of physical fitness (Agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time, speed cardiovascular fitnes, muscle endurance, muscle strenghth, flexibility, body composition). You may need to divide the various compnents further, for example cardiovascular fitness should be divided into aerobic and anaerobic requirements, and muscle strength and endurance may be divided into upper body, core and lower body. Come up with a rating from 1 to 5 for each of the 11 components, along with a brief description as to why you slected that rating for You sport.

You will need to support your ideas on the physical requirements for your sport, either from expert advice and/or library/internet references. Atleast 1 Scientific journal article is required. You are to include the first page of the article at the end of your assignment. All concepts about the physical demands of your sport should be properly refernced in your report.

3 pages, double spaced, minimum of 4 references.
Section B and C i can do myself.

Part 2 : Sport Specific Training Exercises

Using the Scientific Training Principles and information outlined in class briefly describe how you would improve your physical capacity for your specific sport ( bridging the gap). This is another good opportunity to use your experts and/or internet/library references for ideas.

You must include a Training Program for aerobic and anaerobic fitness training, as well as two other physical fitness components that require improvement. Which other two componets is your decision, however it should be based on the relative importance of that component as well as any areas in which your capacity is well below that required. The Training program should describe a detailed discussion explaining how you would "bridge the gap" to get you from your current fitness level to the Olympic/Expert level.

In presenting your example activities you should provide both a description of the activity/drill and specific gudelines for Frequency, Intensity and time (duration) and type of activity. (2 to 3 pages, double spaced)

Examples of references

Testbooks:
Corbin, C.B., Welk, G.J.< Lindsey R., & Corbin, W.R.(2007). Concepts of Physical Fitness: Active Lifestyles for Wellness. 12th Edition, McGraw Hill Publishers: New York, Ny.

Journals:
Schmoe, J. (1999). Training for Elite Tetherball. Research Quarterly for exercise and sport, 60,

Websites:
Training Suggestions for Bocce. Doe, J. Http://www.boccesrules.com. Visited January 11, 2006.[/u]

Alright i cant type all too long :D.

btw thats some really creative or should i say nice ideas :D, shred 30 for mucular endurance etc.. It would be great if got good reference article.
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Any help :(
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This is probably too late and I'm afraid I can only point you in the right direction. Back in the mid 90's in Footbag World Magazine they published an article about a medical study done by a california university. I'm afraid I've lost the magazine, but I know they tested body fat ratio and heart rate at the least, but I couldn't tell you if the study was ever published in a peer reviewed journal. Sorry I can't be more speciffic.
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