Category: Applied Sports Science

Last Week in Applied Sports Science, 8/31-9/6

Companies were busy announcing fitness tracking products, attempting to gain a sliver of attention before Apple announces iWatch (expected for Tue) and consumes 100% of the oxygen available for these technologies. The recent reports on new products, and on Apple rumors, is long: Sony and Asus Jump Into Smartwatch Fray (The New York Times, Bits blog) First […]

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Skill Endurance

I’m enjoying this year’s US Open tennis. The athletes making it through the tournament are winning with skill, and winning with endurance. The men’s matches take a different shape when it goes to the fourth and fifth sets. The women’s matches don’t have the same in-game pattern as the men, but you see the endurance plus […]

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Team Culture Economics

The home stretch of college football pre-season and all that is left to discuss for heavyweight programs is team culture and chemistry. At Alabama, chemistry is better than it was the end of last season. The reasons are vague, according to a Montgomery newspaper report: less complaining, more leadership, players making an effort to know […]

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A better USMNT might depend on CMNT

Since the World Cup a lot of the conversation about USA national soccer has been about the future of the Men’s National Team, and about player development. Summarizing the discussion takes three words: Be like Germany. Grantland and Noah Davis bring the latest,  possibly the smartest, essay on USMNT’s future. It’s smart because it makes a point that […]

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Last Week in Applied Sports Science, 8/10-8/16

Even if the Philadelphia Eagles don’t do anything this season the team’s coach, Chip Kelly, has owned the preseason. A steady stream of profiles documented his sports science approach to American football over the past few weeks (Grantland, Philadelphia Inquirer, ESPN The Magazine, CoachingSearch blog, The MMQB). There was also a useful essay by Kenneth […]

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