… “Looking at soft contact, I think, is something that is very tangible for us to look at and dig into,” Roberts said, his team now 53-43 and a half-game up on first place heading into the All-Star break despite sitting 10 games under .500 as recently as May 16.
For Kershaw, Roberts said, “the goal is to be peaking in October.”
Kershaw believes he is on track for that.
“Trending up is good,” Kershaw said. “I definitely feel healthy these last five starts since I got back. I think the endurance and the pitch crispness and the pitch execution and things are a little bit up-and-down, but I think the consistency’s coming. Yeah, I think I’m in a good spot to where I’ll be ready to go for the rest of the season.”
… Fabbri now finds himself something of an outlier, an extra piece in a top nine for the Blues that has added four forwards (Ryan O’Reilly, David Perron, Tyler Bozak, and Patrick Maroon) this summer. On the surface, it looks like Doug Armstrong learned from his mistake last season and built a team that is prepared to succeed whether Fabbri contributes or not. His comments certainly indicate as much:
“He’s doing very well,” Armstrong told NHL.com. “He is up in Toronto working very hard and time is going to tell on this one… we want to make sure we’re not putting him in a position to fail when he comes (to training camp). He’ll come back in and be hoping for the best, but expecting a little bit of re-adjustment. But health-wise, he’s doing good.”
When it comes to negotiating contracts, Revis altered the game, putting the pressure on GMs and execs as he refused to play for anything less than his perceived value.
… The federal grant will help Ferber drive the future of wearable sensor technology in Canada by helping to fund a new interdisciplinary graduate program — a first for wearables in the country — to meet the growing demand for well-trained professionals.
The NSERC CREATE Wearable Technology Research and Collaboration (We-TRAC) Training Program for graduates will be hosted in the Faculty of Kinesiology in collaboration with the Schulich School of Engineering, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Nursing and Haskayne School of Business. The We-TRAC training program is intended to significantly expand upon and transform the world-renowned Human Performance Laboratory (HPL) in the Faculty of Kinesiology by collecting real-world data, outside of the laboratory setting, using wearable sensors and combining advanced training and interdisciplinary engagement, currently not offered at Canadian universities. It offers professional development, practical placements, entrepreneurial training and industry experience.
Of all the things that Brett Brown is, curiosity-seeker ranks right at the top of the list.
It’s a trait that’s been tightly tied to the 56-year old head coach since his arrival in Philadelphia back in August of 2013. He constantly searches for new ways to keep his club ahead of the curve, thinking that doing so will move it closer towards its goal of winning a championship.
Fast forward five years into Brown’s tenure, and the latest embodiment of this dynamic can currently be found wherever the Sixers might be, whether at their training complex in Camden, NJ, or inside an auxiliary gym at the University of Nevada – Las Vegas.
In an effort to strengthen and streamline communication between the Sixers’ coaching staff and the club’s Analytics & Strategy department, Brown gave the go-ahead for Ivana Seric, one of the team’s data scientists, to help out on the court during summer practice sessions.
In our new online course ‘ Identifying Potential Talent ‘ – developed in conjunction with the English League Managers Association ( LMA) sister organisation the PFCA one of the issues we look how coaches can manage the Relative Age Effect ( RAE )
Core stability training has grown in popularity over 25 years, initially for back pain prevention or therapy. Subsequently, it developed as a mode of exercise training for health, fitness and sport. The scientific basis for traditional core stability exercise has recently been questioned and challenged, especially in relation to dynamic athletic performance. Reviews have called for clarity on what constitutes anatomy and function of the core, especially in healthy and uninjured people. Clinical research suggests that traditional core stability training is inappropriate for development of fitness for heath and sports performance. However, commonly used methods of measuring core stability in research do not reflect functional nature of core stability in uninjured, healthy and athletic populations. Recent reviews have proposed a more dynamic, whole body approach to training core stabilization, and research has begun to measure and report efficacy of these modes training. The purpose of this study was to assess extent to which these developments have informed people currently working and participating in sport. Methods
An online survey questionnaire was developed around common themes on core stability training as defined in the current scientific literature and circulated to a sample population of people working and participating in sport. Survey results were assessed against key elements of the current scientific debate. Results
Perceptions on anatomy and function of the core were gathered from a representative cohort of athletes, coaches, sports science and sports medicine practitioners (n = 241), along with their views on effectiveness of various current and traditional exercise training modes. Most popular method of testing and measuring core function was subjective assessment through observation (43%), while a quarter (22%) believed there was no effective method of measurement. Perceptions of people in sport reflect the scientific debate, and practitioners have adopted a more functional approach to core stability training. There was strong support for loaded, compound exercises performed upright, compared to moderate support for traditional core stability exercises. Half of the participants (50%) in the survey, however, still support a traditional isolation core stability training. Conclusion
Perceptions in applied practice on core stability training for dynamic athletic performance are aligned to a large extent to the scientific literature. [full text]
“Science Finds–Industry Applies–Man Conforms.” That was the motto of the Chicago 1933 International Exposition. I used it as the epigraph of my 1993 book, Things That Make Us Smart, suggesting that it be flipped to read “People Propose, Technology Conforms.” I have helped develop design principles that make technology easier to use and understand, principles that evolved into my book Design of Everyday Things, and that today are called human-centered design.
But if these principles are so powerful and useful, why do they continually have to be taught and retaught? Why does each new industry repeat the failures of earlier industries? I now realize that my approach was wrong: We were addressing the symptoms, not the core, fundamental issues. The phrase “man conforms” is technology-centered, rather than people-centered. That much is obvious, but what was not so obvious was how much this view has permeated everything we do.
We have unwittingly accepted the paradigm that technology comes first, with people relegated to doing the actions that the machines cannot do. This requires people to act like machines, ever ready to take over when things go wrong.
… High-intensity interval training (HIIT), which is sprint-based exercise for the endurance-inclined, has become a top fitness trend in the last few years. You see it all over celebrity Instagram accounts or newly sprouted boutique studios. As famed trainer Jillian Michaels once put it, “If you want to be a calorie-burning machine, HIIT is the key.”
Orangetheory puts a unique spin on the practice by combining it with technology and behavioral psychology, then adding a dash of spontaneity. To start, club members never know what to expect at each class–it can be speed-focused, endurance training, or more strength-based. There’s no detailed schedule, just the element of surprise; clubs constantly vary modalities–split between cardio and weight-lifting–to avoid the dreaded fitness plateau. (A 26,000-strong Reddit community is devoted to dissecting every day’s mystery workout.)
Amazon.com Inc will provide a new set of real-time statistics and graphics on live baseball games later this season, expanding its cloud computing deal with U.S. Major League Baseball, the two organizations told Reuters.
Oliver Sonne is a 17-year-old Danish football player who had always dreamed of becoming a professional footballer. But he was small for his age, which counted against him, and he kept missing out on invitations to trial. Then he heard about the Tonsser app that could connect him to coaches and scouts.
Just five months after downloading the app, and entering his match performance, Sonne’s phenomenal season and physical progress had been picked up by football scouts using Tonsser’s database. Sonne was invited to club trials with Olympique de Marseille and FC Copenhagen. In February this year, Sonne, the nephew of supermodel Helena Christensen, put a potential modeling career on hold and signed a contract with FC Copenhagen.
In just three years, Tonsser’s app has acquired over 650,000 football playing-users from eight European countries including Sweden and Germany. Clubs like Bayern Munich, Dortmund, and Paris St Germain are also using it to track players’ performance. The app is free for players but clubs and scouts pay a subscription to use the database.
Minneapolis Star Tribune, Chip Scoggins and Joe Christensen from
The game was grinding. Paul Molitor’s wheels were turning.
Two outs, top of seventh, runners on second and third. One of baseball’s best hitters, J.D. Martinez, staring down Twins reliever Trevor Hildenberger.
Molitor scanned a laminated card full of data from the Twins’ analytics department. Each pitcher and opposing batter are assigned a number on a color-coded matchup grid: Green is favorable, yellow neutral, red danger.
With the Twins leading Boston 2-1, Molitor’s gut told him to ride Hildenberger. His card supported his instincts. The Twins shifted an extra infielder to the right side. Didn’t matter. Martinez whiffed for strike three.
That singular snapshot from a 3-hour, 14-minute game June 19 served as a microcosm of Major League Baseball in 2018: Managers armed with volumes of data, analytics driving defensive shifts, bullpen use, and oh yes, another strikeout.
… “Sammy is going to be missed, and not only for his work,” coach Steve Kerr told NBC Sports Bay Area on Thursday. “It’s also his presence. Sammy is a beloved member of our staff.”
Gelfand’s departure follows those of scout/consultant Larry Riley, physical performance/sports medicine chief Chelsea Lane, strength and conditioning coach Mike Irr and team security manager Ralph Walker.
Gelfand was responsible for poring over game video, tracking trends and tendencies and passing them along to the coaching staff. Most of his duties are expected to go to Pabail Sidhu, who joined the Warriors last summer as director of analytics.
The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, Neil Davidson from
… the Canadian Soccer Association wants to get in via the front door in future tournaments, including 2022. And there is new blood in the program, currently under renovation by men’s coach John Herdman, who switched over from the women’s side in January.
Here is Canada Soccer’s blueprint to get there, as detailed by Herdman, technical director Jason deVos and general secretary Peter Montopoli.
