Still, how does he compare to players he will be competing against in the NBA? P3 founder Dr. Marcus Elliott provides a breakdown – comparing Zion’s force profile to our NBA database!
San Jose Mercury News, Bay Area News Group, Curtis Pashelka from
… Thornton, slated to become an unrestricted free agent July 1, said he plans to meet with owner Hasso Plattner, general manager Doug Wilson and coach Pete DeBoer and “figure something out” for next year. Thornton said last month that if he did return for a 22nd NHL season, it would be with the Sharks.
Asked about Thornton on Monday after the Sharks signed defenseman Erik Karlsson to an eight-year, $92 million deal, Wilson said, “there will always be a place for Joe Thornton in this organization, on or off the ice.”
… “I think American coaches have a good level to work in Europe and to get to the next level. The surprise is 80 percent of the teams want to play and make a buildup,” he said, citing Toronto FC, both LA Galaxy and LAFC and Columbus Crew SC under Gregg Berhalter as prime examples. “That is good news, for me, for the soccer. Because when you want to play, you play much better. Never forget, every single team plays for the supporters, for the fans. If you are able to play better, it is much better for the fans, for the soccer.”
Now he understands some unique aspects of the league far better. But the biggest lesson he learned perhaps came when David Villa announced he was leaving NYCFC to play one final season of his storied career in Japan.
With a roster overhaul incoming, the Ducks are bringing in the bench boss who was responsible for the development of some of their bright young prospects. Dallas Eakins is the right fit at the right time for Anaheim.
… I want to show how the Toronto Raptors exemplified some of those traits this past season.
Embracing change. Before the season began, the Raptors fired the Coach of the Year for someone who had zero head coaching experience in the NBA. They traded their iconic franchise player for a disgruntled superstar who made it known he wanted to be in his hometown LA. Midseason, Toronto traded their trusty center for an aging veteran.
The Conversation, Simon Walters and Chris Whatman from
… In response to concerns about declining participation from this age group, the North Harbour Rugby Union recently decided to remove representative junior teams. The decision was based on a considerable body of research that suggests children’s sport is increasingly driven by adults ambitions. … North Harbour Rugby based its decision on research that shows young people play sport primarily for fun, to be with their mates and for the sheer joy and exhilaration it provides.
… I didn’t set out to ask them about goals. I was hoping to get some insight into how they kept themselves motivated and pushing during those dark moments halfway through a race or workout when it is suddenly harder than you expected and the end is nowhere in sight. They had answers, but they didn’t talk about focusing on the process or about positive self-talk—they talked about wanting.
Cole Sprout of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, who came into the meet with the fastest time in the 3200m (8:41)—and ended up atop the podium—said, about tough moments in a race, “At that point, it comes down to asking myself how bad I want it. Cause it does hurt, going for it.”
Sprout says sometimes he’ll tell himself affirming phrases like, “I’ve got this, just keep going’” or “You started it, might as well finish it.” He says during a particularly difficult race he may focus on taking it lap by lap, or will try to stick on someone’s heels. But mostly, it comes down to desire.
Monitoring of food and nutrition intake is becoming more digitized every day. Wearables have potential to support people in their diet and lifestyle without having to spend an excessive amount of time in just typing all the consumed food into an app or notebook. Find out here what is the future of wearable nutrition trackers!
The leading cause of death in Texas is heart disease, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, accounting for more than 45,000 deaths statewide in 2017. A new wearable technology made from stretchy, lightweight material could make heart health monitoring easier and more accurate than existing electrocardiograph machines — a technology that has changed little in almost a century.
Developed by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin and led by Nanshu Lu in the Cockrell School of Engineering, this is the latest incarnation of Lu’s electronic tattoo technology, a graphene-based wearable device that can be placed on the skin to measure a variety of body responses, from electrical to biomechanical signals.
Nutrition should help optimise everyone’s health, but for athletes it also optimises performance and it is a key component for reaching one’s maximum physical development.
A popular saying in recent years is, nutrition is an invisible training. However, we can now say that it has lost its invisible cloak, as it has been proven it can help athletes in numerous ways. Increasingly, athletes are paying more attention to nutrition and they are far more aware of its benefits.
Nutrition is especially important during recovery, to avoid injuries and for the return to play: it helping them return to the field of play after an injury, and to do so sooner and in better shape.
Another essential aspect is that everything consumed counts: athletes can’t expect to see results if they only take care of themselves on match day. And watching what they eat is part of being a top-class player. The combination of a healthy diet, genetics and training will allow them to become the best version of themselves, and to see their efforts reflected in the results.
… Through our design and evaluation of a photo-based food diary — Foodprint — we demonstrate how a photo-based diary and visual summary system can be designed to help people and health experts individually and collaboratively reflect on everyday food data, identify healthy eating strategies, and develop symptom management plans. We also show how these designs can help individuals and health experts explicitly include individual goals and knowledge in discussions and in developing strategies and management plans.
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science blog, Andrew Gelman from
Bert Gunter points to this New York Times article, “How Exercise May Make Us Healthier: People who exercise have different proteins moving through their bloodstreams than those who are generally sedentary,” writing that it is “hyping a Journal of Applied Physiology paper that is now my personal record holder for most extensive conclusions from practically no data by using all possible statistical (appearing) methodology . . . I [Gunter] find it breathtaking that it got through peer review.”