https://padlet.com/jrobertson42/hiy15pk7hrb2 Made with a little mischief en-us 2019-12-02 19:59:14 UTC 2025-04-23 15:22:42 UTC hello@padlet.com jrobertson42 https://padlet.com/jrobertson42/hiy15pk7hrb2/wish/418719692 My fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi which was founded on January 5th, 1911 and it is a historically black fraternity. Part of the traditions involves stepping and twirling with a cane. 

Part of cane twirling requires maintaining rhythm between twirling, stepping to a beat, and saying a chant. In the video I simply did a few tricks instead of a whole routine. To become good at twirling you have to practice very often for multiple reasons. The first reason is because you don't want to drop the cane in the middle of a performance. Since it is an object that is being manipulated often, there is a high chance of dropping it. The second reason is because you want your motions to look effortless, if you look like your'e thinking about everything you have to do, you will not entertain the crowd.

multi-limb coordination is simultaneously moving multiple limbs at the same time. I spin the cane between each of my fingers, behind my head and back, between my legs, and manipulate it at different angles. I typically do this while rhythmically stepping. Doing this requires knowing where the cane will be and knowing where to place my body. I use multi-limb coordination in order to smoothly transition between tricks.

This video clip is small snippit of  me attempting to transition between different moves smoothly. ]]> 2019-12-02 19:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jrobertson42/hiy15pk7hrb2/wish/418719692 jrobertson42 https://padlet.com/jrobertson42/hiy15pk7hrb2/wish/419240181 In high school and now in college whenever there is a dodgeball tournament I always want to play in it. It is a great time to hangout with my friends and wear some fun clothes. 

Dodgeball is an underrated sport that people do not think about when it comes to athleticism. You have to be able to throw with a lot of power, so the opponents do not catch the ball when you throw it. My experience being a pitcher in baseball has helped with my accuracy and precision. You have to be able to my agile to catch a ball that is thrown at you. My experience playing baseball, football, and basketball have all helped with my hand eye coordination to help me catch. lastly, if you're not catching the ball thrown at you, you have to dodge it. I used to be really flexible so I was able to move my body in weird ways to get out of the way. However my age is starting to catch up with me and I don't stretch so I can't move like I used to. 

Generalized motor theory applies to dodgeball. The theory states that rather than learning a new move for every task there is a general motor program that represents a general class of movement patterns. In this case I used my skills from pitching a baseball and used the same form to throw a larger ball at a moving target. I used catching a football with 2 hands to now catching a softer more circular ball to get the opposing team out, and from playing basketball I was used to running and catching passes of a circular ball. These skills don't directly make me good at dodgeball but the skills transfer over which increased my chances of also being good at it.

I chose this gif because this is how I imagine I am going to play although it's far from accurate in real life.]]> 2019-12-03 18:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jrobertson42/hiy15pk7hrb2/wish/419240181 jrobertson42 https://padlet.com/jrobertson42/hiy15pk7hrb2/wish/419252088 Egyptian Rat Screw is a game where reaction time is key. There is not a limit to the amount of players that are able to participate in the game. The goal of the game to be the first person to slap a pile of cards when you see the same number of a card back to back. For example, if one person puts down a 6 and the next person puts down  6. Or, slap the pile when you see a sandwich of the same numbers. For example example the first person puts down a 6, the second person puts down a 2, and the third person puts down a 6. Someone wins when they accumulate the whole deck of cards. 

I first learned to play this game when I went on a cruise to the Bahamas and Jamaica. I still talk to the people I met on this trip sometimes. I took this game taught my coworkers at work how to play and now its played at family gatherings such as Thanksgiving and Christmas when my cousins come over. This game has significance to me because it reminds of one of my favorite vacations and it's usually played with family members who I enjoy being around

This game is important as it pertains to reaction time and information processing. Information processing processing goes through a a process of having a stimulus, a response selection, response programming and producing a motor movement. In the case of the game the stimulus is the cards, and you have to process that there are 2 consecutive 10s in a row. Those with the quickest reaction time and ability to process this information will be better at this game. 

I recorded one round of me playing with my coworkers. One can see how people processed the information at different speeds based off of who went to slap and who did not attempt to slap the pile of cards.]]> 2019-12-03 18:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jrobertson42/hiy15pk7hrb2/wish/419252088 jrobertson42 https://padlet.com/jrobertson42/hiy15pk7hrb2/wish/419283509 When I first learned to ride my bike with no hands I was scared to take my feet off of the ground. I wanted my mom to keep on holding me as she pushed me across the sidewalk. One day I developed enough courage to take my feet off the ground for just a few seconds. Eventually those seconds led to pedaling up and down the street with no problem. Eventually it was time to upgrade from biking on just regular sidewalk and start mountain biking. Mountain biking brings on a whole new challenge. It requires a lot more attention to detail, the terrain is always changing and you must be aware of rocks and sticks that can mess up your path. It requires quick thinking to see which path will be the best one to take going up and coming down. It also requires strength it is grueling to bike up a mountain due to almost constant inclines. Coming down is a lot easier but it still requires tons of energy and focus.

My favorite place that I have gone mountain biking has been  in Vail, Colorado. The high elevation is definitely something you are not prepared for when you live in the midwest. But after about 2 hours I finally made it to the top. All my hard work to get to the top felt almost pointless since it only took me 20 minutes to ride down to the bottom.

 Mountain biking is an open skill. An open skill is when a performer must act according to the actions of an object or a changing environment. The rider must be aware of the always changing environment. When the slope of the hill changes, the biker must change the gear that they are in. When a terrain is more rocky, they must be more cautious where the put their tires. A trail normally has multiple paths, and even though the paths don't change, there will be new obstacles on the path. One day it might be muddy, there could be a branch or debris blocking the path, pr the number of bikers on the path can change.

I included this picture because this is when I went mountain biking in Colorado.]]> 2019-12-03 19:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jrobertson42/hiy15pk7hrb2/wish/419283509 jrobertson42 https://padlet.com/jrobertson42/hiy15pk7hrb2/wish/422540479 Throughout high school I was a caddy for Crystal Tree Gold Club during the summers. My uncle was a member there and he also lived on the 18th hole. I said to myself, why would I want to drive to work everyday when I can just have a 5 minute walk. So I would move in with him and go home every few days. The money was great because it was around $17-20/hr and it was untaxed because golfers would pay me in cash. I was mainly a forecaddie, so my job was to run about 150-250 yard ahead of the golfers and watch where they hit their balls. After each swing I would give them a signal and mark their ball with a flag if it was in a location that would be hard to find. After this I would run ahead again and prepare for them to hit again. 

Once they reached the green I would fix any divits that golf balls made on the putting green. Additionally I would clean the balls and golf clubs for every golfer. I did all of these things while tending the flag while the golfers were putting. 

The downside to this job was sitting around waiting until you got called to caddie for a group. The weather conditions were also brutal. Some days it would 85+ degrees and I would just be baking in the sun for hours. Other days it would be raining or the course would be wet from rain before and I would slosh as I ran around the course. Windy days made it hard to follow the ball because it would change the directly mid-flight. 

According to the theories of attention, we have a fixed amount of attention, and stimuli have to fight for it. Trying to manage all of the tasks for 4 golfers made was always hard for me to manage. I developed a system of going to the person who was closest to the hole because it gave me time to just focus on them while someone else was hitting. 

I chose this gif because golfers reacted like this all the time when they had a good shot. ]]> 2019-12-11 02:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jrobertson42/hiy15pk7hrb2/wish/422540479