https://padlet.com/brecht2/ufu68eu6fedp Real life applications of the concepts learned in Kinesiology 361 en-us 2018-12-06 14:33:51 UTC 2018-12-06 14:47:20 UTC hello@padlet.com brecht2 https://padlet.com/brecht2/ufu68eu6fedp/wish/311819735 2018-12-06 14:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/brecht2/ufu68eu6fedp/wish/311819735 brecht2 https://padlet.com/brecht2/ufu68eu6fedp/wish/311820695 The Maple Grove turf field was my home throughout high school. I spent 5+ days a week yearly practicing soccer. If I didn’t have my team practice, I had goalie training. Goalie training was the most important practice that I had there, or so my obnoxious goalie coach used to tell me. I used to dread goalie practice because I would go home with bumps, bruises, and turf burns in places where they really shouldn’t be. On top of that, my coach would switch up practices so often that I got whiplash from the activities that we would do. Naïve high school me hated him for it. Now, years later, I actually appreciate him for it. Who knew that he was actually making me better? Not stupid 16 year old me, that’s for sure. The practice variability was something that I would see during a game. Of course I wouldn’t get a W catch ball, a high ball, or a close dive every time in a game; there’s variance in where the ball comes in from, how fast it goes, and where in the net its aimed. While I may have had a lot of errors during practice, something that I loathed my coach for, it made me better. The high ball to the corner that I barely got my hand on, or the break away that I didn’t come out fast enough on, those taught me to think harder and to reconstruct more on what was needed to be done. My errors during practice allowed me to be better when it actually counted.]]> 2018-12-06 14:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/brecht2/ufu68eu6fedp/wish/311820695 brecht2 https://padlet.com/brecht2/ufu68eu6fedp/wish/311820820 2018-12-06 14:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/brecht2/ufu68eu6fedp/wish/311820820 brecht2 https://padlet.com/brecht2/ufu68eu6fedp/wish/311821024 2018-12-06 14:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/brecht2/ufu68eu6fedp/wish/311821024 brecht2 https://padlet.com/brecht2/ufu68eu6fedp/wish/311821082 Weightlifting is something that I hold near and dear to my heart. I spend hours at the gym each week, and my friends jokingly call it my second home (I wont argue with them on that). I do everything from machines to free weights to box jumps. Though I change up the workout every day, the one thing that I don’t change is my awareness. Awareness of body position and object position is a major component when lifting weights. Somesthesia is something that I have become more aware of since the beginning of this class, and it has helped me when weightlifting. I pay more attention to my limb positions and any pain that might be felt during one of my lifts. Additionally, preparatory postural reactions help me when I am doing front arm raises; my bicep femoris postural muscles allow for my body to be steady while my arms are being raised in front of me. Because proprioceptors are located in all muscles of my body, I get uninterrupted feedback which allows me to always be aware of where my body is in space compared to the environment. All of this is important in keeping my body from becoming injured; I could obtain some injury from dropping a weight or by putting my body into a dangerous position if I didn’t have the help of my proprioceptors. 

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