Motor Behavior
How much of our early motor learning and motor control is attributed to our genetics, over or under 50%?
Over 50%
Where is the United States Olympic Training Center located (State and City)
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Born in 1608, this man was known as "the father of biomechanics"?
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
What is the number one reason kids play sports?
FUN!
What does NATA stand for?
National Athletic Trainers' Association
What are the three areas/fields that Motor Behaviorists can work in?
Research
Teaching
Service
This was established in 1927 and was known as "the first laboratory for the comprehensive study of man"?
Harvard Fatigue Laboratory
This man was the first to apply the principles of physics and solid mechanics to living tissues, effectively bridging the gap between engineering and medicine, is known as the "Father of Modern Biomechanics"?
Yuan-Cheng “Bert” Fung (Y.C. Fung)
According to the NCAA, approximately 8 million students participate in High School sports. How many of them move on to play in college? (percentage)
Approx. 6%
What is the governing body for PT education?
CAPTE: Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
What is the difference between automatic and conscious control?
Automatic: Skill that we have learned so well that we can perform it without even having to think about it (“overlearned”)
Conscious: Skill that requires a lot of attention and focus
What is the name of the molecule secreted by the kidneys that stimulates the creation of new red blood cells?
Erythropoietin (EPO)
What is the difference between Kinetics and Kinematics?
Kinetics: the study of forces acting on mechanisms. Causes of motion, focusing on the why.
Kinematics: the branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of objects without reference to the forces which cause the motion. Description of the movement pattern, focusing on the how.
Coaches that work at high schools or colleges are considered to be in what setting?
Institutional
What is the definition of a concussion?
Definition: trauma induced alteration in mental status that may or may not involve loss of consciousness
What are Newell’s Theoretical Model of Constraints, and provide ex of each?
Individual: Person’s unique physical and mental characteristics
- Structural: The individual’s body structure (height, weight, muscle mass)
- Functional: Behavioral or Mental (motivation, fear, previous experience)
Environmental: The world around you (gravity, different surfaces, gender roles, cultural norms, weather)
Task: Goals of the activity (goal of the task at hand, rules, equipment)
What is the title of someone who specializes in a specific field (ex cardiac or pulmonary) and helps with diagnostic testing, creating exercise prescriptions, drug therapies, etc.
Clinical Exercise Physiologists
Pick 4 (of the 6) of the ways/devices to measure force and explain them
Force Transducers: tiny force measuring devices that can be surgically attached to or inserted into living tissues, artificial joints, or nonliving tissues to measure forces placed on a joint, ligament, muscle, tendon, etc. Devices that convert physical force into electrical signals for precise measurement.
Force Plates: The gold standard for measuring Ground Reaction Forces (GRF) in 3D (vertical, anterior-posterior, medio-lateral) during walking, running, or jumping. They use piezoelectric or strain gauge sensors to measure the force applied by the body.
Instrumented Treadmills: Force plates built into treadmills, often used for assessing high-speed running and continuous gait cycles.
In-Shoe Pressure Sensors: Flexible sensors or insoles (e.g., FSR sensors) that measure pressure distribution between the foot and the shoe, crucial for analyzing foot mechanics.
Dynamometers: Used to measure muscle force production, typically for isometric or isokinetic strength assessments.
Electromyography (EMG): While measuring electrical activity, EMG is often paired with force tools to study muscle activation levels during force production
What does CBAS stand for, and what are the two classes of behaviors?
Coaching Behavior Assessment System
Reactive Behaviors: Responses to desirable performance (reinforcement), mistakes (mistake-contingent encouragement, technical instruction, punishment), or misbehaviors (keeping control).
Spontaneous behaviors: Game-related (general technical instruction, encouragement) or game-irrelevant (organization, general communication) actions initiated by the coach.
In NYS, what are the continuing education requirements for AT and PT?
AT: 50 every 2 years
PT: 36 every 3 years
What is the difference between motor control, development, and behavior?
Motor Learning: Understand how motor skills are learned, how feedback and practice improve learning and performance, and how we become efficient with responses
Motor Control: Learn how we control motor skills, how response and execution control the body’s movement, and how mechanisms are affected by individual and environmental factors
Motor Development: To understand how motor skills change across the lifespan: childhood, adolescence, adulthood; and how motor learning and control deteriorate with aging
What are the six methods to measure body composition?
Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA)
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Skinfold Measurements
Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA)
Hydrostatic Weighing
Bod Pod
What are Newton's 3 Laws of Motion?
First Law (Law of Inertia): An object at rest stays at rest, or an object in motion stays in motion at a constant speed in a straight line, unless acted upon by an unbalanced external force.
Second Law (F = ma): The net force on an object is equal to its mass multiplied by its acceleration. This indicates acceleration is directly proportional to the force applied and inversely proportional to the object's mass.
Third Law (Action-Reaction): For every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force. When two objects interact, they apply forces to each other of equal magnitude and opposite direction
We talked about 7 of the winningest coaches of all time... list 4 and what sports they coached?
NFL: Don Shula (347 total wins: 328 regular season, 19 postseason. Only coach to ever go completely undefeated in a season)
NBA: Gregg Popovich (1,412 total wins)
NHL: Scotty Bowman (1,244 regular season wins)
NCAA Basketball (Women's/Overall): Tara VanDerveer (1,216 wins)
NCAA Basketball (Men's): Mike Krzyzewski (1,202 wins)
NCAA Football (FBS): Joe Paterno (409 wins) (yikes)
High School Football: John McKissick (621 wins)
John, Sheryl, Suz, Sean and Zach