Student 5: Low Achieved
Free throw: Elbow = hinge joint. Flexion movement. Agonist = Bicep Antagonist = triceps
How – As the bicep contracts it pulls the elbow joint into flexion and the agonist the tricep .
Layup: Shoulder = ball and socket. Movement = it goes from flexion to extension. Agonist is
deltoid, antagonist is the latissimus dorsi. As the muscles contract across the shoulder joint it
brings your shoulder upward into flexion as you push the ball the opposite happens and the
antagonist becomes your deltoid and the latissimus dorsi becomes your agonist. Gives you the
force to push the ball.
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Free throw: If you’re taller your closer to the basket and longer levers create more force. If your
taller, your less stable so your COG is not as low as that if your a smaller player.
Lay up: Being taller, you are closer to the hoop, and have longer levers, so can jump higher and
its easier to put the ball in the hoop.
Free throw: making sure you let the ball go at 45 degrees. If I let it go at less than 45 degrees
it will not go very far, but down instead, and if I let it go higher than 45 degrees it will go up high
in the air and will not make the hoop at all, so you need to think about the angle of release.
Layup: Having a wide base of support is important, this is so if you have an offending player,
they can’t knock you over as easily. If I was standing with my legs close together, I would be
more unbalanced than if I had my legs wider apart with my knees bent. You will be more stable,
so you won’t be pushed over as much so then I could be in a good place to then do a lay up.
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Free throw: If your taller your closer to the basket, so it’s not as far to throw it, and your angle
of release is not as high. You just have longer levers which give you more force to throw the ball
into the hoop.
Layup: You are closer to the hoop which means you don’t have to jump as high but you can still
jump high if you are taller, and your longer levers give you more force so you can jump high and
push the ball in the hoop.
The short term physiological changes happening to the body short term is that the muscles get
more flexible as they warm up from contracting. Your body starts sweating so you can cool
down, this affected the way I played because I could flex more, and I was not getting hot
because the sweat was cooling me down. Immediate changes for the cardiovascular system
was that the blood is able to carry more oxygen. My heart rate went up. For the respiratory
system, my breathing rate increased. My muscles got warmer, so they get more flexible. The
major energy systems used was the anaerobic system. Aerobic exercise goes over a long
period of time, like in a game of basketball where you are moving the whole game. If I trained
hard for 6 months, I would get bigger and stronger muscles, and my heart would get larger, my
resting heart rate gets low, heart rate goes to normal faster and my lungs can breath in and out
much more air and oxygen.
The functional anatomy and biomechanical principles were completed verbally by the student. The
assessor asked the student the verbal questions that were completed during class time. The
assessor videoed each student, and has supplied a summary of evidence for each student. For
the purpose of providing detailed annotated exemplars, some aspects of the student work have
been fully transcribed. The exercise physiology principles were completed as a report (in class,
supervised).
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