Sports Science

Does Practice Make Perfect In Sports?

know sports skills are never "perfect" all the time, and need to understand where the error ...

Article - Dan Peterson - Feb 27 2009 - 7:36pm

Baseball Brains- Pitching Into The World Series

despite all of the combinations of fingers, hand, arm, shoulder and body movements, it seems to all boil ...

Article - Dan Peterson - Aug 3 2011 - 12:36pm

Sports Fans Are Smarter Than They Think

of hockey and novices who had no playing or viewing experience with hockey at all. First, all groups ...

Article - Dan Peterson - Aug 14 2011 - 10:05am

Ohio State And Miami Football Scandals Highlight Coaching Research

helps set the stage for future behaviors.  A “win at all costs” coaching mentality has been found to be ...

Article - Dan Peterson - Aug 22 2011 - 11:12am

Major League Baseball Umpires Are Racist, Says Economist

white, all of the white pitchers are getting some exceptional break but no penalty is occurring for ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 9 2012 - 9:34pm

Uncharted Passion, Disrupted Hormones And Weird Superstitions – The Life Of A Football Fan

colors of the opposition to a game at all! I have a lucky medallion. I never look at the score while play ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 24 2014 - 9:20pm

Sports Math: Using A Cricket Nightwatchman Is A Bad Idea

chance of being dismissed: after all, he bats at number 11 for a reason. So if Lyon was dismissed before ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 17 2014 - 10:30pm

Football Physics: The Science Of Deflategate

an innocent explanation. After all, party balloons and car tires deflate during cold winter weather, ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 22 2015 - 4:30pm

The Super Bowl Is Applied Science Everyone Can Understand

as not just a display of amazing physical skill, but of science. Richard Sherman, Tom Brady and all ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 1 2024 - 9:30pm

The Big Mo'- Psychological Momentum In Sports

all of these internal perceptions. Coaches and fans would be able to see real changes in the style of ...

Article - Dan Peterson - Aug 3 2011 - 12:37pm