Football players are plagued by the disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). It’s a neurodegenerative disease that results in mood swings, behavioral changes, and dementia...
I decided to revisit an old video done by the McKibbin Brothers called “Knee Pain Explained and How to fix it“. In this video,...
Coaches often refer to athletes as being beginners or novices, as well as those who are “advanced” or “elite”. In racing sports like track...
The drug Naloxone revolutionized treatment of opioid drug overdoses, but had an unexpected sociological consequence: it’s availability actually led to an increase in drug...
Originally posted at http://drricky.net/volleyball/vb-courtsharing/ The abundance of public beach volleyball courts in Southern California is a pleasant anomaly. Locals usually do not have to compete...
On 5 Sept 2018, the NCAA Research team tweeted out this chart : It reports the average core high school grade point averages (GPA)...
I ignited a fierce debate a few months back by simply asking: “the higher you jump, the more force you land with, right? (Yes,...
In an earlier posting on detecting the signs of pseudoscience, I quoted an article which mentions unfalsifiability as a property. This is actually a...
In a recent discussion with BJ Leroy of USA Volleyball, I encountered a paper by Bailey et al (2018) published in the open access...
The mythical 300 jumps Wilson, the sporting goods company, posted an ad on Instagram declaring DURING A MATCH, VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS ON AVERAGE JUMP 300...