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My group decided to focus on football. Our physical presentation will be us showing some moves that players do and some moves that gets football players injured. 

My group focused on Wrestling for our mini-project, delving into the three main ways to preform the sport, as well as the rules, exercise and effects on our bodies that each sport provides.

In our project we did the sport track and researched how it affects the muscles and connective tissue. 

In our project we researched how the sport we chose, track, is related to what we are learning about in class. Which is anatomy. We researched what muscles are being used and different injuries that can occur. We also looked at how injuries can be prevented.

Throughout our research of sports physiology, we investigated Lacrosse, and how our physical well being is affected by it including the pros and cons of the sport. the activity my group members and I chose to engage our peers in is a demonstration of a Lacrosse warmup that a normal team player would do.   

Football is a sport played by two teams that each consist of eleven players on a field with goals on each side. Some Injuries football players usually encounter are sprains, fractures of the bone and turf toe. Turf toe is a sprain of the big toe that happens when jamming the toe or from other repetitive injuries. Football players also experience ACL tears which is a tear in the knee joint. The injuries tend to affect the frontal plane below the transverse plane. The injuries occur by result of a combination of high speed contact causing trauma to the body even while wearing equipment to protect the player. Some ways football players can prevent their injuries are eating healthy, cooling down by stretching, jogging and hydrating consistently. It is also beneficial to first obtain a physical so that one's body is already in good shape to play.

For our sports physiology mini-project, we decided to investigate the physiology characteristics of the widely known sport badminton. Originated in China during the fifth century and created in England. It is the national sport of various Asian countries. Badminton is played with rackets and shuttlecocks. These shuttlecocks can reach the speed of 306 mph and a person can run almost a mile in a competitive badminton match. As incredible as this is, our poster explains how our body can even perform such acts necessary for badminton, such as swinging a racket or running around the court.