Sports, Exercise & Health Science SL
18
Chapters
196
Notes
Chapter 1 - Musculoskeletal Anatomy
Chapter 2 - Cardio - Respiratory Exercise Physiology
Chapter 3 - Nutrition & Energy Systems
Chapter 4 - Movement Analysis
Chapter 5 - Skill In Sport
Chapter 6 - Measurement & Evaluation Of Human Performance
Chapter 7 - Training To Optimize Physiological Performance
Chapter 8 - Environmental Factors & Performance
Chapter 9 - Non-Nutritional Ergogenic Aids
Chapter 10 - Individual Differences In Sport
Chapter 11 - Motivation In Sport & Exercise
Chapter 12 - Arousal, Anxiety & Performance
Chapter 13 - Psychological Skills Training
Chapter 14 - Overtraining, Stress & Burnout In Adolescent Athletes
Chapter 15 - Physical Activity & Health
Chapter 16 - Nutrition For Sport & Exercise
Chapter 17 - Internal Assessment & Practical Work
Chapter 18 - Perparing for your exams
Sports, Exercise & Health Science SL
Chapter 6 - Measurement & Evaluation Of Human Performance
Mastering Golf Performance: The Power of Standard Deviation
614 words
4 mins read
Last edited on 14th Jun 2024
Table of content
What's standard deviation (SD)? 📌
- It's the spread of scores around the mean (average).
- Think of it as a measure of how spread out numbers are.
- Fun Analogy: Imagine you and your friends are trying to hit a target. The SD tells you how far off everyone's shots were!
Golf putting example 🎯
- A learner tries golf putting over 5 lessons, taking 30 test putts after each lesson.
- The coach calculates the average (mean) of the putts.
- To add more context, error bars are used. These:
- Represent the SD from the mean.
- Show variability of the data.
- Are super helpful to see how consistent a golfer is!
Graph insights 📊
- While average might show that two players are on par 🏌️♂️ (pun intended!), their SDs might reveal more.
- Example: Saeed vs. Asif
- Both have similar averages in putting.
- However, Saeed's SD is smaller, meaning he's more consistent. Asif's putts vary a lot more.
- Real-world Takeaway: Coach may train them differently based on this insight!
Fun fact ✨
Standard Deviation can be represented by "s", "SD", or the Greek letter sigma (σ).
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Sports, Exercise & Health Science SL
Chapter 6 - Measurement & Evaluation Of Human Performance
Mastering Golf Performance: The Power of Standard Deviation
614 words
4 mins read
Last edited on 14th Jun 2024
Table of content
What's standard deviation (SD)? 📌
- It's the spread of scores around the mean (average).
- Think of it as a measure of how spread out numbers are.
- Fun Analogy: Imagine you and your friends are trying to hit a target. The SD tells you how far off everyone's shots were!
Golf putting example 🎯
- A learner tries golf putting over 5 lessons, taking 30 test putts after each lesson.
- The coach calculates the average (mean) of the putts.
- To add more context, error bars are used. These:
- Represent the SD from the mean.
- Show variability of the data.
- Are super helpful to see how consistent a golfer is!
Graph insights 📊
- While average might show that two players are on par 🏌️♂️ (pun intended!), their SDs might reveal more.
- Example: Saeed vs. Asif
- Both have similar averages in putting.
- However, Saeed's SD is smaller, meaning he's more consistent. Asif's putts vary a lot more.
- Real-world Takeaway: Coach may train them differently based on this insight!
Fun fact ✨
Standard Deviation can be represented by "s", "SD", or the Greek letter sigma (σ).
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