Physiology Section

When I play Basketball some short term responses to exercise are 

The first short term response to exercise is....

This happens in Basketball because....

The second short term response to exercise is....

This happens in Basketball because....

If I was to play Basketball for a season, some long term adaptions are....

The first long term adaption when playing Basketball is....

This happens because.....

The second long term adaption when playing Basketball is....

This happens because.....

Follow Through Phase - Nehaal Goundar

In the follow through phase I still need to contract certain segments. To make sure my shot is effective I need to contract my smaller muscles in my arm. i know i am following the principle of sequencing because my smaller muscles and my arms are continuing to extend. 

While moving from the execution phase to the follow through phase both my Shoulder and Elbow joints are working. The Shoulder joint is ball an socket. The agonist muscle contracting to make this movement is flexing and the antagonist muscle relaxing in this movement is extending. The Elbow joint is a hinge joint.The agonist muscle contracting to make this movement is flexing and the antagonist muscle relaxing in this movement is extending. The differences/similarities I can see in my joints and the ideal are pretty similar because of the joint angles.

In the follow through phase I am using Newton's Third law. Newton's Third law states, whenever a force is applied there is an equal and opposite reaction. For example if your doing a push up, when you push up that's the action and when your pushing your body it lifts you because of the reaction of force applied to the ground when pushing. My reaction is dependent on my action created in my body to get a greater reaction and processes more force (power) so you get a greater reach to the reach the hoop. If you contract your body a little bit your wont get as much force as you will when you contract your body with more force.

In the follow through phase balance and stability is still important to producing a well executed shot. To be balanced in this phase I need to make sure that both my legs are evenly stable and my center of gravity is evenly distributed through out my whole body. Also I know I am balanced because my centre of gravity is evenly distributed throughout my whole body. The similarities I can see in my balance and stability when it comes to the balance but at the end of my shot i had to put a foot out stop my body from tilting and making me fall.

Preparation Phase - Nehaal Goundar

To generate maximum force I need to contract as many segments as possible. I know I am contracting segments in my preparation phase because my lower body muscles are working together to create as much momentum as possible to generated all momentum into my arms from my legs using the biggest parts of my body first. I can see that i am generating force because i am flexing my knees.  

In the preparation phase I am contracting my lower body muscles, this means that I am using my Hips, Knees and Ankle joints in this phase. I used my knee joints other wise known as a hinge joint. When flexing my knees, my agonist [hamstring] and my quadriceps are my antagonist. 
The ankle joint is a hinge/plane joint which is Dorsiflexing, which is caused by the tibialus anterior being the agonist and the gastrocnemius being the antagonist.
The hip joint is a ball and socket joint, the hip is flexing because i am in a stance and all my joints a flexing, which is caused by quadriceps being the agonist the gluteus maximus being the antagonist.
The differences i can see are my knees haven't bent down/flexed as much as the example on the left and my elbows are flexed too much so the ball looks like its touching my forehead.

In the preparation phase balance and stability is important when performing a sporting movement. Line of Gravity is defined as the direction of the force of gravity through the body is downward, towards the center of the earth and throughout your center of gravity. My line of gravity is located through the middle of my body and in between my feet, therefore i am set to be stable.

Base of support is defined as how stable you are through your feet, if you are on all fours you will have even better base of support.I can see that i am stable because i have two feet on the ground.

The differences/similarities I can see in my balance and stability compared to the ideal are pretty similar i don't think i had any problems for my balance and i was pretty stable throughout the whole preparation phases.