Physiology Section

When I play Basketball some short-term responses to exercise are increasing breathing rate and increase heart rate.  Breathing speeds up to get more oxygen and to get rid of more carbon dioxide in my muscles. The pulse rate (heart) is beating faster to produce blood so it can pump through my muscles to produce more oxygen for my muscle to be able to move.

The first short-term response to exercise is how your heart rate increases while playing basketball. This happens in Basketball because when your running to try to get the ball your heart rate pumps faster to move more oxygen into your muscle.

The second short-term response to exercise is how your breathing increases while playing basketball. This happens in Basketball because while you're running your breathing rate speeds up to get more oxygen to your muscles and to get rid of carbon dioxide so you can keep moving.

If I was to play Basketball for a season, some long-term adaptions are that your hearts is going to get better at doing its job because it is getting bigger and stronger and your muscles get bigger and stronger because of the protein your providing.

The first long-term adaption when playing Basketball is that your muscles get bigger and stronger. This happens because when training your muscles tear and you will need to provide protein to your muscles to help repair your muscles to become bigger and stronger.

The second long-term adaption when playing Basketball is that your heart rate will decrease over time because it's becoming stronger because it is a muscle, therefore, it doesn't have to work as hard and is more efficient. Because the heart is stronger it is able to pump more blood and you'll be able to run longer periods.

Follow-Through Phase

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 can see that I am still following the principle of sequencing because I am using my smaller arm muscles last.

While moving from the execution phase to follow through phase both of my shoulder and elbow joints are working. The shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint. The movement in this phase is  the shoulder extension my antagonist muscle is my pectoralis major and the agonist is lasstissmus dorsi. Also, I can see that my elbow is extending which means that my antagonist muscle is my biceps and my agonist muscle is my triceps.

In the follow-through phase, I am using Newton's third law. Newton's third law states that the third law of motion is that for every force, there is an equal reaction force in the opposite direction. First of all the force, I produced in my preparation is equaled to the force that is generated in my follow-through phase. I can see that I am using Newton's third law because I can see that the force I have produced in my preparation phase is being applied to my follow-through phase because my arms are fully extended and my shoulder are extending. 

In the follow-through phase, balance and stability are still important in producing a well-executed shot. To be balanced in this phase I need to make sure that when I make my shot that I am stabled and that both of my legs are constantly stabled and my feet are planted on the ground. Also, I know I am balanced because my center of gravity is located inside my body. The differences/similarities I can see in my balance and stability is that we both are tipping toeing and that our hands are above our head and that we are both standing our base of support.