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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Blog #5

J.M. (1997). Preoccupations. Sports Illustrated, 87(19), 84. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Preoccupations.

Blog #5

Hello,

After looking at the NFL players in my last blog I was very curious to look in depth for studies in the NBA. It will be fun to see if they relate to different sports or Japanese rugby like in my previous blogs. This article is also from sports illustrated and deals with pregame rituals and famous basketball players.

“Oakley's teammate Patrick Ewing requires that his shoes and socks be lined up in front of his locker in the same manner every night. The Knicks center ices both knees and insists on having the ice in a particular kind of resealable bag. As game time approaches, he sits in his locker and dribbles a ball, using the same cadence, over and over again. "Once, I thought it would be funny to knock the ball away," reports a teammate who wishes not to be identified. "Believe me, Patrick wasn't amused."”

“Magic guard Derek Harper has for several years followed an elaborate routine that begins several hours before a game, a regimen that he firmly believes has enabled him to continue playing at age 36. Harper's preparation includes a whirlpool, a body massage, a nap, a spin on a stationary bike, the application of heat packs, and stretching. He brings his own nutritional supplements, herbs and a special (and secret) mixture of fluids to the arena and puts it in his own water bottle, which he entrusts to a ball boy.

For this post I wanted to display the funny stories and information that is within my research. It is quite interesting to see the variety and preciseness of all the pregame rituals within sport. This research also looks at another 5 players and the funny pregame rituals. I feel like the ones displayed here have a chance to be quite similar to my England basketball players. I guess we’ll have to just wait and find out.

Travis

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