LEADER 03708oam 2200493I 450 001 9910149367803321 010 $a1-4987-0632-0 010 $a1-315-37160-X 010 $a1-4987-0629-0 024 7 $a10.1201/9781315371603 035 $a(CKB)3710000000933744 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4732206 035 $a(OCoLC)966374423 035 $a(PPN)245029621 035 $a(BIP)53610863 035 $a(BIP)53582484 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000933744 100 $a20180706h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aSports math $ean introductory course in the mathematics of sports science and sports analytics /$fRoland B. Minton, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, USA 210 1$aBoca Raton, Florida :$cCRC Press,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (279 pages) $cillustrations, photographs, tables 225 1 $aTextbooks in Mathematics 300 $a"A Chapman & Hall book"--title page. 311 08$a1-4987-0626-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $a1. Projectile motion -- 2. Rotational motion -- 3. Sports illusions -- 4. Collisions -- 5. Ratings systems -- 6. Voting systems -- 7. Saber- and other metrics -- 8. Randomness in sports -- 9. Sports strategies -- 10. Big data and beyond. 330 $aCan you really keep your eye on the ball? How is massive data collection changing sports? Sports science courses are growing in popularity. The author's course at Roanoke College is a mix of physics, physiology, mathematics, and statistics. Many students of both genders find it exciting to think about sports. Sports problems are easy to create and state, even for students who do not live sports 24/7. Sports are part of their culture and knowledge base, and the opportunity to be an expert on some area of sports is invigorating. This should be the primary reason for the growth of mathematics of sports courses: the topic provides intrinsic motivation for students to do their best work. From the Author: "The topics covered in Sports Science and Sports Analytics courses vary widely. To use a golfing analogy, writing a book like this is like hitting a drive at a driving range; there are many directions you can go without going out of bounds. At the driving range, I pick out a small target to focus on, and that is what I have done here. I have chosen a sample of topics I find very interesting. Ideally, users of this book will have enough to choose from to suit whichever version of a sports course is being run." "The book is very appealing to teach from as well as to learn from. Students seem to have a growing interest in ways to apply traditionally different areas to solve problems. This, coupled with an enthusiasm for sports, makes Dr. Minton's book appealing to me." -Kevin Hutson, Furman University Features Provides an introduction to several topics within the field of sports analytics Contains numerous sports examples showing how things actually work Includes concrete examples of how Moneyball ideas actually work Covers sports illusions (can you really "keep your eye on the ball") in a unique way Discusses many of the concepts, terms, and metrics that are new to sports 410 0$aTextbooks in mathematics (Boca Raton, Fla.) 606 $aSports$xMathematics 615 0$aSports$xMathematics. 676 $a796.0151 700 $aMinton$b Roland B.$f1956-$058570 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910149367803321 996 $aSports math$92801292 997 $aUNINA