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title ix and roe

Female athletes and the end of Roe

 

non-paywalled patsy mink video on title ix

patsy mink

A video on Representative Patsy Mink and Title IX

 

biology vs gender in sport

World Athletics may follow the recent lead of swimming ..  fairness should trump inclusivity.  

I support transgendered people in most areas, but not in sport - it's blatantly unfair to women.  There's been an enormous amount of harassment of women who have spoken up on this coupled with some outdated bad science.  The credible work shows that, past puberty, the advantage of a biological males doesn't fade much with testosterone reduction.  The muscle mass, bone structure and size has already been built.  The advantage over females reduces by about 20 to 30%.  The proposal for an open class makes sense.

Sport scientist Ross Tucker has written and podcast extensively on the subject as part of his work with rugby...  here's a short sample

 

golf's blood money

The Saudis write big checks.

 

canadian gold

Canada vs Brazil playing in the gold medal match in Jūrmala today. The first two sets were somewhat equal with Canada taking the first and Brazil taking the second.  Canada then came together and played at an extremely high level to win..  third set begins around 7:30 in this highlights video.

(Sarah's a friend so I reserve the right to be proud)

friends playing in jūrmala

Some highlights from a hard-fought beach volleyball world tour semifinal.  The winner goes on to the gold medal match tomorrow.  Sarah Pavan, one of the Canadian players, is a friend.  She's the blonde.  The Canadians lost the first set, built momentum half way through the second and owned the tie-breaker third set given them the win.  A good example of high level play.

ah baseball

Always something controversial - this time it's the ball's grip.

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Generations of big leaguers have played with baseballs that are sewn by hand with leather that is a product of its own distinct environment. The baseballs have never been identical. But thanks to the widespread availability of spin rate, exit velocity and ball flight data, this generation of big leaguers knows exactly how much those inconsistencies impact performance.

If the seams are lower than usual and a pitcher snaps off a curveball with a slightly lower spin rate than average and that curveball gets hit, was it the pitcher? Or was it the ball? How much should a pitcher be expected to adapt to the ball versus working around it?

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non-russians in russian pro-sports

Oligarchs have created something of a goldmine for top WNBA players as well as top men's volleyball players.  

Now that crashes. Not only is it potentially unsafe, but the money will evaporate.

 

 

recovery trackers

Athletes pay a lot of attention to recovery.  Two wearables focus on providing information and Are has a review. An elite athlete friend has been using one, but doesn't find any value in it compared with the monitoring skills she's learned over the years.  That may not be true for amateurs, but the review made it clear these devices aren't there yet.