Scientific American
Analysis of Rodeo Calf Roping
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| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Code | adi-vid-01134 |
| Title | Scientific American |
| Subtitle | Analysis of Rodeo Calf Roping |
| Description | Biomechanical Analysis of Rodeo activities with the APAS system |
| Subject (keywords) | APAS ; Favorite ; Performance Analysis ; Science ; |
| Duration | 00:03:03 |
| Created on | 7/13/2006 3:59:29 PM |
| Label | Approved |
| Privacy | Public |
| Synopsis |
SynopsisJoin Alan Alden on Scientific American Frontiers as he explores the world of rodeo through the eyes of Whisper Alexander, a cowgirl from Montana. Despite being a top-notch rider, Whisper struggles with roping, a key rodeo event. To improve her skills, she volunteers for a new program at Montana State University run by sports physiologist and former rodeo rider, Mike Myers. The program uses high-speed cameras and reflective markers to track Whisper's body and rope movements, a technique commonly used in established sports. The aim is to apply scientific expertise to improve performance in rodeo, a non-traditional sport. Model Id: gpt-4-0613 |
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Go to the rodeo with a cowgirl who used science to win.
I'm Alan Alden.
Join me in the Wild West on Scientific American Frontiers.
It was a time and place that dying novels and later the movies burned vividly into our imaginations.
Whisper Alexander has been tending cattle on her family's Montana ranch since she was a toddler.
The skills she needs go back centuries and they've been refined over the generations into the West's home grown sport, rodeo.
And when the chores are done, it's the rodeo Whisper lives for.
I love it. It's just the adrenaline rush and the competition. I love the competition.
But Whisper, a top-notch rider, has a weak point.
And Roping is a key rodeo event.
I just need to throw it out there. I'm kind of soft-loofing it and not throwing it bad. I'll get it though.
But try as she might. Practice is not making perfect.
Which is why Whisper is a volunteer subject and a brand new program at Montana State University.
The project is being run by sports physiologist and former rodeo rider, Mike Myers.
What we want you to do is not make any practice throws. We want this to be a real rodeo runner.
So I like this is the last calf, final performance, last run. It's taken off like a rocket.
The bright lights and high-speed cameras that will track the reflective markers on Whisper's body and rope are now familiar tools in established sports.
Even though rodeo has been around for a long time, it's really considered a non-traditional sport.
And so along this scientific expertise that we've used in other sports such as baseball, track and so on have not been utilized in this field.
What we're trying to do is...