Mathematics in Sports

This issue’s Math Bytes sites all deal with mathematics and sports.

Tennessee Sports Math - http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/tsm/

"The project was designed to provide sports-related activities for mathematics teachers in the sixth through ninth grade classrooms."

PBS Teacherline: Sports & Mathematics - http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/concepts/sportsandmathematics.shtm

“Mathematics is involved in sports in many ways, not the least being in the statistics kept in every sport. This month we will use some of those statistics to make some discoveries about percentages, and predictions based on graphs.”

Mathletics - http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/math/sport.html

“Every sport uses numbers in some way, whether it's for scoring, determining averages, or figuring percentages. And when numbers are involved, it usually means math is as well.”

Sports, Mathematics and the Internet - http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/Sports/

This site includes a collection of Internet-enhanced lessons from the Department of Education at Wake Forest University. “These lesson plans involve seven different sports. They utilize Internet resources to obtain statistical data and use this data in mathematical lessons. They are intended for students in PreAlgebra and could be used in a variety of 7-12 mathematics courses.”

Sidwel Lower School Math Adventures - http://www.sidwell.edu/academics/lower_school/LS_Math_Adventures/sports.htm

“Have fun solving problems students have written about their favorite sports!”

Football Problems - http://www.myschoolonline.com/content_gallery/0,3138,23004-157434-25-9821,00.html

and

http://www.myschoolonline.com/content_gallery/0,3138,23004-157434-25-9820,00.html

These football problems from myschoolsonline emphasize the use of tables to organize data.

Sport Math - http://lakeharbormiddle.stpsb.org/BurasSportsMath.htm

A student created page. "This is a page to show how there is a lot more math (and science) in sports than what meets the eye. See how Sports Math smart you are!"

Sports Math - http://www.freemathhelp.com/sports-math.html

This site contains links to math problems related to baseball.

Power Football - http://www.funbrain.com/football/

Arithmetic drill presented in a football context.

Batters Up Baseball - http://www.prongo.com/math/

Arithmetic drill presented in a baseball context.

Moral Dilemma on the Mound - http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/503650/

News report of a paper (http://ddrinen.sewanee.edu/Plunk/dhpaper.pdf) presented at the annual joint meeting of the American Mathematical Association and the Mathematical Association of America that investigates "the factors that influence hit batsmen rates" in the American and National leagues.

Statistics in Sports - http://www.amstat.org/sections/sis/

A Section of the American Statistical Association site. The site includes links to published articles related to sport statistics, and sites containing sports related data.

Standard Measurements in Sports - http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0113430.html

This site contains lists of standard measurements in sports. For instance: the height of a tennis net is “3 feet in center, gradually rising to reach 3-foot 6-inch posts at a point 3 feet outside each side of court.”

Sports Calculators - http://www.calculator.com/category.php?c=Sports and

http://www.libraryspot.com/calculators/sportscalculators.htm

Various online calculators for measures related to various sports, for example: the golf handicap calculator. Both sites have some invalid links.

Math Hunt - http://teacher.scholastic.com/mathhunt/StartGame.asp?QuizID=12

"Join me on a virtual tour of five cool Web sites about the world of sports. At each stop on our Hunt, we'll use the facts we find to solve a math question."