Do+Football+Players+Have+A+Higher+Grip+Strength+then+Volleyball+Players?

Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to find out who has a stronger grip strength; a volleyball player or a football player. Volleyball players are on the court longer than football players but football players have to have grip strength to hold on to a ball.(Strength vs. Endurance,2012)This is why we think that football players will have a higher grip strength.We will test this using a hand dynamometer which is used to measure grip strength. ( "Grip Hand Dynamometers.", 2012) The force you can muster when squeezing an object or a weight doesn't only reveal how strong your hand and arm are. It can be a measure of overall muscle function and — according to one recent study — even portend how long you're likely to live.(Stein,2011) We also believe that football players will have all-around better strength because they lift weights three to four times week, unlike volleyball players who usually lift at a maximum of twice a week. . Football players lifting weights gives them an all around better muscle complex which will help their grip strength.Looking at a normal Volleyball players workout, it seems as if they do have nearly the same workouts as football players but football players have more of a static workout. (Weik, 2008)(Stein 2008)When you exercise your grip strength you are doing a static workout. A static workout is a workout where you don't move the object you are using to get stronger.(Newton, 2012) Football Players do a lot of static workout which makes their grip strength better. We think that all these factors weigh in to the football players having a better grip strength then volleyball players.

Procedure: For our project we will take 5 Freshman football players and 5 Freshman volleyball players. They will squeeze the Hand Dynamometer and we will record the data. They will squeeze it 3 times and we will record the average of the three. Their arm will be at 90 degrees when they squeeze it. We will compare the grip strength of the volleyball players to the Girls National Average and then we will compare the football players to the Boys National Average. We will see how they compare to the normal of all of the boys and see if they are above, below, or normal. It will interesting to see how each group compares to the national average and how they compare to eachother.

Data:
 * Football Players || PSI (force) || National Average (Boys) ||
 * 1 || 27 || 19 ||
 * 2 || 19 || 19 ||
 * 3 || 19 || 19 ||
 * 4 || 19 || 19 ||
 * 5 || 20 || 19 ||
 * 6 || 20 || 19 ||
 * 7 || 22 || 19 ||
 * 8 || 21 || 19 ||
 * 9 || 21 || 19 ||
 * 10 || 23 || 19 ||

Graphs:
 * Volleyball Players || PSI (force) || National Average (Girls) ||
 * 1 || 12 || 15 ||
 * 2 || 13 || 15 ||
 * 3 || 14 || 15 ||
 * 4 || 14 || 15 ||
 * 5 || 14 || 15 ||
 * 6 || 15 || 15 ||
 * 7 || 16 || 15 ||
 * 8 || 17 || 15 ||
 * 9 || 17 || 15 ||
 * 10 || 19 || 15 ||



Comments: (What if some volleyball players did lift weights? Are you going to factor that in?) David Sabotta How are you going to test this? (Alexa Thompson) Do you have football players and volleyball players that will agree to be a part of your ISP? (Bailey Meiner) (You could also factor in that volley ball players have to use there fingers and arms alot when playing and that could be a variable in your experiment, Alex Phelps ( if footballs players work out and volleyball players do not then its not fair for them because the football players will automatically win. How will you make it fair for both people? Lucas Navas) How many people are you going to use in your experiment? Will there be the same amount of volleyball players as there is football players? (Courtney Stolba - 1/10/13)  How big of people are you going to use?J-Urban

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"Strength vs. Endurance." //Straight Health RSS//. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Nov. 2012. .

Stein, Jeannine. "Losing Your Grip? It Could Be a Clue to Your Health." // Los Angeles Times //. Los Angeles Times, 03 Apr. 2011. Web. 27 Nov. 2012. .

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