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How popular is your sport? 12 Build your muscles sport? 18 Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in your stomach? 24 The importance of athletes 30 Which sport is right for you? 36

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Letters From the Editors

Group Bio Hi, we are the group. We call ourselves the unproductive group because we are never on task, and we don’t know how the hell we get our work done on time. Soh and Jeremy constantly call each other “stupid idiots” or anything that has to do with stupidity, Reiko is either sugar high or dead everyday, Christian only eats chicken and steak with rice, and we feel bad for him, and Morgan dips oreos in hot chocolate and is obsessed with this book nooooooo one knows about. Soh also loves falling into puddles, missing field goals, and dropping the F-bomb in front of Mrs. Giulietti everyday. Jeremy loves Samsung, but is salty about not having an iPhone. We spiritually praise and have an addiction to food, and maybe should have done a food magazine instead. But in the end, sports are our biggest interest, and we hope you enjoy our magazine that we put a lot of work on.

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Christian Edgar You can call me Christian, although I am also known as The Best or the Awesome Group Member, but most people just call me the most unproductive member in the most unproductive group. I like sleeping, staying in bed, and skipping school. I was born in Israel and have lived in a lot of different countries. I used to be homeschooled but then started public school in 8th grade. I have a dog and a sister. I have failed 4-5 quizzes in my short time at LASA. I do not know how I got into LASA. My grandma visited this week and didn’t get up from the couch to say hi. She doesn’t like me. If you ever need mental support don’t bother trying to find it because I’m already using it all. I chose my magazine topic because I could not think of anything else, and I chose my article topic for the exact same reason.

Reiko Andrews

Reiko is a living icon. She is a LASA freshman so that makes her “very” cool and overwhelmed with homework. She is a Houston native (“HOUSTON TEXAS BABY”-Beyonce) and has also lived in Dallas Texas. Now she lives in Austin (obviously.) Reiko loves sports -duh this is a sports magazine- especially lacrosse and track. Her favorite football team is the Pittsburgh Steelers because they are the best of course and anyone who thinks otherwise is wrong. Reiko loves traveling more than anything on this planet she’s been to four countries and a whole lot of states that she doesn’t feel like counting. She has a little brother that is smarter than her and she doesn’t know why. If anyone would like to donate food to her at school you are welcome to she would greatly appreciate it.

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Soh Nishyama Soh is a LASA freshman and he is doing well. However, he doesn’t know how long that will last. For starters, when he should be doing homework, he hears his phone receiving a text and socializes for the next 30 minutes. Sometimes, he is texting five people at the same time, and it can drive him nuts. As a result, he either ends up doing homework until midnight instead of 10:00 p.m. or do it in the morning or during lunch. This is somehow doable now, but in future years, he may need to do change it. Although school can be very stressful at times, it is not enough to make him quit playing sports. Sports, especially baseball and ultimate frisbee, are his biggest hobbies, but really, he likes many other sports as well. Although his biggest hobby are sports, his second biggest hobby is eating good food. Therefore, his article is about good athlete diets which is related to food. If there is anything good or useful that you will learn from this magazine, it would be all from his article. He hopes that you enjoy it and think that the other articles are complete bullshit.

Morgan Pascoe

Morgan is a freshman at LASA and enjoys reading long books instead of doing homework. She now doesn’t know what else to write, but before writing this, she had a mental breakdown over a book and that is now the only thing she can think about. Other than liking books, Morgan likes volleyball, soccer, and complaining about school. Right now, she needs like 40 more words, so here are some random facts about Morgan: She has a special younger brother, a really cute dog named Woody, and doesn’t know how to talk to most people without making it really awkward.

Jeremy Lee

Jeremy is a depressed Asian student attending hell. All jokes aside, he attends a very good high school. As Jeremy attends LASA, he constantly hears jokes about looking like Kim Jong Un and how many dogs he’s eaten that day. Jeremy is physically deformed, so he goes bowling and hopes to look like a middle aged man with a beer belly. He “plays” the violin, but when he plays, it sounds like children shrieking. You expect Jeremy to be smart because of certain backgrounds, but in fact he has terrible grades. He can barely see with his terrible eyes, and is short, like most of his friends. For some reason, Jeremy is very interested in shoes, although he has a physical deformation called a flat foot. He constantly jokes about how depressed his life is, at least that’s what his friends think. (In fact his life is really depressing.) Jeremy is currently getting roasted about how bad his bio is.

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Table of Contents Time Management for Athletes

How Popular Is Your Sport?

Home Workouts For Sutdents

Build Your Muscles

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Different Ways To Gain Energy

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s In Your Stomach?

Sleep Is Important For Performance

The Importance Of Athletes

The Influence of Athletic Wear

Which Sport Is Right For You?

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Time Management For Athletes By: Morgan Pascoe

Ezine students use their time effectively to complete their projects. (Photo taken by Morgan Pascoe) 8

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ou wake up as a student with three quizzes and one test tomorrow only going off five hours of sleep from last night. You might have time to study for them all but then you remember you have band and after that, soccer practice. You sigh to yourself thinking that tonight will just be another late night with three hours of sleep so you can do reasonably well on your quizzes and tests the next morning. For many students, this is a reality. Students all over the country are struggling with

“Procrastination is great in the moment... but then later when you have to actually get the work done and you’re on a time crunch it’s a whole lot more stressful -Megan Jarriel

balancing schoolwork with their extracurricular activities. As students go through high school, they face new struggles with finding balance between schoolwork and sports or other extracurricular activities. There are many ways where students can be successful in balancing

extracurriculars and school. Students can use times like lunch and bus rides or can ask teachers and coaches for help. Megan Jarriel graduated from the Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA) in 2015 and is currently enrolled at Purdue University. In addition to playing club soccer, Jarriel participated in school soccer and band. She played for the Junior Varsity (JV) team during freshman year and played for the Varsity team in her sophomore, junior and senior year. In her senior year, she was captain of the Varsity team. Along with the soccer commitment, she was section leader in band for her junior and senior years. Balancing school and all of those extracurricular activities was extremely hard for Jarriel. A big thing that helped Jarriel manage her time was getting things done little by little. Procrastination is a big cause of not getting school work done efficiently. There are many ways to help with procrastination like writing a list of things that need to get done. Jarriel has faced procrastination many times in the past. “Procrastination seems great in the moment cause you’re able to just chill, watch TV, do whatever, but then later when you have to actually get the work done and you’re on a time crunch it’s a whole lot more stressful,” Jarriel said. Getting projects done weeks before the day it’s due can be challenging for many students, but Jarriel said that her stressful nights because of procrastination have caused her to stay on task and study hard. “Throughout my time in LASA, I learned how to study harder and more effectively,” Jarriel said. This is another thing that helped her

throughout her LASA career. She started in freshman year studying three hours for an exam and

Soccer coach, Matt Tjaden has been coaching at Lonestar for three years. (Photo courtesy of Lonestar Soccer)

by senior year, those three hours turned into 30 minutes. Jarriel said that she made the most of her free time so that she could get all of her work done before her extracurricular activities and enjoy it without the stress of knowing that there are still things to be done. She would do her homework during passing periods and during lunch. She also said that she rarely went to office hours. “This might not be the answer you want, but I don’t think I went very often in high school and I regret that because now, I go almost everyday in college,” Jarriel said. She said that interacting with other students and her teachers helps her learn even more. ¨Using my friends as motivation to see them was effective,¨ she said. Another big part of complet-

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Tamisha Stancil recomends that students keep an agenda to stay organized. (Photo taken by Morgan Pascoe)

ing her school work was wanting to see her friends. She would also get work done with her friends during lunch. “I feel bad for letting my team down,” Jarriel said. When it came to skipping practice, Jarriel felt guilty, so she would always be scared to ask her coaches. “It’s silly that they don’t come to me for help. I’m a coach, that’s what I’m there for,” Matt Tjaden, a soccer coach at Lonestar Soccer, said. He has been coaching athletes for 13 years and has been coaching for Lonestar for three years. Usually he has one or two people on his team that are struggling with balancing 10

school work and sports. “I always make sure in the very beginning I stay an open door,”

“Keep a journal or some type of agenda...so that you can write down all your assignments” -Tamisha Stancil

Tjaden said. He said that if one of his athletes has questions or

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concerns, then he tries to follow up with them as much as he can. He recognizes that school comes before sports and said that many coaches in Lonestar would agree. “There are definitely coaches that are, ‘Too bad soccer is more important than whatever school work you have,’” Tjaden said. Unfortunately, not all of the coaches at Lonestar would agree that school work is more important. “My doors are open,” Tamisha Stancil, a teacher and coach at LBJ high school, said. “They can always come and talk to me.” Stancil is the special education department chair and the assistant volleyball coach as well as

the head basketball coach at LBJ. She has been teaching at LBJ for four years and she said that a handful of her athletes each year struggle with balancing school work and sports. When Tjaden’s athletes come to him for help, the advice he gives them is to write out all the hours they have from the time they get home from school to the time they go to bed. Then subtract the hours for the extracurriculars and breaks then see how much time they have left. Identify where time may be wasted, like a unnecessary naps or television and try to cut those out. If there is still not enough time once the unnecessary breaks are cut out,

then start to look at if they have to cut some of the extracurriculars. “Remember that they are students first in the classroom before they are athletes,” Stancil said. She also agrees with Tjaden’s view that school comes first. She tells her athletes that are struggling with school to keep an agenda. This prevents assignments, quizzes and tests from creeping up. Seeing many student athletes come to the coaches for help, Stancil and the other volleyball coaches have decided to implement a study hall every Wednesday. She also has a study hall during the athletic period every other Friday for her basketball team.

Stancil thinks that to help students with extracurriculars, teachers could understand that some of their students may be having late nights and they could give the student an extension. As student athletes transition through high school, and even college, they develop better study habits and make use of free time. Students learn to ask for help and advocate for themselves. In the end, students may have to cut one of their extracurriculars out, but if students use their time efficiently and aren’t afraid to ask for help, they can succeed.

LBJ Varsity Volleyball team, coached by Erica Cray, assisted by Tamisha Stancil, plays at one of their last home games for the season. (Photo taken by Morgan Pascoe)

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How Popular Is Your Sport? 1

By: Morgan Pascoe

Here you can find the ten most popular sports worldwide and the ten most popular sports in LASA High School.

20%

LASA Favorites

17.5

15%

15.9 14.3 14.3

10%

4.8

3.2 3.2 3.2

0% Soccer 12

Gymnastics

Tennis

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Football

Marching Band

Volleyball

Baseballl

Basketball

Football/Soccer

1 2

Field Hockey

Cricket

Volleyball

Tennis

5 6

Bsketball

Ping Pong

7 8

Rugby

World Favorites

Baseball

9 10

Golf • • •

LASA Student Survey, Conducted Oct. 26, 2018 World Atlas, Most Popular Sports In the World The 18, Ranking The Most Popular Sports in the World

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Home Workouts for Students By: Jeremy Lee

The Austin Lifetime Fitness is a gym located in South Austin. They have lots of gym equipment and have many members. (Image from Lifetime gym Website)

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orking out is a great method to be healthy and be physically fit. Many people don’t workout because they think they have to go to a gym to work out, and that can discourage many people. You don’t have to go to the gym workout. There plenty of exercises such as pushups, squats, that you can do in your room. As students go to highschool, it is difficult for them to leave time to work out. Don Suh is 23 and is a student at the University of North Texas. He is in Austin, Texas, taking classes to learn more about nutritional value. He has been working out for five years now, and says that it has benefited him in many ways. Suh focuses on all of his body parts when he exercises. He goes to the gym at least two days in a row and works out three hours on average per week. Suh usually only workouts at the gym, but will sometimes do basic exercises in his room. Suh started working out when his senior year in highschool was coming to an end. “My friend asked me to work out, although I started before. I wasn’t motivated at the time. However, after I started to work with him, it became more of a habit to work out out regularly because I had someone there to help me in-

stead of me working out alone,” Suh said. Working out without some else like a family member or a friend can help motivate you to work out, as they can keep you

“I have gained some self confidence and I feel like I have gained some energy in life.”

-Kim Jin Chae

company and help you use equipment. Suh says there are many exercises students can do at home to enhance their muscles. “Simple and effective exercises are exercises that utilize your body weight such as pushups, pullups and squats,” Suh said. Pushups help with chest and tricep muscles, Pullups develop biceps, back muscles and chest muscles. Squats are exercises that use the thighs, quadriceps, and the buttocks.

Jin Chae Kim is a 49 year old father of two that works as a certified barista. Although he is busy with work most of the time, he finds time to stay fit. Kim describes his motivation. “Since I am already 49, I started working out to stay healthy and fit when I get even older. ” Kim said. Kim exercises one hour and 30 minutes every time he visits the gym. Kim only uses five machines, including the treadmill. He doesn’t have to travel far to exercise, as he lives at an apartment complex that has a community gym. Working out has many benefits. “I have gained some self confidence and I feel like I have gained some energy in life,” Kim said. Working out also benefits daily tasks, such as carrying a heavy object such as a backpack that a student carries. “It boosted my confidence. Carrying a heavy backpack doesn’t put a strain on my shoulders. It is easier for me to carry heavier objects,” said Jong Seo Kim, a 27 year old student who is attending the University of Texas. Kim was previously a swimmer. He has been working out for five years. “Well, swimming mostly motivated me to workout. All the Olympic swimmers have lots of

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muscles and nice bodies, so that motivated me. Also, I just wanted to look and feel healthy,” Kim said. Wanting to look fit and feel healthy is a feeling that motivates many people to work out. It boosts self confidence and is scientifically healthy for your body. “On average, I work out for two hours, excluding the time I wait

“Pushups are very good for triceps. You can do squats and lunges for you to enhance your leg muscles.”

-Kim Jong Seo

for machines and the time I spend in the locker rooms,” Kim said. Like Suh, Kim focuses on his whole body. Full body workouts seem to be popular as they balance your body. Unlike Jin Chae, Kim uses many different exercise machines.

Don suh is flexing his muscles with his shirt off. He worksout in the Lifetime Fitness Gym. (Photo by Jeremy)

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“I do full body workouts, so for upper body I use the chest press machine, lat pulldown machine, the smith machine, bench presses, pull up bar and dumbells. I also do crunches and situps at the gym. For my lower body, I

Squats are a well-known exercise that are also simple and easy like pushups. Squats are good exercises for building muscles in the quads, hamstrings and abs. Kim mentioned crunches and situps. These exercises utilize the muscles on your abs and strengthen those muscles. School can be very stressful, but working out can be a great way to relieve stress. It utilizes your energy and stress and benefits your health. It boosts your self confidence, and makes you physically stronger. Students are pushed under a huge pile of stress especially at a magnet high school like Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA). There are many options available to get rid of stress.

Don Suh is deadlifting. He worksout regularly at the Lifetime gym. (Photo by Jeremy) use the leg press machine, ankle weights, calf machine, leg extension machine and the hack squat machine,” Kim said. These are machines used for all different body parts. Kim says that he does full body workouts so he is healthy overall, and so his body doesn’t look out of proportion. Kim has the same exercises in mind as Suh. “Pushups are

very good for triceps. You can do squats and lunges for you to enhance your leg muscles. You can also do crunches and situps for your abdomen,” said Kim. Both Kim and Suh mentioned pushups and squats. Push-ups are exercises that are simple and easy to do but are also very effective in enhancing biceps and triceps.

Exercising and working out is a great way to relieve stress. Pushups are easy to do at home and does not require special equipment or knowledge. It strengthens your triceps and biceps. Situps are also very simple exercises that are very efficient and effective at strengthening your abs. Squats build muscles in your glutes and quad, also strengthening your abs. These workouts and many more have many benefits. Not only can it relieve stress such as stress from school and work, it helps you keep your body healthy, it also helps you look and feel fit.

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Build Your Muscles By: Jeremy Lee Here you can find popular sports played at LASA and how to enhance the muscles commonly used in popular sports.

Top 5 Sports Played at LASA

Tennis

Volleyball

Soccer

Swimming Football

Do the Students at LASA Workout? This is data is collected from a recent survey.

Yes

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4 5 Days a Week

Exercises to do at Home Dips: Get in an upside

pushup position and keep your knees bent. lift your hips off the floor and bend your arms to lower and raise your hips.

Pushups : Get in a pushup po-

sition with your arms 3 feet apart. bend your arms 90 degrees and raise your body into the oiginal position.

Planks: Lie on the floor

with toes and forearms on the ground. Keep your body straight and hold position.

Staggered pushups:

Start in a pushup position but with one hand in font of another. then do a pushup

Grip strength tool Squeez the tool in sets of 10.

Sit-Ups: Lie on your

back with your hands behind your ears and knees bent. Lift your upper body up and go back down.

Squats: Stand with your

feet shoulder width apart and your arms extended forward. Lower your body until your thighs are parallel withthe floor. Wall sit: Start with your back against the wal, and slide down until your knees are at a 90 degree angle.

Calf Raises: Rest

your hands against a wall and tiptoe while keeping your knees straight.

Sources : • LASA student survey, conducted Oct. 26 2018 • ACE Fitness, Top Exercises To Do at Home • Diagram of Human Muscles • Home workout App

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Different Ways To Gain Energy By: Soh Nishiyama

Different variety of foods that represent different food groups ranging from fruits, to vegetables, to proteins. (Courtesy of Pexels). 20

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t is on a Sunday morning, and a group of adults are playing ultimate frisbee on the fields of Pillow Elementary. The sky is as bright as their face when they play and the few clouds cover up the sun. It is the perfect condition to have fun, or more professionally said: to burn calories. Sports like ultimate Frisbee take up a lot of energy. Each hour, it burns up 476 calories on average. Other sports that also burns 476 calories include: basketball, ice hockey, single tennis and volleyball. The average woman needs about 2,000 calories per day, and the average man needs about 2,500 calories per day to maintain their body weight. Therefore, playing for just five hours can burn up all the calories the average woman takes in, and almost all the calories for the average man. As a result, it is very important for athletes these sports take in as much calories, or energy as possible. Luckily, it’s not as hard to obtain them as much as you may think. There are several ways to gain energy and the most effective process depends on each individual. All of these methods are correct as long it gets you enough energy to survive an intense day of exercise and sports. Paul Normandin, one of the adults that play ultimate Frisbee every Sunday, has the approach of gaining energy by eating carbohydrates. After all, he said, “I do carbo load nights before tournaments.” He also specifically stated, “The night between a two-day tournament, I try to have more whole fruits, water and lots of veggies. Whole grain pasta or long grain brown rice too.” Pasta and long grain brown rice are sources of carbohydrates. Paul had a specific dish that he wanted to share. “I am a big fan of brown rice with stir fried

vegetables,” he said. Again, knowing that brown rice is a source of carbohydrates, Paul’s approach for gaining energy is eating a lot of carbs. Meanwhile, Cisco Puga, another adult who plays every Sunday, seems to have a different approach into gaining energy. His approach is to eat protein. For his lunch he said, “During the week I try to have something with protein and vegetables.” And for dinner, he said, “We do like one protein. It could be pork, chicken or beef.” However, he does eat slightly differently in days he does exercise, like playing ultimate Frisbee, compared to the days he does not. On the days he does exercise, he stated that he eats a little bit more protein because that’s what his body craves. Lastly, for the diet recipes he wanted to share, most of them were meaty dishes like ropa vieja, which is a shredded beef dish, and Korean short ribs, which his family liked a lot. There are adults like Nor-

mandin, who take the approach of a carb diet, and adults like Cisco, who take the approach of a protein diet, to gain energy. However, there are also adults that try to have an equal intake for all macronutrients. Ken Lamparter, also an adult who plays Frisbee every Sunday, does not have a specific macronutrient he focuses on taking in. He said for breakfast, “Usually it’s fruits, and then I have a carrot, banana, and some fruit and some yogurt.” For lunch, he has a sandwich with cheese and bread. Because he is vegetarian, instead of eating meat, he has a protein drink for lunch as well. Even if you are vegetarian and don’t eat meat, there are several alternatives for taking in protein. For dinner, he pretty much has what he feels like eating. “I’ll make pasta sometimes, tacos, beans and rice; It’s pretty much standard. And we have roast chicken because I have kids and they are not vegetarian. Yeah, it’s wide variety of things

Also, shows different varieties of food groups. (Courtesy of Pexels).

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“If I have to miss lunch, I can do with a snack and by dinner time I don’t get as hungry but if I don’t eat breakfast then the day is not good.” -Cisco Puga

Athlete Cisco Puga throws a frisbee while we show his diet. For breakfast, he focuses on fruits, and for lunch and dinner, he focuses on proteins. (Image by Soh Nishiyama, and Courtesy of Pexels).

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for dinner,” he said. He focuses on fruits, veggies and dairy for breakfast, grain and protein for lunch and anything from carbs, protein, to grain for dinner. Unlike Normandin and Puga, his diet has a wide variety of macronutrients and depends on all for high intensity activities like ultimate Frisbee. Athlete diets are not only about the macronutrients they focus on taking in. It also includes what meal of the day is the most important to them. Usually, it would be either breakfast, lunch or dinner. Puga said breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Regarding breakfast, he said that “if I miss it, I miss it the most,” he said. He added, “If I have to miss lunch, I can do with a snack and by dinner time I don’t get as hungry but if I don’t eat breakfast then the day is not good.” Being the first meal someone eats in the day, missing it can affect how the day is going to be for him. He values breakfast as the most

important meal of the day. Just like the most important macronutrient, the most important meal of the day also depends on the individual. Therefore, different adults has their own important meal for different reasons. Lamparter said dinner is the most important meal because it’s probably the meal that he gets the most calories from. Since sports like ultimate Frisbee can be intense, taking in enough calories, or energy, is very important. For someone who values getting as much calories to prepare for an intense activity, the meal that gets them the most calories should also be their most important meal. Dinner and breakfast were the two meals considered most important by the adults playing ultimate Frisbee because breakfast cannot be replaced unlike lunch and dinner, and because dinner is the meal some of them gain the most calories from. Something that may greatly contribute to what someone’s most important meal and macro-

nutrient total is the day they plan to gain energy. Normandin said he does carbo load nights before tournaments. For morning games and tournaments, he said he has coffee and perhaps a banana over an hour before he plays. When you plan to store a lot of energy the day before an intense activity, having carbs may be a good way to do so. However, if you try to get last-minute extra energy, you may have some fruits or vegetables, which can give you enough energy for intense activities. Intense sports and activities require a lot of energy and it is important for athletes to gain enough ahead of time. There are many ways to gain energy and how it’s done depends on each individual, depending of when they try to gain energy, what they think is their important meal, and what they think is the most essential macronutrients for energy.

LASA students are not just nerds. These students spends their free time playing basketball after eating their nutritious lunch that gives them the energy to play. (Image by Soh Nishiyama).

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What’s In

Average Calories Burned Per Sport Per Hour Basketball: 476 Calories Bowling:136 Calories Tackle Football: 544 Calories Ultimate Frisbee: 476 Calories Golf: 288 Calories Gymnastics: 204 Calories Ice Hockey: 476 Calories Rugby: 612 Calories Soccer: 612 Calories Baseball/Softball: 272 Calories Tennis (Singles): 476 Calories Tennis (Doubles): 272 Calories Volleyball: 476 Calories Wrestling: 340 Calories Track and Field: 385 Calories Dance: 370 Calories

Cooked Salmon (100 grams) Calories: 184 Fat: 7 grams Protein: 27 grams Carbs, Fiber, and Total Sugars are all 0 grams

Intro By reading this ASF, you’ll know how many calories and nutrients are in each food. There is at least one food that represent each food group (dairy, fruit, grain, protein and vegetable). Also, there is a chart that shows how much calories are burned from each sport per hour. If you play any of the sports given, you’ll better understand how you should eat as an athlete of that sport. 24

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Roasted Chicken (100 grams) Calories: 234 Fat: 13 grams Protein: 26 grams Carbs, Fiber, and Total Sugars are all 0 grams

Tacos (100 grams) Calories: 226 Fat: 12 grams Protein: 8 grams Carbs: 19 grams Fiber: 3 grams Total Sugar: 0 grams Ice Cream (100 grams) Calories: 187 Fat: 7 grams Protein: 5 grams Carbs: 25 grams Fiber: 0 grams Total Sugar: 24 grams

Your Stomach?

By: Soh Nishiyama

Steamed Broccoli (100 grams) Calories: 62 Fat: 2 grams Protein: 3 grams Carbs: 6 grams Fiber: 1 gram Total Sugar: 1 gram

Watermelon (100 grams) Calories: 30 Fat and Protein: 0 grams Carbs: 7 grams Fiber: 0 grams Total Sugar: 6 grams

Rice (100 grams) Calories: 380 Fat: 3 grams Protein: 9 grams Carbs: 80 grams Fiber: 3 grams Total Sugar: 0 grams Pizza w/ Meat and Vegetables (100 grams) Calories: 276 Fat: 14 grams Protein: 11 grams Carbs: 25 grams Fiber: 2 grams Total Sugar: 4 grams

Sources • Calorielab.com • Calorie Control Council. Food Calorie Calculator • Fitness Blender. Dancing Calories Burned by Type - How many Calories does Dancing Burn? Fall 2018/ Sports, Courts, and Shorts

Sleep is Important for Performance By : Christian Edgar

Athlete Kase Blair lining up as a wide reciever during a game. He plays for the Austin Royals (Image by Christian Edgar)

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Sleep is not only important, but it is essential to live. Sleep is not only a must in life, but can help people get through hard things throughout the course of their life. Sleep helps people do well on tests, quizzes and just working in general. Wondering why this is true? Sleep helps people with their mental and physical health, it makes people focus better and increases attention spans. It also is needed to help children and teens grow and develop. If they do not get enough sleep their body will not be able to function properly or as well as it would with correct sleep. Most adults should be getting 7 - 9 hours of sleep, and teens should have 9 - 11 hours of sleep. This does not mean that someone can have five hours of sleep for six days and then have one night where they get 10 hours. They need to be getting the amount of sleep required for their age every single night. In addition to getting that amount of sleep, if they are an athlete, they need 1 - 2 more hours of sleep than non athletes. Athletes are working hard and they need time to recover and rest after a hard practice. They also need time to grow their muscles. If someone works hard, and they do not get a good night sleep, they will have a harder time getting stronger and gaining the muscle they worked for. The benefits of sleep are numerous. One example includes being able to focus. People need sleep if they want to focus better. They need better focus if they want to improve on a test, or a sports competition. Sleep can also help give someone energy to complete their daily activities. People need as much energy as they can

so they can do their best in sports. They also need energy to do pretty much anything, and if they get the right amount of sleep they can do everything much more effectively. According to Kase Blair, a football player for the Austin Royals, “Sleep is very important because it gives you energy and you need as much energy as you can get.” He also said, “You need lots of that to perform to the best of your ability.” Like many other people, Blair believes that sleep is important to

can’t work.” When athletes are more devoted to their sports they tend to sleep more. Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles said, “I definitely notice a difference in my training when I’m not getting enough sleep. When I’m tired, I have less energy and it’s a lot more difficult to stay focused. I need sleep to rest my mind, restore my muscles and to prepare me to compete at the highest level.” Biles competes in gymnastics, which is one of the

“Sleep is very important because it gives you energy and you need as much energy as you can get.” -Kase Blair

perform well. Sleep is also necessary for growing. Without sleep people possibly won’t grow as much. According to “TeensHealth,” a lack of sleep can cause you to not grow as much as you would if you did sleep. Grace Peterson, a D1 commit to UT in rowing, was asked about her sleep schedule and if sleep is important. She said, “Yes, because if you’re tired, you’re tired. And you

most difficult sports for someone’s body since they have to use almost all their muscles in their body all the time. Many things about sleep can be learned by studying it from a medical and scientific perspective. There are two stages or phases that occur when we sleep. They are called NREM sleep, and REM sleep. REM stands for rapid

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eye movement and Non-REM for non-rapid eye movement. During REM sleep that is when you dream the most. This is usually the deepest point of sleep. Your eyes move around when you sleep. That occurs during this stage. NREM is the stage in which

tired, so I make an effort to get the most sleep I can.” People need sleep to function properly and to develop and grow. People who do not get enough sleep will not be as productive and will not develop as well as they could. Athletes

than the recommended amount, or way less. In an article from Mayo Clinic, they say that long mid-day naps will give people a higher chance of death. They then say that people with high chances of death just take a lot of naps. An article from CNN and

Athlete Grace Peterson Rowing at Nationals (Photo by Christian Edgar).

your eyes do not move around. Eliza Diller practices Taekwondo at a level just below a black belt. Taekwondo is a very active sport and requires lots of energy. She says, “When I don’t get very much sleep I am pretty 28

need more sleep than non-athletes because they work more, and they need rest to recover and strengthen their muscles. NIH says that based on results from an experiment they did, people live longer if they sleep way more

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timeanddate.com say that daylight saving is now not actually helping. It was originally created to help conserve energy but now research says otherwise. Sleep is very important and is underrated by the majority of people. People need sleep to

function, get energized, develop and grow. People also need sleep to focus and maintain their attention span as well as go about doing daily things, like driving, taking notes, or paying attention to your teacher so you remember what they said. Athletes need more sleep than people who do not workout or do not do sports. Athletes need more sleep to rebuild and strengthen the muscles they they broke down while doing their activities. Sleep helps rebuild all types of muscle, including Type 1 aerobic slow twitch, Type 2a aerobic fast twitch, and Type 2b anaerobic fast twitch. Without sleep, the muscles an athlete has used will recover much more slowly, leaving him or her vulnerable to injury and ineffective subsequent workouts.

“I definitely notice a difference in my training when I’m not getting enough sleep. When I’m tired, I have less energy and it’s a lot more difficult to stay focused. I need sleep to rest my mind, restore my muscles and to prepare me to compete at the highest level.” -Simone Biles

Athlete Eliza Diller and her brother Ian Diller both practice Taekwondo (Photo by Caroline Diller).

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The Importance of Athletes By Christian Edgar Lots of people think some professional athletes get paid too much and spend their money only on themselves. Although this may be true for some athletes, there are still a lot of very famous athletes who not only get paid a lot, but give back a lot to their communities as well. I have compiled a list of some of the most famous athletes who do this.

Steph Curry - Steph has used his fame to help people with malaria. He not only donates, but is a leader as well in the Nothing But Nets campaign. The Nothing But Nets campaign his an organization that uses their donations to provide mosquito prevention nets to all the people that are affected by this terrible disease.

Lebron James - Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; started his own foundation called the Lebron

James family foundation. The goal of Lebronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s foundation is to help the kids who live in his hometown in Akron, Ohio to have a better education and resources to help them along the way.

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John Ross - John Ross also has his own foundation called the John Ross III

Foundation. The foundation helps empower the inner city youth by providing school essentials like books and school supplies, as well as giving kids clothes for school.

J.J. Watt - The J.J. Watt Foundation helps provide financial support to schools

after school programs. Not only do they try to help kids have a fun time through after school activities, they also helped donate to the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund. They raised an immense $41.6 million to help with Hurricane Harvey.

Sources: SBNATION, How NFL Players are making an Impact Off the Field. Justin J. Watt Foundation, JJ Watt Foundation Mission Statement. John Ross III Foundation, John Ross Foundation.

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The Influence of Athletic Wear

By: Reiko Andrews

LASA students model thier Nike shoes. Photos by Reiko Andrews. 32

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thletic wear is a huge part of an Americans daily life even if people don’t realize it. In fact, Americans probably haven’t gone a day without seeing someone dressed in athletic gear or wearing athletic wear themselves. People don’t even have to visit the gym to realize it,

plenty of people who believe Nike was right for releasing the commercial with Colin Kaepernick, including two local Austin athletes. “I think that it was amazing what they did because you have to think about it. Nike´s whole saying is ‘just do it.’ So in so many ways that’s telling you to just do what you believe in. What I got from it is believe in something bigger than yourself and ‘just do it, ’” Coach Maurice Harris said, the owner of Coach Mo’s Fit-

brands they probably think of the clothes companies produce, but they probably don’t think of the impact athletic brands have on social justice. One of the most famous athletic brands is Nike, Nike recently aired an ad with Colin Kaepernick causing storm across the social media world. Some people have published videos of their burning there Nike gear because of the ad. But there are still people that believe Nike is doing

LASA freshmen Jeremy Lee models his Puma and Nike athletic wear. Photo by Reiko Andrews

athletic wear is a form of expression. It’s trendy, it’s a fashion statement and it is comfortable. What more can you ask for? For years now, athletic wear has played a significant role in the culture of America, impacting many different people from different walks of life. Athletic wear doesn’t just impact the clothing industry it also influences things like social justice, music and famous people. Athletic wear can even influence people’s emotions and the way they perform in sports. When people think of athletic

ness in Austin, Texas. something positive by releasing Another local Austin athlete also has this ad. In fact, Nike’s sales have similar ideas. increased since the Colin Kaeper“That commercial says it all in my nick ad. mind. I mean, something so simple As most people are aware, Colin and so Kaepernick is the former NFL honest, in raw of a commercial to football player who began the have such an impact in the way it movement of kneeling during did...these larger brands, they have the national anthem. Because a voice. They’re the ones that are he started this, he was forced to representing San Francisco Giants, quit his job and a lot of people or the Atlanta Falcons whoever. So now consider him “A disgrace to they, by doing that, by they affect the America.” However, this didn’t majority of the population anyways. stop him from pursuing what So their voice is tremendous,” Coach he believed in and there are still Lauren Gray said, a former college Fall 2018/ Sports, Courts, and Shorts 33

“You know if you feel good with what you are wearng, you look good so in essence it makes you play better” - Coach Mo

Jeremy Lee shows off his new Adidas shoes. Photo by Reiko Andrews.

lacrosse player and coach of Lady Trojans lacrosse in Austin. Nike already has a large impact on many athletic communities, sponsoring many schools like The University of Texas (UT) and Texas A&M university. Most people haven’t gone a day without seeing someone dressed in Nike. Based

in some ways was social justice towards the Colin Kaepernick case, and showed in this small one minute Nike ad how big of an impact brands have on the American community. Not only do athletic brands have a role in social justice they are also a key source for athletes confidence in sports. There are plenty of popular athletic brands that influence the American young culture today, some of these brands could be LASA student Soh goes in for the field goal kick in football in Nike shoes. Photo described by Reiko Andrews. as name brand. And on that information, it is clear that for most people they are very atNike has a large base of customers. tracted to these name brands beBy releasing this ad to millions of cause they are popular. In fact, some Nike customers, Nike showed what people claim that when people are they stood for in social justice. This wearing name brand they gain confi34

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dence in their athletic performance because they know that they are wearing trendy, cool athletic wear that people can admire. “You know if you feel good with what you are wearing, you look good so in essence it makes you play better,” Harris said about how athletic brands affect athletes. When athletes are confident about their clothing they can possibly perform better in their sports. Which shows that athletic brands have a large influence on even the performance of athletes. So, athletic brands have a large impact now. But how have athletic trends shifted over the past year, and did they have as large of an impact then as they do now? The impact of athletic wear has been significant all through the 1960s to now and the impact increases year by year. As the industry gains more customers and more money, more people are interested in having the most high end athletic gear and having name brand items. Rose Brimmer, former UT assistant track coach, says when she was younger they just wore whatever and athletic brands didn’t really

matter to them. So in that sense the clothes you wear when playing sports matters a lot more for athletes now than it did only 30 years ago. As more people are interested in main brand products the higher the cost of everyday athletic wear will rise. For example, there is a shoe called Yeezys ranging from $250 to $1,500. Which is oddly expensive for a pair of shoes but there are plenty of other athletic brands that realize gear this expensive. For example, Lululemon sells leggings for up to $150, which is also very high price. And the main reason these brands are so popular is because they are name brand in today’s culture. “Heck, no it just didn’t make sense, to buy shoes that expensive to just put them on your feet to walk.” Harris said about wearing name brand expensive clothing when he was younger. Many other people in his generation would respond the same way. This response shows how the price and significance of clothesand shoes has changed so much over time. For brands like Yeezys and Nike they are so successful because of the celebrities they sponsor. Kids already look up to these athletes and when famous people are sponsored by a gear or made the gear it makes kids want that gear because they see

Many different athletic brand shorts. Photo by Reiko Andrews.

LASA student Erin shows off her athletic school outfit. Photo by Reiko Andrews.

their favorite athletes and celebrities in it. For example, Under Armour with Steph Curry or Yeezys with Kanye West. “Well, they definitely trend giving whoever the big athlete is at the time, I forget who Lebron James is affiliated with but whoever the big star is, is usually where the, those companies like your Nike, your Under Armour, Adidas, and they tend to grab one of those players and become a spon-

sor of them. You will see a big huge trend in their brand, ” said Harris about why some name brand brands are so successful. The effect athletic wear has on our culture is invisible to some people but most definitely there. In fact, it is always present. It influences what people do, what people believe in, and so much more. Not only is athletic wear a form of expression but it is also a revolution.

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Which Sport is Right for You?

By: Reiko Andrews By taking this quiz you can learn which sports fit the things you like to do and whch sports you would enjoy playing. Playing the right sport is important because if you aren’t doing the things you like in your sport you won’t enjoy it. And the main objective of sports is to have fun!

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Which do you Prefer?

Team Activities

Individual Indivisual Activities Activities

Which do you prefer?

Technical activities

Golf

Simple activities

Surfing

Outside

Which do you prefer?

Inside Activities

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Technical activities

Lacrosse

Simple activities

Soccer

Which do you prefer?

Team activties

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Individual Indivisual Activities activties

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Individual Indivisual Activities activties

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Technical activities

Simple activities

Track

Simple activities

Basketball

Indoor Soccer

Which do you prefer?

Inside Activities

Tennis

Which do you prefer?

Team activties

Technical activities

Simple activities

Raquet Ball

Indoor Track

Which do you prefer?

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Rowing

Technical activities

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Technical activities

Simple activities

Gymnastics

Swimming or Martial Arts

Water Polo

Ice Hockey

Swimming Relays

“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed” -Michael Jordan Photo courtesy of Pixabay

The perfect guide for student athletes.