Matt Maskarinec

Mr. Schurtz
English 12 AP Period
3 March 2011

Tennis and Childhood Obesity

 Thesis
• The trend of obesity is becoming more
prevalent in American children and tennis is a
strong component to forming a solution that
can decimate the epidemic.
 My Background
• Playing Tennis for three years.
• Passionate
• Teaching Experience
Tennis

• Tennis- running and hitting targets with a

score.
• Reputation
• Fitness

(“tennis court”)
 Childhood Obesity
• Obesity in the U.S
• Diagnosing childhood Obesity
• Consequences
• Worldwide problem

(“children playing”)
 Causes

• Multiple factors
(“Erm? Obesity Ad”)
Dietary concerns

• Food Markets
• Fast Food
• Larger Portion Sizes

(”McDonald's Ethnographic Centre”)

 Changes in School

(”Vending Machines”)

• Vending machines
• Physical Education
 Role of Parents
• Working parents
• Technology
• Genetics

(”Obesity in Children”)
Decrease in Physical Activity

• Technology
• Automobile Industry
• Lack of Exercise
(”Iphone 4 Bumper…”)
Trends
 Consequences

• Various life-altering effects and

complications
(“tombstone”) (”Wendy’s sign”)
 Cardiovascular Complications

• Prevalence in Youth
• Hypertension
• Atherosclerosis
• Effect on heart and blood vessels
(“IMG_6236.JPG”)
Metabolic Disorders

• The Metabolic
System
• Insulin Resistance
• Metabolic Syndrome
• Type II diabetes
• Obesity

(”Diabetes”)
 Sleep Apnea

• Recognition
• Abnormal collapse of the airway
• Increase severity of obesity
• School performance
• Elevated daytime blood pressure
• Diastolic Dysfunction
(”Insomnia”)
 Pulmonary Complications
• Pulmonary system
• Asthma

(”Lungs”)
 Gastrointestinal Disorders

• Gastrointestinal system
• Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
• Esophageal cancer
(”Diseased Intestine”)
 Skeletal
Abnormalities

• Orthopedic problems
• Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
• More prevalent in adults
(”Skeleton”)
 Psychological issues

• Depression
• Quality of Life

(”Ryan”)
Solutions
Let’s Move Campaign
My Application

• Quickstart Tennis clinic

(IMG_6236.JPG””)
 Quickstart Tennis
• Quickstart Tennis Defined
• Custom Equipment
– Low compression balls
– Smaller racquets
– Smaller Sized courts

(”Tennis Ball Pyramid”)

 Reasons Behind it
• Tennis as a solution
• http://10andundertennis.com/media.htm
 Reasons Behind it

• Accommodated courts
• Lower, smaller nets
• Softer, lighter tennis balls
• Overall
(”Kids”)
Focus of the clinics

• Drills
• Games
• Discussions
• Fitness/Footwork
(”tennis from afar”)
 Drills
• Most Important
• Developing hand-eye coordination
– Bounce hits
– Catch
• Ground strokes
• Volleys

(”Throw 1”)
Games

• Maintain focus
• Fun
• Tennis Hopscotch
• Alligator
(”Tennis”)
 Discussions
• Fundamentals
• Mental strength
• Fitness

(”Little Creations Yoga”)

 Dietary Discussion

• Dietary questions
• Limiting junk food
• Role of Parents

(”Fruit Bowl”)
Julian’s Food Chart
 Fitness/Footwork
• Key aspect of tennis
• Pac man tag
• Relay races
• Ladder drills

(”Fun Run 2009”)

 What I Learned

• Learning Process
(”Learn”)
Other aspect of clinics
Things I have learned
 Physical Statistiscs
• Length of average point
• How far one must run
• Physicality of the point
Punch Maleka interview
Michelle Savage interview
 Class activity
• Go out to the tennis courts and have a contest
rallying
• Bring tennis rackets and tennis balls in to see
who can bounce the ball the most
• Write letters to congressman about childhood
obesity awareness
 Citations
• •"Children Playing." Flickr. Web. 28 Feb 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/hygienematters/4273036775/>.
• •"Diabetes." Flickr. Web. 2 Mar 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/jill_a_brown/2629206800/>.
• •"Diseased Intestine." Flickr. Web. 2 Mar 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatmandy/58500984/>.
• •"Erm? Obesity Ad." Flickr. Web. 28 Feb 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickwebb/2968251397/>.
• •"Fun Run 2009." Flickr. Web. 2 Mar 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/radioflyer007/4117697783/>.
• •"IMG_6236.JPG." Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/theob/270496740/>.
• •"Insomnia." Flickr. Web. 2 Mar 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/lokacid/2952834274/>.
• •"iPhone 4 Bumper + Universal Dock w/ DIY Adapter." flickr. Web. 28 Feb 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivyfield/4802227735/>.
• •"Learn." Flickr. Web. 2 Mar 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/heycoach/1197947341/>.
• •"Lungs." flickr. Web. 2 Mar 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/jemsweb/842439811/>.
• •"McDonald's Ethnographic Centre." Flickr. Web. 28 Feb 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/blondinrikard/4749236435/>.
• •"Obesity in Children." Flickr. Web. 28 Feb 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/joe_13/188297063/>.
• •"Ryan." Flickr. Web. 2 Mar 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachaelwoodson/54925535/>.
• •"Skeleton." Flickr. Web. 2 Mar 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/richdelux/3140104720/>.
• •"Tennis Ball Pyramid." Flickr. Web. 28 Feb 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/racketrx/5373234872/.>
• •"tennis court." flickr. Web. 28 Feb 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawari/197938018/
• •"Tennis From Afar." Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/64952021@N00/2570666225>.
• •"Throw 1." Flickr. Web. 2 Mar 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/orkydorky/3735999462/.
• •"tombstone." flickr. Web. 28 Feb 2011. http://www.flickr.com/
• •"Vending Machine." Flickr. Web. 28 Feb 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/myguitarzz/161457656/>.
• •"Wendy's Sign." Flickr. Web. 28 Feb 2011.
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadsidepictures/294991816/>.photos/akuchling/61422611/in/photostream/>
 Citations
• "Fruit Bowl." Flickr. Web. 2 Mar 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashburne/4826739995/>.
• "Kids." Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/robbiesaurus/4995858559/.>
• "Little Creations Yoga." Flickr. Web. 2 Mar 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/snapeverything/4167915619/>.
 Works Cited
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     stable/1001887>.
• Cantello, Becky, dir. "Ten and Under Tennis." United States Tennis Association.      N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2011.
• Caprio, Sonia. "Treating Child Obesity and Associated Medical Condtions." The      Future of Children (2006): 209-224. Johns
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• Cureton, Thomas Kirk, and Alan Barry. "The Physical Fitness Status of American      Youth and the Development of Correlative
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