An Educational Application of Dynamic Geometry: Revisiting the "Recovery Position" in Tennis

Autor/inn/en	Roanes-Lozano, Eugenio; Sanchez, Fernando
Titel	An Educational Application of Dynamic Geometry: Revisiting the "Recovery Position" in Tennis
Quelle	In: International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 24 (2017) 4, S.173-178 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-2710
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Teaching Methods; Computer Software; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Athletics; Higher Education; Geometric Concepts; Geometry; Athletes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Leichtathletik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Elementare Geometrie; Geometrie; Athlet
Abstract	Usually, all the applications of dynamic geometry systems (DGS) presented to our students are strictly mathematical, meanwhile their interests are normally far away from mathematics. We would like to introduce here a motivating example outside the "standard applications" of DGS, presenting a completely different application of this kind of software. It is well-known that a tennis player should not always recover to the centre of the court. Several authors and coaches maintain that the best place where a tennis player should recover (usually known as "recovery position") is a point that lies on the angle bisector of the angle formed by the union of all the possible trajectories of a shot of the opponent. The purpose of this paper is to show how a DGS can justify why the recovery position is nearby, but is not exactly on the angle bisector of the aforementioned angle. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01