1. Sleep Training Alcohol Nutrition Drugs
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2. 2015 8th Gr. Hr 5

4. The real story…
Many of the statistics about to be shown are found after a nine year study on the effects of drug use among athletes.
A nine year study of the effects of drugs on high level athletic performance

5. AMERICAN ATHLETIC INSTITUTE
The American Athletic Institute was established to take an active and visible role in the holistic education of American athletes and to establish a reputation of activism in the areas of both performance enhancing and performance debilitating drug use by athletes at all levels…
DRUGS
PORT
The studies were conducted through the American Athletics Institute and presented all over the United States and through various venues by John Underwood.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC INSTITUTE

6. 14,000 TESTS
20 YEARS
John Underwood has conducted nearly 14,000 physiological tests over the past 20 years on elite athletes.
The following slides reflect his efforts to deter drug use by athletes.
John Underwood of the AAI has conducted physiological tests for the past twenty years and by first studying what makes optimal performance possible, he has a perspective for what ruins it. It is from this vantage point that these slides were made.

7. Teens are starting risky behaviors even younger than before.

8. H.S. ATHLETES REPORTING ALCOHOL USE DURING SCHOOL YEAR
PLAY HARD PARTY HARD
%USE
Studies show that as athletes grow older so does the number of athletes using. 7
%> 8 9 10 11 12
GRADE

9. And leadership within a team does not have much of an impact
And leadership within a team does not have much of an impact. 48% of team leaders and captains are reported of using as well.
48%
Of Team Leaders/Co-Captains use drugs/alcohol during the season.
SET AN EXAMPLE

10. % USE 2.9 9.1 13.6 16.9 18.9 20.1 MARIJUANA USE ATHLETES
Athletes are also reported using marijuana
% USE

11. So take for instance let’s look at the brain
So take for instance let’s look at the brain. When you are first learning a behavior such as throwing a ball, it takes your frontal and cerebellum to learn the activity. Once it is learned it remain

12. IF THE BRAIN DOESN'T WORK THE BODY DOESN'T WORK
Rested Tired
Blood flow in brain
8 hours sleep
Your brain needs to be rested and ready in order to perform any task. This is blood flow to the brain. In the 8 hours of sleep side, the blood flow is enormous especially to the frontal lobe and sides which is where practiced skills are stored and upper level cognitive function happens. On the right this brain got less than the 8 hours and the blood flow is dramatically decreased, especially to the frontal lobe. This means that the un-rested brain is really being set up to fail.
No sleep
WORKS FAILS
IF THE BRAIN DOESN'T WORK THE BODY DOESN'T WORK

17. NICOTINE
In low concentrations (an average cigarette yields only about 1 mg of absorbed nicotine), the substance acts as an incredibly strong stimulant and is one of the main factors responsible for the dependence-forming properties of tobacco smoking. It is clearly one of the most addictive substances you could take into your body. "Nicotine addiction has historically been one of the hardest addictions to break." The pharmacological and behavioral characteristics that determine tobacco addiction are similar to those that determine addiction to drugs such as heroin and cocaine. Very easy to get hooked very hard to stop…
Nicotine is the most addictive substance you can take into the human body. It is more addictive than heroin or cocaine or meth. 17

18. BRAIN ACTIVITY DURING THROWING
ALCOHOL CNS IMPAIRMENT
FRONTAL
Alcohol non-user on the left, see the red circles that is a practiced skill
Here is a heavy alcohol user on the right, see how much more brain activity is used.
CEREBELLUM
NORMAL
ALCOHOL
BRAIN ACTIVITY DURING THROWING 18

19. Amen Clinics ALCOHOL USE
Healthy 17 old on top, 17 year old user on bottom
Amen Clinics

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26. POT OR NOT? YOUR CHOICE YOUR GAME
MARIJUANA SKILL IMPAIRMENT
Simple hand skill test on the left of a non user and on the right of a habitual user. 5 other parts of the brain have to re-route the signal in order to make this happen and this is residual damage the person doesn’t even have to be stoned this is still what it looks like. That is not optimal.
NON USER
SIMPLE HAND SKILL
MARIJUANA USER
SIMPLE HAND SKILL
Note: Subject not under influence during scan.
POT OR NOT? YOUR CHOICE YOUR GAME

30. What might have been, counts for nothing…
GOALS ARE FORGOTTEN
DREAMS ARE FORGOTTEN
RESPONSIBILITIES ARE FORGOTTEN
The biggest reason for failure in life or sports, is giving up what you want most, for what you want at the moment…Underwood
American Athletic Institute
Be an ATHLETE

31. Jeff Thompson
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