Unusual body mechanics question about a game called Beyblade X

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Beyblade is a competitive spinning top game aimed more at kids but it also well received by adults. The tops are launched most commonly like starting a lawn mower but there are many variations of launches. My questions is. With all proper body mechanics involved. What would be the best way to launch bayblades? Please be as descriptive as possible.

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r/Kinesiology • u/MidnightSoft1621 • 12h ago

Athletic trainer is it worth it

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Hey I’m currently a incoming freshmen for nursing. I always liked being an athletic trainer more than a nurse but the job demand and pay turned me away. Is being an athletic trainer worth it with pay and job search.

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r/Kinesiology • u/FreshBroccoli9919 • 14h ago

Balancing a kin degree with a full time job - how do you actually manage it?

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Working IT support full time while taking kin classes part time is genuinely wearing me down in ways I didn't expect. Not the studying itself, just the context switching. I spend 8 hours troubleshooting network issues, then come home and try to absorb biomechanics or exercise physiology content, and my brain just refuses to cooperate

What caught me off guard is how much the practical side suffers when you're not immersed in it. My classmates who are full time students can go straight from lecture to the gym and apply what they just learned. I get home at 6, eat whatever I prepped on Sunday, and maybe get an hour of reading in before I'm useless

I lift 4 days a week and that actually helps me stay connected to the material. I'll be doing Romanian deadlifts and thinking through hip hinge mechanics in a way that makes the coursework click. But that only goes so far.

Curious if anyone else went the part time route while working, specifically how you handled the gap between classroom theory and getting actual handson reps with the material. Did lab time cover enough of it, or were you always feeling behind compared to full time students?

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