American College of Sports Medicine

TEAMS AND FORMAT:

1. Teams will consist of 3 undergraduate students representing institutions from the Northland Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine. Each institution can enter up to 2 different teams.

a. Each team member must be a member of the Northland Regional Chapter ACSM at the time of the competition.
b. Each team member must be a full time undergraduate student enrolled in a degree program that would qualify for ACSM Professional Membership at the time of the competition.
c. Team must be sponsored by an NACSM Professional Member or Fellow who is a faculty member at the institution. An eligible sponsor may sponsor no more than 2 teams for a competition.
d.  In the event that a student team member is unable to participate in the competition, it is permissible to substitute another student from the same institution if they meet the aforementioned criteria.  Substitutions must be approved by the sponsoring faculty member and the emcee prior to the start of the competition."

2. There will be a judges table with 3 judges (University/College Faculty members representing the Northland Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine).

3. There will be 1 scorer for each team. Team scorers will indicate correctness of answer and bring challenges to the judges.

4. There will be 1 timekeeper for the event keeping track of time intervals for each question.

5. There will be an emcee for the event who will ask questions, confirm answers and prompt scorer to credit each corresponding team with the right number of points.

6. Scoring is done electronically using a spreadsheet. Scores are continuously updated and displayed for the audience. Team sponsor must immediately notify emcee in the event an error is observed.

QUESTIONING:

1. The competition will be a Jeopardy-style format.

2. Each team will have an equal chance to answer each question by writing the answer on a whiteboard when called by the emcee.

3. Every team answering the question correctly would receive the designed points identified with the chosen question. Teams will have 15 seconds from the time a question's reading by the emcee is completed to display a written answer on their answer board.

4. The questions will be asked in 3 rounds- Jeopardy, Double Jeopardy and Final Jeopardy. For Final Jeopardy, team will be required to state their wagered/risked amount prior to hearing the question. Their final score will be raised or lowered by the wagered amount depending on if they get the question correct or incorrect.

5. Three (3) judges will confirm answers and interpret answers in the event of ambiguity. They will discuss and decide as a group and rule with one voice. Judges decisions on an answer's correctness will be based on

ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, Eighth Edition

ACSM's Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing & Prescription, Sixth Edition

6. Content will address the following broad areas:

i. Metabolism
ii. Pulmonary
iii. Skeletal muscle
iv. Nutrition
v. Testing and prescription
vi. Body composition
vii. Work and Energy
viii. Cardiovascular
ix. Biomechanics
x. Anatomy
xi. Physiology
xii. Exercise physiology

ENTRY PROCEDURE

1. Team must be entered by email dated September 30, 2011

2. The faculty sponsor must send an email with the students names to Dr. Mark Blegen, FACSM. The email must Indicate for each student on the team:

a. name and email address
b. major
c. academic standing (junior, senior) and expected graduation date
d. NACSM membership expiration date (click here to check for membership info, recent additions are displayed under the heading "RECENT CHANGES"
e. team name (for example Central State University Team #1)

TROPHY and AWARD

The winning team will receive a permanent plaque for their school and will possess a trophy cup for 1 year. The winning team will also be sponsored by the Northland Regional Chapter to represent it at a National ACSM Quiz Bowl to be held at the ACSM Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA , May 29-June 2, 2012 . This sponsorship may be contingent on National ACSM support of the event. If the National ACSM holds the competition, then Northland Chapter will make a substantial contribution towards lodging and travel involved in having the winning Northland team representing us in San Francisco. There may be some expense to participants and to schools of the team for meals and incidentals.