Naptime By Mccarthy Summary
In “Naptime” by Matt McCarthy, he discusses with us the importance of sleep and how sleep affects our everyday lives. McCarthy starts by introducing us to Major League Baseball player Mike Napoli. Napoli has been struggling with Sleep Apnea since his early twenties. Napoli informs us on how he would wake up fifty to one hundred times a night while trying to sleep because of his difficulty with breathing. This began to have an affect on Napoli, making him exhausted because he was not able to get a full night of rest. Napoli was able to repair this breathing problem through a surgery called Maxillomandibular Advancement. This surgery took up to seven hours and was able to help get Napoli a full night of sleep. During this surgery, Napoli’s doctor,
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Without sleep, we will fall apart. Sleep deprivation affects you in many different ways such as, impairing reflexes, judgment, motivation, healing, and attention. Sleep deprivation affects anyone but it can take an even greater toll on an athlete. McCarthy says “Chronic sleep deprivation can slow reaction times nearly a tenfold, which is devastating for a hitting who has just .25 seconds to decide whether to swing at a Major League fastball” (p. 50). Strong reaction time and judgement is obviously quite necessary for a Major League Baseball player. They will not be able to have a strong judgement or reaction time if they are low on sleep. This ties in with another interesting fact in this article. McCarthy writes “Out research shows that sleepy players don’t tend to stay in major league baseball as long as well-rested players” (p. 50). We are then informed that we need sleep to do all kinds of things such as produce growth hormones, fight off infections, and heal. To be a successful Major League Baseball player, you would need to be able to do all of those things. Fatigue will impair your judgement. Having good judgement is also beneficial to being a successful Major League Baseball player. It now makes sense that sleepy players are more likely to stay in Major League Baseball for a shorter amount of time than well-rested
Without sleep, we will fall apart. Sleep deprivation affects you in many different ways such as, impairing reflexes, judgment, motivation, healing, and attention. Sleep deprivation affects anyone but it can take an even greater toll on an athlete. McCarthy says “Chronic sleep deprivation can slow reaction times nearly a tenfold, which is devastating for a hitting who has just .25 seconds to decide whether to swing at a Major League fastball” (p. 50). Strong reaction time and judgement is obviously quite necessary for a Major League Baseball player. They will not be able to have a strong judgement or reaction time if they are low on sleep. This ties in with another interesting fact in this article. McCarthy writes “Out research shows that sleepy players don’t tend to stay in major league baseball as long as well-rested players” (p. 50). We are then informed that we need sleep to do all kinds of things such as produce growth hormones, fight off infections, and heal. To be a successful Major League Baseball player, you would need to be able to do all of those things. Fatigue will impair your judgement. Having good judgement is also beneficial to being a successful Major League Baseball player. It now makes sense that sleepy players are more likely to stay in Major League Baseball for a shorter amount of time than well-rested