"For Ronald Duncan, being an effective high school teacher is all about making things relatable for the students.
Duncan has been teaching math at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City for the past eight years, and in that time he's developed a methodology that focuses on a student's individual strengths, to make the sometimes daunting subject more easily accessible for his ninth to twelfth grade students."
"If he's teaching a football player for example, Duncan might use audibles and formations to help the student understand what a proper equation or formula looks like and then challenge him to see the relationship between them."
Source: http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2016/05/jersey_city_teacher_to_be_recognized_and_honored_b.html
A few books* already highlight student interests and their connection to math:
Adamson, Thomas K. Basketball : the math of the game
Juv.796.32 .A221b
Frederick, Shane Football: The Math of the game Juv.796.33.F852f (geometry,
percentages, mean median mode
,positive and negative numbers.)
Martin, Hope The math of sports
CMC. QA109 .M376 2000
Murray, Stuart Score with basketball math
Juv.796.32 .M984s
Murray, Stuart Score with race car math
Juv.796.72 .M984s
Murray, Stuart Score with soccer math
Juv.796.33 .M984s
Perritano, John Start the game : geometry in sports
