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Now physical education teachers have one complete source for the best in skills testing! Assessing Sport Skills is a comprehensive guide to 379 tests in 29 individual, dual, and team sports and activities. Plus, this book includes valuable information on why testing is necessary, proper testing procedures, how to select the right test, how to construct a test if none is available, and how to evaluate skills test results. Tables and diagrams show teachers how to set up the tests for the most popu...

The International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry held its 8th International Conference in Manchester in July 2002. This volume contains a selection of papers presented to the Conference, where the meeting was held in conjunction with the 12th Commonwealth International Sport Conference, immediately prior to the XVII Commonwealth Games.The Content is structured into five parts:* methodological issues in kinanthropometry* paediatric science* applications of kinanthropometry* women...

Golf: Steps to Success serves as a primary resource for golfers starting lessons or as a self-instruction guide. Either way, this progression of skills will help readers get started quickly, make steady progress, practise in performance contexts, and correct problems as they develop. In this book, 16 steps (chapters) explain why the concept or skill is important, identify the keys to correct technique, help golfers correct common errors, explain how to practise each skill in realistic ways, list...

This text covers: developing a philosophy; planning for the season and preparing for practices; teaching the competitive strokes; maximizing meet preparation and performance; and evaluating your swimmers and your program. It shows how to teach technique and includes 64 illustrated drills.

This guide offers advice to sports officials on the psychology of officiating.

The most practical first aid guide written specifically for coaches has been updated! It contains straightforward guidelines and procedures that will help you become a competent and confident first responder to athletic injuries. Sport First Aid (Updated Edition) shows you how to develop a basic knowledge of sport injuries, recognize common sport injuries, and administer appropriate sport first aid for nearly 100 injuries. You'll find the book easy to use, too, with definitions, causes, symptoms...

This guide to coaching cheerleading demonstrates basic hand positions, arm and leg motions, jumps, and 62 mounts and pyramids, from beginning to advanced.

A complete source of information about proper foot care for the runner, hiker, adventure racer, or any athlete. Readers will lear to be proactive in preventing foot problems through proper techniques, reactive with treatments when problems develop, and what supplies and resources are available.

The growth of marathon running has now far surpassed the "running boom" of the late 1970s. Annually, there are nearly half a million marathon finishers in the U.S. alone, and that number is growing by almost 10 percent every year. More and more runners are now looking to go faster -- no longer simply to finish. These runners are committed to goals like setting a personal best, peaking for more than one marathon or qualifying for Boston, and are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve the...

The Baby Boomer's Guide to Women's Health is designed to explain the aging process to women as they grow older. It is not only a comprehensive detailed look at the way women's bodies change, inside and out, but but also a guide to prevention of a certain disease.

Written in an easy-to-understand, instructive style, this second edition of "In Pursuit of Excellence" is the supplemental text for courses that cover basic sport psychology techniques. It covers the psychological concepts of concentration, winning, losing, and competing successfully. This sport performance book by internationally recognised sport psychologist Terry Orlick has undergone a complete revitalization. Better organized for easier reading, the second edition includes dozens of new exam...

Dieses Lehrbuch fuhrt in die unterschiedlichen Betrachtungsweisen sportlicher Bewegungen, die physiologischen Grundlagen der Bewegungssteuerung, sowie die Wahrnehmung und Vorstellung von Bewegungen in einfache aber dennoch wissenschaftliche Weise ein. Es beantwortet beispielsweise die spannende Frage, wie eine Bewegung moeglichst effektiv erlernt werden kann oder welchen Einfluss das Alter dabei spielt. Daruber hinaus bietet dieses Buch auch einen Einstieg in weiterfuhrende Themen, wie z.B. in p...

Growth Following Adversity in Sport: A Mechanism to Positive Change is the first text to carefully consider the positive changes that may follow adverse experiences in sport at micro (e.g., individual), meso (e.g., dyadic, team), and macro levels (e.g., organizational, cultural). While remaining respectful of the despair and distress that can follow adversity, this comprehensive text aims to provide a narrative of hope to those who have experienced adversity in sport by showcasing the latestadva...

This extensive manual features 245 drills that can be integrated into practice sessions to improve performance in every area of the game: progressive technique drills help you master every stroke and shot combination; tactics drills help you develop winning strategies for every game situation - aggressive or defensive, doubles or singles - on any court surface, against any style of play; mental training drills help you stay focused when the pressure is on; warm-up, cool-down, and conditioning dr...