Outdoor Recreation in America

Human Kinetics Pub

Coach, Athlete and the Sport Psychologist

Klavora

Motor Control and Learning: A Behavioral Emphasis

Science & Math

Richard A. Schmidt

Biological Sciences

Designed for both undergraduate and graduate courses, "Philosophic Inquiry in Sport" is a combination of 56 classic and contemporary essays that strike a balance between analytical, existential, and phenomenological perspectives. Topics covered range from the definition of games to the relationship of body and soul, play and beauty, and sport and political authority.

Philosophic Inquiry in Sport

Sports & Outdoors

Morgan, William J.

Miscellaneous

The first edition of Changing Kids' Games broke new ground-it changed attitudes about physical education by showing teachers how to modify games to suit all children's developmental needs. Kids love it. Teachers know it works. Now, the new edition of this cutting-edge guide keeps its basic approach while providing updated content to meet the needs of today's physical education classes.This expertly illustrated, easy-to-follow book helps you select, plan, modify, present, and evaluate movement games to fit your purposes, values, teaching styles, and resources. But most important, it helps you meet the needs, abilities, and interests of your players-especially children ages 5-13.This valuable resource presents a wealth of games, all of which use movement as either the primary ingredient or motivator. The book shows you how to• recognize when it would be useful to modify a game,• customize any game to suit any group or kid in almost any situation,• develop game creation into a 3-step process that anyone can do,• create games that teach specific skills, and• teach sports by analyzing the skills needed.Changing Kids' Games includes 20 tables that readers can use to simplify the process of games analysis and modification. It also describes 5 tools you can use to help students learn to modify games.Part One outlines step-by-step procedures for modifying games and shows how to involve others in games-changing efforts. It also presents the "Games for Understanding" approach, which uses game strategy analysis to motivate kids to master required skills. This part includes practice games that illustrate how to develop the Games for Understanding method.Part Two offers 39 more games and possible variations of those games. Many new games are included in the categories of adventure games, academic games, international games, and old favorites.

Changing Kids' Games

Morris, G.S. Don

Stiehl, Jim

Book by Franks, B. Don, Howley, Edward T.

Fitness Leader's Handbook

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Edward T. Howley

B.Don Franks Edward T. Howley,Rod K. Dishman

Exercise & Fitness

Clinical Experiences in Athletic Training

Kenneth L. Knight

Reference

Developed through the expertise of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), this book aims to establish comprehensive standards and guidelines for the quality operation of health / fitness facilities. It is a reference for facility managers in settings as diverse as workplaces, clubs, hospitals, YMCAs, YWCAs, JCCs, government, schools, hotels, and spas. The standards presented in the book are ACSM's recommendations for operational and design features that are essential to any quality health / fitness facility. The guidelines are ACSM's recommended policies and procedures for achieving optimal design and operation. Every chapter features an introduction explaining the importance of the standards and guidelines that follow. And for easy reference, every chapter is organized into these sections: facility staffing, programming, safety, design, and equipment. Health / fitness facility owners and managers and architects who follow these standards and guidelines will be able to develop facilities that provide the highest quality physical programmes and services.

Acsm's Health/Fitness Facility Standards and Guidelines: American College of Sports Medicine

Sol, Neil

For the first time, students and practitioners in the field of sport management can turn to one comprehensive sport marketing text. "Sport Marketing" covers the basic principles of this emerging discipline and provides a balance of theoretical models and case studies from today's world of sport. This upper undergraduate and graduate text provides a solid foundation of theory and principles for students seeking sport management positions. Teachers and students will appreciate the objectives, activities, and references included in each chapter. Plus, the user-friendly text reinforces the marketing principles with real-life applications for all segments of the sport industry, such as professional, student sport, amateur, and sport and recreational facilities, including clubs, resorts, camps, and service organizations. In the first chapters, the book provides an overview of the reasons and foundations for sport marketing as well as important theoretical and research issues all marketers confront when they begin forming their strategies. Readers will gain insights into who the sport consumer is, why market segmentation is essential to successful marketing, and how to establish and a base. Next, the authors explore the nuts and bolts of marketing. They provide detailed explanations and applications of the five P's of sport marketing, including product, price, promotion (with a separate chapter on promotional licensing), place, and public relations. The authors also show how these different elements of the marketing mix interact, describe the various positions within the marketing organization, and provide principles for controlling the sport marketing mix.

Sport Marketing

Business & Money

Bernard James Mullin

Marketing & Sales

This second edition of "Life Span Motor Development" leads students with little or no background in the movement sciences through the principles, research and applied practice of motor development from infancy through older adulthood. The text is divided into three parts. Part 1 provides an overview of motor development. Part 2 follows motor development from infancy through older adulthood; and part 3 discusses how motor development is affected by perceptual and cognitive development, physiological responses to training, and psychosocial factors.

Life Span Motor Development

Haywood, Kathleen M., Phd

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