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Moral Values Essay
In Sports Ethics: Application for Fair Play, Lumpkin, Stoll, and Beller (2003) discusses character values that exist and are evident in sports. Of these character values, four universal moral values are identified that play a role in our lives including justice, honesty, responsibility, and beneficence. Lumpkin, Stoll, and Beller (2003) consider these as universal values because as they argue, “If we examine certain general, historical, and cultural parameters that can be found in the Bible, the Pali Cannon, the Book of Koran, and most societal ethics, we find some explicit, simple, common, and shared values.”
Unit Plan (Basketball 12 days)
BASKETBALL UNIT (12 DAYS)
Time of each day: 30-40 minutes
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School
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Proposal Paper: Addition of a Golf Program
A proposal for the addition of the sport of Golf to the Athletic Program at Stone Mountain High School
Submitted by: Eric K. Johnson
Brady Hazen's Proposal: Intramurals
Our school is fortunate enough to have competitive athletics offered to our students. This gives them the opportunity to train hard, play hard, experience the benefits of teamwork, gives them a competitive outlet, and promotes community support. However, not all of our jr. high students (grades 6-8 at our school) desire to participate at the competitive level and/or their interests range outside of the sports we offer. A solution to this problem is to develop an intramurals program. Read more »
Review of Literature on Social Physique Anxiety
Review of Literature on Social Physique Anxiety
Abstract:
Social Physique Anxiety is prevalent among women and adolescent girls as the degree to which they become anxious when others observe their physiques. Men do have Social Physique Anxiety, but noticeable behavior change is uncommon. Research from many different sources suggest that BMI, weight, age, and body-image related motives for exercising are the biggest indicators of whether or not a woman will show Social Physique Anxiety. The SPAS questionnaire is a tool used to measure Social Physique Anxiety and has been validated, but is not the most effective way to gauge the presence of Social Physique Anxiety.
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Female Athletes And Body Image
Abstract
Nowadays sports are becoming more competitive than ever, but body image and an healthy body bring along other issues that most of us are not familiar with. Young female athletes are more prone with body issues according to a study of Brown University. Sports are considered great aspects of one´s life, emphasizing confidence, self-esteem, and a healthy body. However, this is not always the case. Why are females athletes enrolled in athletics? Is it a way to look for the “perfect body”? Read more »
Review of Research: Home Field Advantage
Abstract: Home field advantage is a well researched topic. In this review of research, support is found for and against the existence of psychological issues related to home field advantage. A possible difference in causes for home field advantage is inferred between professional and amateur levels. Coaches and athletes can make adjustments to account for the causes of home field advantage. Future research should look deeper into comparing professional and amateur causes of home field advantage.
A Review of Literature: Applying Goal Setting to Improve an Individual's Athletic Performance in the Field of Play
Abstract:
There has been extensive research on goal setting in sport and if it can improve the performance of athletes. This review of literature analyzes different goal setting experiments and whether they were effective in improving the performance of the participants who took part in the studies. These studies revealed important results about whether goal setting should be emphasized to athletes or performers to improve their performances in the field of play.
Review of Literature: The Effects of Social Support on Injury Rehabilitation of Athletes
Abstract:
Social support is an important influence that has effects on athletes recovering from injury. Social support can be defined as “an exchange of resources between two individuals perceived by the provider or the recipient to be intended to enhance the well-being of the recipient” (as cited in Shumaker & Brownell, 1984, p. 11). Through process of rehabilitation and recovery, athletes have many providers of such support, these can include trainers, coaches, teammates, medical practitioners and significant others (Corbillion et al., 2008, p. 94). Reviewing current research on social support has shown that there are different types of support athletes receive by different providers, but due to the different data collecting styles comparing results is difficult. Read more »
The Effects of Music on Performance in Treadmill Running
Review of Research Literature:
The Effects of Music on Performance in Treadmill Running
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Motivation and Burn Out in Elite Athletes
Motivation and Burn Out in Elite Level Athletes
Burn out is a common problem in the sports world that is greatly studied and widely debated. It is very common for young athletes to reach the point of burn out when they have been pushed to compete in only one sport and must focus all of their attention on it. Something that is often overlooked is the problem of burn out in the elite adult athletes. Professional athletes spend all of their time working on one sport, year around, trying to improve their skills and maintain the highest level of focus and competition. Read more »
Literature Review: Mood Disturbances Associated with Overtraining Syndrome in Endurance Swimmers
Abstract:
There have been numerous studies examining the effects overtraining can have on mood, more specifically mood disturbances. Many researchers believe that when an athlete, more specifically endurance swimmers, is exposed to overtraining there is a clinically significant reduction in vigor and increases in tension, depression, anger, fatigue, and confusion. The intent of the following paper is to examine, compare, and contrast studies that have validified the effects overtraining has on mood disturbances in endurance swimmers.
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Introducing Orienteering to Youngsters
Orienteering for Youngsters Lesson Plan
1st Grade
Objective: Students will learn how to use the keys on a map when following a string orienteering course.
Equipment Needed: Sample map, compass, basketball court (for warm-up), strings (different colors), stickers, cones,
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Proposal Classroom teacher P.E. workshop
Where are We?
In January of 2010, the Los Angeles County of Office of Education released a statement, “This generation of children, may be the first in history to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. Of the 1.7 million students attending Los Angeles County schools, over 40% are overweight or obese.” This statement was based on the data provided by the statewide fitness test (California Department of Education Physical Fitness Test) given to every 5th, 7th and 9th grader attending a public school in California. Read more »
Implementing Group Fitness Classes at EOU Proposal
Attached are my proposal paper and presentation for implementing group fitness classes at EOU.
Proposal: Changing Bogert Pool’s Current Chlorine Gas System to a Calcium Hypochlorite System
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I have now attached my final presentation and written documents for my proposal. One of the bidders requested that I keep their bid private. In the place of the equipment bid I have placed XXX.
Proposal: Addition of a Personal Training Preparatory Class
I am proposing that EOU's Physical Activity & Health (PHYSH) program add a course that will give its students practical and hands-on experience in personal training. This class would provide students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge learned in the core Exercise Science classes, and give them experience and confidence in personal training.
See the above attachments for the written details of the proposal.
Below is a video presentation of the proposal's main ideas.
Offseason Training Program
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Benefits From a Vegetarian Diet
There has been much controversy over vegetarian diets since they became popular. People start thinking one thing about the diet and soon the belief spreads like the flu. There are many truths and myths out there about vegetarian diets. This is due to people not being properly informed on vegetarian diets. They just believe whatever they hear about the diet and form their opinion based solely on that, regardless of facts. Although some of the rumors are accurate, people need to be better informed on the subject. The rumor I found interesting is that people believes eating a vegetarian diet makes you more healthy. Read more »
Effects of Cardiovascular Exercise on Clinical Disorders
I've had sleep disorders, often referred to as low grade insomnia, my entire life. Even as a child. While I have always been into biking, I used it in more of a moderate exercise way than actual continues vigorous exercise. For this class I have been vigorously working out more and more, and have noticed some major changes in my sleep patterns. At first, I would sleep on nights that I had gone to the gym earlier that day. Now I am actually sleeping every night without any sleep aids- herbal, natural or pharmaceutical. Read more »
Kettlebells
Kettlebells is a new type of exercise that I have been told can be very beneficial. I haven't used them or seen them, only heard about them. I looked online to see what they may look like but that is as far as it went. They range in expense from $14 range clear on up depending on how fancy and such you want to go.
The first website I went to gave me a little history of kettlebells, also had some exercise ideas and also happened to sell them. It was http://www.uskettlebells.com/. Kettlebells seemed to loose their popularity about 100 years ago per this website. They are gaining again though among weightlifters of all types. Read more »
Cardiovascular Intensity Monitor
I have been researching different monitors for quite some time. A friend of mine has Polar heart rate monitor and when we were working out together, I found it very fascinating. So today before I started my workout I asked if I could borrow hers. She showed me how to operate it and off I went. I started it at the beginning of my workout and was very impressed with how it kept up with what I was doing. A downfall of this is that I was constantly watching the monitor to see what i was doing instead of focusing on my workout. So while it gave me a good insight as to how intense my workout was, I'm not overly convinced that having one of these on is productive. Read more »
My teaching experience
For my second teaching experience, I taught 5-7 year old boys basketball skills. Due to their level of motor development, I knew that skills would not be perfect, but they were excited to learn about the sport.
Set Up: I had each stand near a colored cone to help prevent them from moving around to different spots constantly. I had balls for each boy. The smallest boy, Zach, was five years old and the other two boys, Dillon and Peter, were seven. I knew he would not exhibit good dribbling skills yet, but I was curious as to what he would be able to do (and he was the little brother of one of the seven year olds, so he came along). Zach received a smaller sized ball so he could handle it better. Read more »
Thought Stopping-Concentration
“Although many people start exercise programs to improve their health and lose weight, it is rare for people to continue these programs unless they find the experience enjoyable.” (Weinberg and Gould, pg. 417) People are motivated for different reasons to exercise as a trainers, I need to “emphasize the diverse benefits of exercise.” (President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sport, 1996) The specific points I would like to point out to my clients is that following a fitness program reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, it reduces stress and depression, helps with weight control and it can be enjoyable. Read more »