Full Description
This Introduction to Physical Education text represents the only comprehensive survey of topics for majors or non-majors. Within you will find a number of important topics relevant to modern sports medicine, including adaptive physical education, nutrition, injury care, challenges and benefits of coaching, administration and management of sport and physical education, and even opportunities in the field. Specific coverage of timely subjects includes Title IX, gender issues and steroid use.
Contents
Unit 1Physical Education and Exercise ScienceChapter 1: History and Development of Physical Education and Exercise ScienceChapter 2: Physical Education in the Twenty-First CenturyUnit 2Exercise and MovementChapter 3: Sport KinesiologyChapter 4: Emergency Preparedness-Injury Game Plan for Physical EducatorsChapter 5: Prehabilitation and Pre-season ConditioningUnit 3Adapted Physical EducationChapter 6: Adaptive Physical EducationChapter 7: Developing and Administering the Individual Education ProgramUnit 4Coaching: The Challenge and the BenefitsChapter 8: Qualities of Successful CoachesChapter 9: The Role of the Assistant and Head Coach Chapter 10: Working with Parents, Booster Clubs, and AdministrationChapter 11: Sports PsychologyUnit 5Administration and Management in Sport and Physical EducationChapter 12: Risk Management in Sport and Physical Education Chapter 13: Facility and Equipment Planning, Designing, and ManagementChapter 14: Athletic AdministrationChapter 15: Equity and Sport: Title IXChapter 16: Tournaments and BracketsUnit 6Opportunities and Challenges in Physical Education and Exercise ScienceChapter 17: The Future of SportChapter 18: Career PerspectivesChapter 19: Fitness after RetirementAppendix 1: Dimensions of Athletic Facilities and ArenasAppendix 2: Organizations, Periodicals, and the Internet