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The Use and Abuse of Sport and Physical Activity

Author : Earle F. Zeigler
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426973012
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book The Use and Abuse of Sport and Physical Activity written by Earle F. Zeigler and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-14 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am not against sport and related physical activity. What I am arguing is that, employed properly and correctly, exercise and sport–as one of a number of vital social forces (e.g., nationalism, ecology)–could contribute to the improvement of the current situation in human health enormously. Additionally, in the case of related physical activity (i.e., regular exercise or “physical activity education”) in the developed world, I believe humans are too often “abusing it by first not understanding it, and then by not using it more intelligently”! (Ironically, in the “undeveloped world,” people often get too much “exercise” just to stay alive!) Moreover, I believe that the active use of competitive sport worldwide to promote what have been called moral values, traits or attributes leading to world peace and good will, as opposed to so-called socio-instrumental values that often are overly self-serving. This would tend to create a social force of such strength and power that humankind might be helped as it confronts the social and physical devastation looming ahead. At the very least, I believe such active promotion would delay to a considerable degree the onset of what is increasingly becoming a destructive societal situation.)

President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Report

Author : President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Report written by President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Physical Activity and Sport in the Lives of Girls

Author : President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Physical Activity and Sport in the Lives of Girls written by President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sport and Exercise Science

Author : Jack W. Berryman
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252018961
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book Sport and Exercise Science written by Jack W. Berryman and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports medicine and the scientific study of exercise, sports, and physical education are enjoying a steady rise in popularity. This volume reveals that a number of current debates concerning the body, physical health, types and degrees of exercise, athletic contest, the use and abuse of aids to performance, and much more, have their roots in the nineteenth century and earlier.

Educating the Student Body

Author : Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309283140
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Educating the Student Body written by Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical inactivity is a key determinant of health across the lifespan. A lack of activity increases the risk of heart disease, colon and breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression and others diseases. Emerging literature has suggested that in terms of mortality, the global population health burden of physical inactivity approaches that of cigarette smoking. The prevalence and substantial disease risk associated with physical inactivity has been described as a pandemic. The prevalence, health impact, and evidence of changeability all have resulted in calls for action to increase physical activity across the lifespan. In response to the need to find ways to make physical activity a health priority for youth, the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment was formed. Its purpose was to review the current status of physical activity and physical education in the school environment, including before, during, and after school, and examine the influences of physical activity and physical education on the short and long term physical, cognitive and brain, and psychosocial health and development of children and adolescents. Educating the Student Body makes recommendations about approaches for strengthening and improving programs and policies for physical activity and physical education in the school environment. This report lays out a set of guiding principles to guide its work on these tasks. These included: recognizing the benefits of instilling life-long physical activity habits in children; the value of using systems thinking in improving physical activity and physical education in the school environment; the recognition of current disparities in opportunities and the need to achieve equity in physical activity and physical education; the importance of considering all types of school environments; the need to take into consideration the diversity of students as recommendations are developed. This report will be of interest to local and national policymakers, school officials, teachers, and the education community, researchers, professional organizations, and parents interested in physical activity, physical education, and health for school-aged children and adolescents.

Physical Activity & Sport in the Lives of Girls

Author : President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Physical Activity & Sport in the Lives of Girls written by President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

What Parents Can Do about Harassment and Abuse in Sport

Author : McGregor, Marg
Publisher : Gloucester, Ont. : CAAWS = ACAFS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book What Parents Can Do about Harassment and Abuse in Sport written by McGregor, Marg and published by Gloucester, Ont. : CAAWS = ACAFS. This book was released on 1998 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Physical Activity Across the Lifespan

Author : Aleta L. Meyer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461436060
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Physical Activity Across the Lifespan written by Aleta L. Meyer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-06-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The statistics are disturbing: steadily rising numbers of sedentary overweight children and obese teens, and a generation looking at a shorter life expectancy than their parents’. But while it may be obvious that physical fitness benefits both the mind and body, a growing research base is supplying evidence of why this is so, and how these benefits may be reproduced in greater numbers. Physical Activity Across the Lifespan makes a clear, scientific case for exercise, sports, and an active lifestyle in preventing illness and establishing lifetime health habits at both the individual and the population levels. The book focuses on key aspects of physical/mental well-being—weight, mood, and self-regulation—and the role of physical activity in public health and school-based interventions targeting these areas. Contributors review definitional and measurement issues salient to understanding what physical activity is, to analyzing benefits of participation, and to implementing effective interventions. Also addressed are limitations of current research, steps needed to continue building the field, and emerging therapeutic possibilities for activity, such as the role of rough and tumble play in preventing ADHD. Included in the coverage: Physical activity, cognition, and school performance. The influence of social and built environments on physical activity in middle-aged and older adults. Preventing and treating obesity through physical activity. Physical activity in preventing drug use and treating chemical dependence. Antidepressant properties of physical activity. Schools as a foundation for physical activity and an active lifestyle. Physical activity as an adjunct or booster to existing interventions. Physical Activity Across the Lifespan is an innovative text for researchers and practitioners in various disciplines including health promotion/disease prevention, child and school psychology, education, health psychology, and public health, as well as program developers and policymakers in these areas.

The American Crisis in Physical Activity Education

Author : F. Zeigler Earle F. Zeigler
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426925468
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book The American Crisis in Physical Activity Education written by F. Zeigler Earle F. Zeigler and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Crisis in Physical Activity Education was written because the author is terribly upset about what is happening to physical activity education and so-called educational sport within the education system. He lives in North America as a dual citizen, and he feels sad that we appear to be a large part of the world's problem! He thought that the world would be a better place for all people by the year 2000. Because now it definitely doesn't seem to be heading in that direction, he is forced to conclude: (1) that in many ways we are confused about what our values are at the present, (2) that we need to reconsider them and then re-state exactly what we believe they are in light of the changing times, and (3) finally that we will then need to assess more carefully, on a regular basis, whether we are living up to those values we have chosen and so often glibly espouse. Physical activity education, including what is called educational sport, is a field that in the 21st century is facing one more crossroad in its torturous historical development.

The Psychology of Sub-Culture in Sport and Physical Activity

Author : Robert J. Schinke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317696646
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Sub-Culture in Sport and Physical Activity written by Robert J. Schinke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Perspectives on Key Issues in Sport and Exercise Psychology is a series of edited books, with a global focus, which reflect the state of art in areas of current and emerging interest in the study of sport and exercise psychology. Each volume in the series contributes to the better understanding of a key issue facing researchers and practitioners in sport psychology. This volume in the series focuses upon the sociocultural issues that challenge and often undermine participation, performance, and well-being in sports. Contributors address a number of important issues, such as exclusion, miscommunication, and ineffective practice in sport. The book extends the recent interest in culture within sport psychology by using a critical approach to highlight less mainstream sports such as martial arts, circus arts, extreme sports, and dance, and it will help sports participants and social scientists to gain an understanding of these marginalized sporting identities. By highlighting "subcultural" contexts, with their individual practices and values, it is hoped that the volume will promote the goal of achieving a more just, inclusive, and ethical sport psychology. The Psychology of Sub-Culture in Sport and Physical Activity will be ideal reading for sport and exercise academics and practitioners, advanced students of applied sport psychology, and related fields such as sport science, critical studies, sociology, cultural studies and social anthropology.

Sport, Physical Activity and Public Health

Author : Louise Mansfield
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351621149
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Sport, Physical Activity and Public Health written by Louise Mansfield and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection includes articles which examine the complex relationships between sport, physical activity and public health. It reflects a current expansion in academic, policy and practice interest in sport and physical activity for public health. Our contributors discuss issues connected to the politics and policy of sport, physical activity and public health by focusing on a range of theoretical themes including evidence and knowledge production, national policies and the political promotion of sport and physical activity for health, sports mega-events and public health, social diversity in community sport for health programming, education and training in physical education and fitness sectors, and critical perspectives on partnership working in sport and public health. Overall, the chapters reflect debate about the motivations of national and local government intervention in policy making on public health that includes the role of sport and / or physical activity, and explores the discussions about the impact that such policy decisions have on people and their communities. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics.

Anabolic Steroids in Sport and Exercise

Author : Charles Yesalis
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780880117869
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Anabolic Steroids in Sport and Exercise written by Charles Yesalis and published by Human Kinetics Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents research findings on the use and abuse of steroids in sports and exercise, and information on steroid use within professional sports and among Olympic athletes. In addition, information on drug use among international student athletes, adolescents and body builders is explored.

Trauma-Informed Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health

Author : Jenny McMahon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040042538
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Trauma-Informed Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health written by Jenny McMahon and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to examine trauma research in the context of sport, exercise, and health. It outlines evidence-based, trauma-informed research practices, which qualitative researchers can use when conducting trauma research to prevent causing further harm to participants while maintaining a strengths-based approach. Featuring the trauma research of leading qualitative sport, exercise, and health researchers from around the world, each chapter showcases the contributors’ trauma research and participant context, followed by the ‘what, why, and how’ of trauma-informed research practices that were implemented. This book includes work from a wide range of contexts, including gender-based violence in sport and coaching, abuse in sport, the aftermath of abuse and violence, physical activity after spinal cord injury, trauma and limb amputation, trauma and homelessness, trauma and autistic adults, and sport for care-experienced youth. It provides researchers interested in working with populations affected by trauma with a qualitative research resource to build on, and highlights new directions in conducting trauma-informed research. This is important reading for any researcher with an interest in trauma not only in sport, exercise, and health research but also in qualitative research contexts more broadly. It is a valuable resource for anyone working in athlete welfare, sport and exercise psychology, youth sport, sport development, physical activity and health, disability, gender, safeguarding, or social work.

Sexual Harassment in Sport

Author : Karin A. E. Volkwein-Caplan
Publisher : Meyer & Meyer Verlag
ISBN 13 : 1841260592
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Sexual Harassment in Sport written by Karin A. E. Volkwein-Caplan and published by Meyer & Meyer Verlag. This book was released on 2002 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides an overview of all sorts of behaviour related to sexual harassment, its impact on the world of sport and on the participants. It answers questions raised by health and physical education students, athletes and sport personnel.

Culture, Sport, and Physical Activity

Author : Karin A. E. Volkwein-Caplan
Publisher : Meyer & Meyer Verlag
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Culture, Sport, and Physical Activity written by Karin A. E. Volkwein-Caplan and published by Meyer & Meyer Verlag. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dealing with different aspects of movement, sports and physical activity, this text examines the effects such activities has on our culture and the benefits of participation.

The Politics of Physical Activity

Author : Joe Piggin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000084736
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Physical Activity written by Joe Piggin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defining ‘politics’ as contests over ideas, values and visions about what a physically active society could be, this book uses critical analysis to challenge accepted truths about physical activity and therefore opens up a pathway to more effective, and more socially just, physical activity policy. Critiquing global and national physical activity policies which are arguing for significant change to societies around the world, The Politics of Physical Activity presents empirical case studies to illustrate the political dimensions of advocating for physical activity promotion, including discussions of resourcing difficulties, conflicts of interest and opportunity costs. It explores physical activity as a multi-sectoral tool that is being applied to political ideas and policy goals as varied as education, sustainability and social cohesion, and asks what good physical activity really looks like. This is important and provocative reading for any student, researcher, practitioner or policy maker with an interest in physical activity, public health or public policy.

Sport, Health and Drugs

Author : Ivan Waddington
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135803765
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Sport, Health and Drugs written by Ivan Waddington and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do many athletes risk their careers by taking performance enhancing drugs? Do the highly competitive pressures elite sports teach athletes to win at any cost? In order to understand the complex relationships between sport and other aspects of society, it is necessary to strip away our preconceptions of what sport is, and to examine, in as detached a manner as possible, the way in which the world of sport actually functions. This fully updated edition of Ivan Waddington’s classic introduction to drugs in sport examines the key terms and key issues in sport, drugs and performance and is designed to help new students explore these controversial subjects, now so central to the study of modern sport. The book addresses topics such as: the emergence of drugs in sport and changing patterns of use the development of an objective, sociological understanding sports law, policy and administration WADA, NGB’s and the sporting federations case studies of football and cycling the case of sports medicine. An Introduction to Drugs in Sport: Addicted to Winning is a landmark work in sports studies. Using interview transcripts, case studies and press cuttings to ground theory in reality, students and lecturers alike will find this an immensely readable and enriching resource.