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Current Coaching Trends In Track And Field, Charles Cecil Baker Aug 1961

Current Coaching Trends In Track And Field, Charles Cecil Baker

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this paper to collect and present developments since 1956 in coaching, technique of performance, and equipment in most of the major track and field events.


The Participation Of Junior High School Boys In Competitive Athletics, Richard (Dick) A. Van Well Aug 1961

The Participation Of Junior High School Boys In Competitive Athletics, Richard (Dick) A. Van Well

Graduate Student Research Papers

The problem of this study was to gather information concerning interschool athletics. The chief purposes of this study were to: (1) Collect and summarize the literature written by the medical profession; (2) Collect and summarize the literature written by the educational profession; and (3) To present the research written by those involved, so that people concerned with the problem might make a better judgement on the advisability of interschool athletics at the junior high level.


Constructing Athletic Equipment For Small High Schools, Gordon Snaza Jul 1961

Constructing Athletic Equipment For Small High Schools, Gordon Snaza

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this paper was to make available to administrators and coaches a detailed and descriptive report on the construction of athletic equipment. This author, having coached in a small high school, knows the hardships coaches in small high schools encounter in acquiring athletic equipment and facilities.


A Study Of Childhood Experiences Of Physicists, Lds Seminary Teachers And Outstanding Competitive Athletes, A. Garr Cranney Jr. Jan 1961

A Study Of Childhood Experiences Of Physicists, Lds Seminary Teachers And Outstanding Competitive Athletes, A. Garr Cranney Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

Theories of vocational choice are of current and vital interest to the counseling profession. Roe's theoretical work based on the Freudian assumption that occupational choice is related to family atmostphere has particularly stimulated recent research in this area. This study similarly follows her theory and employs Dr. Nachmann's techniques who tested comparable hypotheses with different groups in 1957.

The problem of this study was to determine if there were certain differences in the childhood experience of physicists, L.D.S. seminary teachers, and outstanding competitive athletes. Fifteen B.Y.U. students were interviewed in each group, the interviews following the items of a questionnaire. …