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Courting Controversy: Gender And Power In Iowa Girls’ Basketball, Shelley Lucas

Shelley Lucas

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Higher, Faster, Stronger, Drunker?, Lynda Ransdell, Kathy Hildebrand, Caile Spear, Shelley Lucas

Shelley Lucas

In light of the increasing number of girls participating in sports, the pressures associated with "big time sports," and interest in preventing alcohol-related problems in female athletes, the purpose of this viewpoint is to examine the prevalence of alcohol abuse in female athletes and to provide coaches and teachers with suggestions for education and prevention. Some of these include a continual increase in the competition, negotiating relationships with teammates and coaches, performance anxiety or fear of failure, decreased social interaction due to competition, time management issues, burnout, and coping with injuries (Storch, Storch, Killiany, & Roberti, 2005).

Increasing The Number Of Women Administrators In Kinesiology And Beyond: A Proposed Application Of The Transformational Leadership Model, Lynda Ransdell, Sarah Toevs, Jennifer White, Shelley Lucas, Jean Perry, Onie Grosshans, Diane Boothe, Sona Andrews

Shelley Lucas

In higher education in the United States, women are often underrepresented in leadership positions. When women try administration, they face a higher rate of attrition than their male counterparts. Given the lack of women in leadership positions and the failure of the academy to retain women administrators, a group of women administrators and faculty with many collective years of experience in higher education assembled to write this paper. Our writing group consisted of 2 Chairs, 2 Deans, 1 Associate Dean, 2 pre-tenure faculty members, and a Provost, representing four different institutions. The authors of this paper suggest that applying the …

Cornography: Selling Women's Professional Basketball In A Girls' Basketball State, Shelley Lucas

Shelley Lucas

Examines the marketing strategy of the short-lived Iowa Cornets, part of the Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL) in the late 1970's. Hoping to capitalize on the popularity of Iowa girls' high school basketball, the Cornets emphasized everything Iowa, signing home-grown players, hiring coaches with Iowa connections, and employing "cornography" - green and gold team colors, an ear-of-corn mascot named Shucks, and a bus called the Corn Dog. After a year, however, the team adopted some of the WBL's apologetic strategies, overemphasizing players' femininity and heterosexuality.

Stop The Tears Of Drug And Alcohol Abuse, Jane Shimon, Terry-Ann Gibson, Caile Spear

Jane Shimon

By participating in this Stop the Tears teaching strategy, students will be able to: (1) analyze how alcohol and drug abuse could affect their lives as well as the lives of their friends and family and, (2) create a media message, such as a poster, pamphlet, poem, or song, in which alcohol and drug prevention is advocated specific to how alcohol and drug abuse has affected students in their school. Target audiences are students in grades 6-12 and lower-division college students.

In The Shadow Of Obesity: The Female Triad, Jane Shimon

Jane Shimon

Deliberate efforts to control body weight (e.g., purposeful dieting, prolonged fasting, self-induced vomiting, the use of diet pills), or unintentional restriction of energy intake that does not cover the costs of energy expenditure, all have a role in creating low energy stores (Golden, 2002; Manore, 2002). However, when young females develop patterns of unhealthy eating in conjunction with strenuous exercise during this window of bone accrual, menstrual dysfunction and low estrogen levels that may result can undo the beneficial effects of exercise on bone density (Drinkwater et al., 1984; Gordon, 2003; Miller, 2003) and place amenorrheic females at risk for …

Using The Alter-G Treadmill System With An Extremely Obese Female: A Case Study, Shawn Simonson, Jane Shimon, Elaine Long, Brooke Lester

Jane Shimon

PURPOSE: The present case study examined the potential use of the AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill as treatment modality for extreme obese individuals. The special effect of the treadmill reduces ground reaction forces during walking through the use of lower body positive pressure. METHODS: One extremely obese (BMI 69.2) Caucasian 44 year-old female utilized the AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill during a 14 wk walking program to pilot test the protocol. RESULTS: At the conclusion of the study, exercise tolerance time increased 3-fold (initially 20 min increased to 65 min) while caloric expenditure increased 4-fold (initially 91.0 kcal/session increased to 442.7 kcal/session) without an …

Activity Choice And Title Ix, Jane Shimon

Jane Shimon

Yes, there are those states, districts, schools, and individual physical educators who have made positive changes in standards, curriculum, instruction, and assessment practices; however, the majority of secondary physical education departments still host a "one size fits all" program, whereby all students participate in the same traditional activities in the same, traditional, command style of teaching. [...] while some girls enrolled in a high school physical education program may want to learn and play flag football and a select group of boys may want to improve their fitness through step aerobics, they cannot.

Content Literacy In Physical Education: The Use Of Word Association Charts, Jane Shimon

Jane Shimon

Literacy is an important component in school education, spanning across all curricula, in fact, national educational goals specifically emphasize the importance of developing literacy skills at all grade levels. Language is one way students learn and process content not just in the classroom but also in physical education. Physical educators can help facilitate physical education-related content literacy during active lessons by using Verbal and Visual Word Association Charts. Strategies being used are detailed.

Using Webquests To Create Online Learning Opportunities In Physical Education, Marianne Woods, Jane Shimon, Grace Karp, Karla Jensen

Jane Shimon

Currently, physical educators have a number of options for integrating technology into their classes, such as webquest, which provides opportunities for students to learn online. Woods et al describe the nature of webquests, the design features that differentiate various types of webquests, the steps in webquest design, and examples of physical education webquests for different grade levels.

Out-Of-Field Teaching In Physical Education Teacher Education: Should We Be Concerned?, Jane Shimon, Paul Brawdy

Jane Shimon

Physical education teacher education (PETE) is one of many disciplines in higher education responsible for preparing future educators. Education in general is increasingly politicized by public officials and scrutinized by the media, and the programs that train tomorrow's public school teachers are no exception. Between the politics that shape many of the choices in teacher preparation and teachers' own sense of what needs to be taught, PETE faculty struggle to answer the question, "How can we deliver the best possible teacher education program to our undergraduates?"

7 Habits Of Developmental Coaches, Gibson Darden, Jane Shimon

Jane Shimon

This article complements Domain 4: Growth and Development, found on page 16. In this article we describe how coaches can apply principles of athlete growth and development to the learning and performance of motor skills. Though the concepts may appear to be daunting, we feel coaches can realistically acquire habits that are essential for successful coaching. Grounded in current motor development research, these habits lead to well-rounded athletes who experience increased enjoyment, self-motivation, skill improvement, and ultimately more success on the playing field.

Youth Sport Injury Prevention Is Key, Jane Shimon

Jane Shimon

Describes how providing a well-designed injury prevention program that includes attention to growth and development, training and conditioning, protective equipment, and emergency care can minimize youth sport injuries.

Certified Athletic Trainers In Our Secondary Schools, Christine Stopka, Jane Shimon, Marybeth Horodyski, Randy Deere, Christine Bolger

Jane Shimon

Describes the medical, legal, and educational benefits of having a certified athletic trainer in the secondary school, explaining that they can prevent or lessen the severity of an injury or chance of re-injury. The article presents eight options for hiring a certified athletic trainer and offers suggestions and resources for locating one.

Red Alert: Gender Equity Issues In Secondary Physical Education, Jane Shimon

Jane Shimon

Secondary physical education, more specifically, the learning environment in mixed-gender physical education, is on red alert. Although physical educators face a myriad of problems--such as overcrowded classrooms, poor equipment and facilities, a time-crunched working schedule, and teaching in an unsupported content are--the real issue lies with the educator. Here, Shimon addresses the most common problem in secondary physical education, gender equity issues.

Domain 4: Growth And Development National Standards For Sport Coaches, Jane Shimon, Gibson Darden

Jane Shimon

Shimon and Darden relate the reason why some athletes, who have the same coach and receive the same instruction, develop their skills differently. Several answers on what coaches should know and do about the situation from Domain 4, a growth and development National Standard for sport coaches, are presented.

A Good Teacher Can Teach Anything?, Jane Shimon, Paul Brawdy

Jane Shimon

This paper examines issues fundamental to educating thoughtful, competent, intelligent teachers by highlighting arguments against out-of-field teaching in physical education teacher education programs. It discusses the inaccurate notion among some people that a good teacher can teach anything, noting what actually constitutes a good teacher in physical education teacher preparation. The paper explains that physical education teacher education programs have the potential to fall under the guise of out-of-field teaching. Teacher preparation programs house an array of courses from the applied sciences and allied fields of physical education, which can stand alone as separate fields of study yet are possible …

Using The Alter-G Treadmill System With An Extremely Obese Female: A Case Study, Shawn Simonson, Jane Shimon, Elaine Long, Brooke Lester

Elaine M. Long

PURPOSE: The present case study examined the potential use of the AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill as treatment modality for extreme obese individuals. The special effect of the treadmill reduces ground reaction forces during walking through the use of lower body positive pressure. METHODS: One extremely obese (BMI 69.2) Caucasian 44 year-old female utilized the AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill during a 14 wk walking program to pilot test the protocol. RESULTS: At the conclusion of the study, exercise tolerance time increased 3-fold (initially 20 min increased to 65 min) while caloric expenditure increased 4-fold (initially 91.0 kcal/session increased to 442.7 kcal/session) without an …

Emg Remains Fractionated In Parkinson's Disease, Despite Practice-Related Improvements In Performance, D. Flament, D. Vaillancourt, T. Kempf, K. Shannon, D. Cross

Timothy Kempf

Objective: We studied the ability of patients with Parkinson's disease to improve their performance in a motor task requiring both speed and accuracy in the execution of elbow flexion movements. Our goal was to investigate the changes in electromyographic activity associated with the changes in movement performance.

Methods: Eleven patients on anti-Parkinsonian medication were tested. The patients were selected for being bradykinetic, having little or no resting tremor or dyskinesias, and being in stages II or III of the Hoehn and Yahr rating scale.

Results: The untrained patients displayed multiple bursts of agonist activity, characteristic of Parkinsonian EMG recordings. All …