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Effect Of Environment On Athletic Ability, Carroll Clinton Stowell Jan 1954

Effect Of Environment On Athletic Ability, Carroll Clinton Stowell

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

There have bean many arguments, pro and con, about which boys make the best athletes. One very well known college coach, so the legend goes, would do his recruiting of football players in the following manner. He would drive around the country and every time he saw a prospective football player plowing a field he would stop and ask directions to the next town. If the boy just told him how to get there he would depart, but if the boy picked up the plow and pointed in the direction he should go he would immediately ask him to come …


A Study Of The Essential Drills And Fundamental Skills For A Pass Offense In High School T Formation Football, Vernon John Warkentin Jan 1954

A Study Of The Essential Drills And Fundamental Skills For A Pass Offense In High School T Formation Football, Vernon John Warkentin

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It is the purpose of this study (1) to determine the theories and techniques of the pass offense in football; (2) to analyse the basic fundamentals and skills of the high school pass offense; (3) to compile a list of essential T formation passing drills; and (4) to determine the relative importance of the basic fundamentals and skills of high school T formation pass offense.


A Brief History Of The Development Of The Football Headgear, George Edwin Corson Jan 1954

A Brief History Of The Development Of The Football Headgear, George Edwin Corson

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The aim of this study is to set forth an accurate account of the development of football headgear. It is a written record o the birth of such equipment, for the protection of football players from serious injuries, to the present day.


A Personality Study Of Athletes Who Participate In Competitive Intercollegiate Personal Contact Sports, Leonard John Clark Jan 1954

A Personality Study Of Athletes Who Participate In Competitive Intercollegiate Personal Contact Sports, Leonard John Clark

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Are there personality traits which are predominantly characteristic of athletes who participate in competitive intercollegiate personal contact sports, and which can be revealed by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory