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Effects Of Internal Imagery & Experimental State On The Performance Of Intercollegiate Smallbore Rifle Shooters, Paul Whitworth

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study was conducted to examine the effects of internal imagery and experiential state on the performance of intercollegiate smallbore rifle shooters. An interaction between internal imagery and experiential state was hypothesized. Subjects included 43 smallbore rifle shooters from 7 universities stratified into 2 groups. Group 1, composed of 23 shooters, received internal imagery instructions and practice time; group 2 received unrelated instructions and an equal amount of practice time. Following the instructional period, a posttest was administered to each group (the NRA/ISU Style 1/2 course on an indoor 50 foot range) and each shooter completed an experiential state measure. …

Perceived Characteristics Of The Ideal Hunter Education Instructor, Stephen Wilburn

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study was undertaken to investigate the importance of various characteristics possessed by volunteer Hunter Education Instructors, as perceived by two study populations. The populations of volunteer Hunter Education Instructors in Kentucky and Hunter Safety Coordinators in the United States and Canada were asked to rate the importance of thirty-five given characteristics. Respondents were also requested to list any characteristics perceived as important that were not included in the battery of given characteristics.

Both groups perceived that the majority of given characteristics were highly important. The volunteer Hunter Education Instructors and Hunter Safety Coordinators mostly agreed on which characteristics were …

Pressure Basketball And The Speed Game: A Comprehensive Coaching Philosophy, Lanny Vaneman

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

There has been in the past, and likely will continue to be, an obvious lack of printed material dealing with the discipline of basketball. The wide spectrum of everything that is to be taught, as well as how it is to be introduced (in the writer’s opinion) has been neglected. Rather than focusing on one phase or a limited number of areas of interest, this work attempts to serve as a comprehensive basketball coaching manual for a beginning mentor. It should also serve well for one who wishes to reevaluate or revise his coaching philosophy. Careful thought has been given …

A Comparison Of Two Instructional Methods In Teaching An Introductory Course In Health, Charlotte Mitchell

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of the independent study method of instruction in promoting health knowledge and health attitude change. The experimental method was compared to the traditional classroom model of instruction.

A random sample of ten subjects was taken for the experimental group and matched control subjects were then selected. Control subjects were chosen based on the demographic variables of age, race, sex, academic classification and grade point average.

A pretest-posttest design using two standardized instruments was employed to measure the health knowledge gain and health attitude change. Data was statistically analyzed by use …

Laterality: Motor Learning & The Non-Dominant Hand, Rella Nase

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The cultural design of the United States of America has caught up its left-handed individuals in a righthander's world. Daily the left-hander or sinistral is forced to cope with problems which present themselves only to sinistrals, posing no difficulty to right-handers or dextrals. It was the intention of this investigation to determine whether, as a result of this emphasis on dextrality training, sinistrals could more quickly learn motor tasks with the non -dominant hand than could dextrals.

The hypothesis upon which the investigation was founded was stated in null form: no significant difference exists between motor learning displayed by sinistrals …

An Elementary Physical Education Curriculum For Jones-Jaggers Laboratory School, Joanne Powell

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This project proposes the utilization of a movement education approach in a physical education curriculum for elementary school grades one through six. It is intended to assist elementary physical education teachers in establishing and maintaining a program based on current research and literature in the field.

The movement education philosophy differs from the traditional physical education approach in the following ways:

1. The program is child-centered rather than subject-centered with successful experiences for each child of prime importance.

2. Consideration of the affective domain is as necessary to the program as the psychomotor.

3. Creativity is encouraged in that the teacher seeks new …

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The Effects Of Weight Of Projectile & Arm Segment Lengths On The Accuracy Of The Overarm Throw, Michael Hickey

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study was undertaken for the purpose of investigating whether there was (1) a significant relationship between the length of the segments of the throwing arm and the accuracy of the overarm throw, and (2) a significant difference in the accuracy of the overarm throw when the weight of the ball was varied.

Performance In The Jumps Decathlon Related To The Triple Jump, Sean Power

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of the study was to determine the validity of the Jumps Decathlon test (or battery of tests) as a predictive method for recognizing a potentially good triple jumper.

Physical Working Capacity Of Adult Men Resulting From A Progressive Aerobics Program, Gary Kaye

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study was designed to determine the effects of a progressive aerobics training program on the physical working capacity of adults as measured on the bicycle ergometer.

The following hypotheses were tested:

1. A progressive aerobics training program does not increase physical working capacity (PWC).
2. A progressive aerobics training program has no effect on resting, exercise or recovery heart rate.
3. A progressive aerobics training program does not increase predicted maximum oxygen consumption (VO₂).

Study Of Attitudes Of College Students Toward Physical Education At Western Kentucky University, Amelia Zafra

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study was undertaken to determine the attitude of the college students toward required physical education program at Western Kentucky University. More specifically, the study was conducted:

1. to find the total students' attitudes toward required physical education,
2. to find if the attitudes of the out-of-state students are different from the in-state students,
3. to find if there is a significant difference between the attitudes of men and women,
4. to compare the attitudes of students with a good physical education background with those students of a poor physical education background,
5. to find if the attitudes of freshman students is different from the …

An Evaluation Of Two Methods Of Introducing The Two Hands Snatch For The Purpose Of Determining A Preferred Method For Beginners In Weightlifting, James Mcintosh

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to determine if either of these two methods of snatching is preferable for the beginning weightlifter.

An Analysis Of Potential Factors Influencing A Beginner's Choice Of Preferred Contest Throws After Seven Weeks Of Instruction In The Sport Of Judo, William Saville

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

There is an apparent cycle in the history and appeal of a particular sport. When this cycle is completed there is a need for re-examination and change to initiate a further cycle. Judo in the Western world would appear to be reaching the end of such a cycle and examination and change is necessary for a variety of historical and cultural reasons to ensure that the sport of Judo embarks on another important cycle.

The Desirability And Feasibility Of Intercollegiate Sports For College Women, Leigh F. Kieffer

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The primary purpose of this study is to examine the present programs of physical education in Kentucky colleges; to determine the degree to which they meet the competitive sports needs of college women; and to explore the possibilities for enriching the program and to make recommendations for correcting inadequacies.

In considering the inclusion of a program of intercollegiate sports competition for college women, three questions are basic. First, what criteria should be used for evaluating present programs and determining the developing of an intercollegiate program for women? Second, what is the status of Kentucky colleges with regard to these pertinent …

The Effectiveness Of Using Increased Increment Track And Field Scoring Tables With Female University Physical Education Students, Douglas Coghlan

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

There were two purposes involved in this study. The first objective was to construct increased increment scoring tables for selected track and field events based on the achievement of female physical education students at Rhodes University, South Africa, using the initial performances recorded by the students in each event during the years 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965 and 1966. Secondly, the tables were used to test the effectiveness of the increased increment principle in predicting the improvement of the students in subsequent trials during the same period.

The Intermediate Hurdles, John Cooper

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study however is confined to the Quarter-mile Intermediate Hurdles, as we know it today, an event for which, besides having a great deal of technical knowledge the participant must also be a highly trained individual. Even in Greek times, though, the individuals would train themselves hard in order to be better equipped to face the task which was in front of them. This, however, is the only similarity which exists between ancient Greek athletes and the modern day conception of the Quarter-mile Hurdles.

Ua77/1 Alumni Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 2, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

Alumni newsletter published by WKU. This issue has the following articles:

• President Kelly Thompson Announces Master Plan
• Western to Offer Graduate Degree Program in Engineering Physics
• Summer Session Slated to Open on June 14
• Robertson, Lee. From the Alumni Office
• Class of 1915
• Class of 1925
• Class of 1940
• Class of 1955
• Class of 1964
• Sports in Brief
• William Solly Becomes New Physical Education Head
• Graduate Assistantships Now Available
• James McKee Joins Education Department
• On the Calendar
• Commencement Day Activities

A Health, Physical Education & Recreation Program For The Todd County Consolidated School, James Holpp

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to outline an adequate, correlated program of health, physical education and recreation for the students of the Todd County Consolidated School of Elkton, Kentucky. The necessity for providing better programs of health, physical education and recreation in our public schools has been demonstrated in the results of the Selective Service medical examination during World War II. All our educational agencies are stressing the need for a unified, integrated, and functioning program of this type. This study makes an attempt to develop such a program in this one particular school.

A Study Of The Ability Of Kentucky High School Districts To Fulfill The Requirements Of The Health & Physical Education Code, William Solley

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This investigation is intended to determine just how effective the compulsory Health and Physical Education Code, which is to go into force in every high school in the state of Kentucky at the beginning of the 1948-49 school year, will be, and to discover the actual conditions of these schools in regard to establishing or maintaining a program that will fulfill the requirements of the Code.

Athletics At Western, Kelly Thompson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The main purpose of this study has been to compile a record, as nearly complete as possible, of the results of intercollegiate athletic contests in which teams representing Western Kentucky State Teachers College and its predecessor Western Kentucky State Normal School, have participated.

Ua64/10 1938 Seniors Of The Physical Education Department, Wku Physical Education & Recreation

WKU Administration Documents

Circular created by WKU Physical Education & Recreation to promote the hiring of physical education majors from WKU. Includes photos and biographical information on the following:

• Patricia Tobe
• James Batsel
• Andrew Tipton
• Ellen Mohon
• Lucian Adams
• Madolyn Lancaster
• Florence Mutchler
• Mary Sellers
• H.T. Cooper
• Estill Branham
• Glenn Williams
• Lillian Rutan
• Ruth McElroy
• Mary Coke
• Ralph Dudgeon
• Claude Rayburn
• Marshall Swain
• Thomas Omer
• Kate Scwarz
• Burnam Moulton
• Wanda Walczyk
• William Crowdus
• Sara McNeill
• Clarence Caple
• William McCrocklin aka Red

Ua64/10 Point System, Wku Physical Education & Recreation

WKU Administration Documents

Point system for earning an athletic letter and/or sweater from the WKU Physical Education & Recreation department circa 1937.

A Comparative Study Of The Athlete & The Non-Athlete In The Department Of Physical Education At The Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Robert Francis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problems of this work involve four chief divisions. Here they are treated in general, with an elaboration of each in the section devoted to "scope of the study." The four separate problems are as follows:

1. What are the physiological differences between the athlete and the non-athlete?
2. What particular differences are disclosed by the English and educational placement tests?
3. What light do the academic achievement records cast on the differences of the two groups.
4. What differences do certain auxiliary factors establish between the athlete and non-athlete?

Ua64/10 High-Senior Day Program, Wku Physical Education & Recreation, Wku Music

WKU Administration Documents

High School / Senior Day program description. This took place in the Health & Physical Education Building which is now Helm Library.

President's Report, Wku President's Office - Cherry

Board of Regents Documents

President Henry Cherry's report to the Board of Regents:

• Retrenchment Statement pp. 12-15
• Training School pp. 16-17
• Agriculture in the College pp. 18-20
• Physical Education & Health 1932-1933 pp. 21-27
• Industrial Arts Department pp. 28-32
• Music Department p. 33
• Extension Department pp. 34-37
• The College Library pp. 38-40
• The College Band p. 41
• Personnel Department pp. 42-45
• The College Heights Foundation pp. 46-49
• The Kentucky Building pp. 50-52
• Maintenance & Operation Department pp. 53-54
• The College Heights Herald p. 55
• The Post Office p. 56
• College Heights Bookstore pp. 57-58
• Enrollment p. 59
• Per Capita Cost of the Four Teachers …

Ua3/1/1 Departmental Reports, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Reports by various WKU department heads to the president:

• Canon, E.H. Graduates 1924-1929
• Johnson, Lowe. Training School
• Pearce, W.M. Extension Department
• Diddle, E.A. & Carl Anderson. Health Education & Athletics
• Seward, R.H. College Heights Foundation
• Craig, W.J. Personnel Department [Placement Services]
• Yates, Charleen. Library
• Burton, A.C. Rural Demonstration School & Rural Education
• Smith, L.T. Industrial Arts Department
• College Heights Post Office
• College Heights Herald
• Bookstore
• Art Museum
• Kentucky Museum
• Three Hundred Thousand Dollar Campaign
• Taylor, Charles. Agriculture
• Strahm, Franz. Music
• Home Economics
• ROTC
• Hill, Will. All Star & Lecture Program & Publicity
• Woodward, R.C. Grounds
• Hines, J. Porter. Mechanical Department …