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Aquatic Strategies And Techniques And Their Benefit On Children With Autism, James G. Hall 2013 University of Northern Iowa

Aquatic Strategies And Techniques And Their Benefit On Children With Autism, James G. Hall

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Swimming lessons are recommended as a useful health promotion intervention and life-saving skills for individuals with ASD. This qualitative study examined the perceived benefits of swimming lessons for children with ASD, with particular focus on aspects that can potentially help maximize the instruction of lessons for this population. This study utilized multiple methods to gain an in-depth perspective on the implementation of strategies and techniques for learn-to-swim programs for the six subjects with ASD. Semi-structured personal interviews were conducted with two instructors, the parents of the six children along with observational data collected from the researcher. Thematic analysis of the …


Perceptions Of Dimensions Of Service Quality And Recreational Benefits In Collegiate Recreational Sports Programs, Christopher Berne Denison 2013 University of Northern Iowa

Perceptions Of Dimensions Of Service Quality And Recreational Benefits In Collegiate Recreational Sports Programs, Christopher Berne Denison

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

An enduring and essential element of collegiate recreational sports programs is an emphasis on providing high quality, high impact programs and services. In addition, participants in collegiate recreation settings have an expectation to receive benefits as a result of their participation. If recreational sport programs cannot meet the expectations of participants in their pursuit of these benefits, continued participation is unlikely. As collegiate recreational professionals work to continually improve their programs and services, they should also understand the needs and wants of their participants. Understanding what participant needs and wants are should allow leisure service providers to improve the programs …


Effect Of Limb Circumference On Intramuscular Cooling During And Following An Ice Bag Application After Exercise, Marcus A. Sojka 2013 University of Northern Iowa

Effect Of Limb Circumference On Intramuscular Cooling During And Following An Ice Bag Application After Exercise, Marcus A. Sojka

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Context: Ice bags are commonly applied following exercise, but the effect of limb size on cooling duration and rewarming has not been documented. Objective: Investigate the effect of limb circumference on cooling duration to 10°C below resting baseline and examine the subsequent rewarming trends. Design: Two separate designs were used: a 1 X 2 cross-over design on limb circumference (large circumference [LC: 58-63.5cm] and small circumference [SC: 50-54cm]) and duration of treatment (time to 10°C below baseline) and a 2 X 7 cross-over design on the two limb circumference groups (LC and SC) and the rewarming trend at time Imd, …


Preferences Toward Gender Of Coach And Perceptions Of Roles Of Basketball Coaches, Jacqueline Lee Kalin 2013 University of Northern Iowa

Preferences Toward Gender Of Coach And Perceptions Of Roles Of Basketball Coaches, Jacqueline Lee Kalin

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Framed within role congruity theory, the current study examined (a) if female collegiate basketball players have a preference toward male or female head and/or assistant coaches, (b) if the gender and enjoyment level of past head coaches influence preferences toward a male or female head coach and/or influence the perceived roles of women's basketball head coaches, (c) if there is a relationship between the perceived roles of women's basketball head coaches and female collegiate basketball players' preferences toward male or female head coaches, and ( d) if the enjoyment level of past and/or current assistant coaches influence preferences toward male …


Bowl Survey, Richard C. Crepeau 2012 University of Central Florida

Bowl Survey, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Over the next two days and nights ten bowl games will be played across the expanse of our great nation. At the end of the bowl season, culminating with the BCS Championship Game on January 7, thirty-five bowl games will have been played. The first, the Gildan New Mexico Bowl, took place on December 15.


College Sport, Richard C. Crepeau 2012 University of Central Florida

College Sport, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It’s been some time since I sat down and watched as much as a half of a college football game. Last fall I was in London, a city not infected by intercollegiate athletics, and this fall I simply never got enough time or interest to watch. Then a few weeks ago I did see several games. Florida and Florida State always draws my interest, and the Notre Dame run has been an interesting one.


Statistical Analysis Of The National Basketball Association's Age Minimum: Financial And Cultural Outcomes Associated With Collectively Bargained Draft Eligibility Rules, Joshua A. LaRosa 2012 University of Connecticut

Statistical Analysis Of The National Basketball Association's Age Minimum: Financial And Cultural Outcomes Associated With Collectively Bargained Draft Eligibility Rules, Joshua A. Larosa

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Tags And Roger, Richard C. Crepeau 2012 University of Central Florida

Tags And Roger, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Is there anyone out there who thought that Paul Tagliabue would overturn the player suspensions imposed by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in the New Orleans bounty case? Maybe someone somewhere had predicted this, but if they did they would be members of an extremely small club.


Ua80/1 Meeting Minutes, W Club 2012 Western Kentucky University

Ua80/1 Meeting Minutes, W Club

University Organizations

Meeting agenda and minutes for December 2012 meeting of the W Club Board of Directors.


Ua12/2/1 The Stressbusters, WKU Student Affairs 2012 Western Kentucky University

Ua12/2/1 The Stressbusters, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special finals week edition of the College Heights Herald.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 26, WKU Student Affairs 2012 Western Kentucky University

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 25, WKU Student Affairs 2012 Western Kentucky University

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.


The Effects Of A Goal-Setting Program On Cognitive And Somatic State Anxiety, State Self-Confidence, And Performance Of High School Swimmers, Jasmine R. Millan 2012 University of Texas Permian Basin

The Effects Of A Goal-Setting Program On Cognitive And Somatic State Anxiety, State Self-Confidence, And Performance Of High School Swimmers, Jasmine R. Millan

Graduate Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a staggered approach, season long goal-setting training program on the state self-confidence, cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety, and performance of high school female swimmers. It was hypothesized that the use of a goal-setting training program would result in the swimmers having higher state self-confidence, lower cognitive state anxiety, lower somatic state anxiety, and improved performance. Results indicated that participation in a ten week goal-setting training program successfully helped high school female swimmers achieve higher state self- confidence, lower cognitive state anxiety, lower somatic state anxiety, and improved performance.


Determination Of Repetitive Jumping Intensity Relative To Measured Vo2max, Laura Igaune 2012 Western Kentucky University

Determination Of Repetitive Jumping Intensity Relative To Measured Vo2max, Laura Igaune

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

To regular exercise and a healthy diet, the American Heart Association (AHA) strongly recommends rope jumping, and according to previous studies, rope jumping is considered a very strenuous exercise. Therefore the purpose of this study was to determine the steady state metabolic cost of repetitive jumping on the Digi-Jump machine, and to determine if exercise on this device is more or less strenuous than similar exercise with a jump rope. We also evaluated relative intensity of this type of exercise, based on each person’s VO2max as measured on a treadmill. Twenty – seven subjects completed two trials, one jumping …


Comparing Division Ia Scholarship And Non-Scholarship Student-Athletes: A Discriminant Analysis Of Academic Performance, Lisa Melanie Rubin 2012 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Comparing Division Ia Scholarship And Non-Scholarship Student-Athletes: A Discriminant Analysis Of Academic Performance, Lisa Melanie Rubin

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Many research studies have examined the academic performance and graduation rates of college student-athletes. The limited focus on scholarship student-athletes has overlooked the majority of NCAA student-athletes, those participating in collegiate athletic programs without athletic scholarships. Therefore, this study contributes to a gap in the literature about non-scholarship student-athletes. The following dissertation examined the academic performance, time-to-degree, and demographic and profile characteristics of Division IA scholarship and non-scholarship student-athletes. The theoretical framework for this study was work motivation viewing athletic scholarships as extrinsic rewards. The researcher applied descriptive discriminant analysis utilizing secondary data to compare scholarship and non-scholarship student-athletes across …


Analysis Of The Soccer Labor Market In Europe 2011‐2012: History And Trends Of Players From Argentina, Brazil, And West Africa, Eduardo Ortiz 2012 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Analysis Of The Soccer Labor Market In Europe 2011‐2012: History And Trends Of Players From Argentina, Brazil, And West Africa, Eduardo Ortiz

Social Sciences

No abstract provided.


Analytical Research Topics In Sport Management, Gi-Yong Koo 2012 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Analytical Research Topics In Sport Management, Gi-Yong Koo

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The field of sport management has grown tremendously as an academic discipline. Researchers have continuously discussed the scope and direction of research and the importance of the diversity of research design. There have been a significant number of studies examining the scope and direction of research over the past few decades such as: the lack of diversity in methodology; the lack of diversity in research focus; the lack of importance of power analysis; and the lack of diversity in topic areas. Embracing a variety of research designs is an absolutely necessary condition for the growth and credibility of sport management …


Division I Student-Athlete Degree Choice Assessment, Tony Terrell 2012 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Division I Student-Athlete Degree Choice Assessment, Tony Terrell

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Though the NCAA has established rules that require student-athletes to complete their college degree in an expeditious manner, the 40/60/80% rule may impinge on student-athlete academic decisions (i.e., degree choice).Yet limited empirical data exist regarding the nature and prevalence of student-athlete degree impingement. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the Student-Athlete Degree Choice Questionnaire (SA-DCQ). The SA-DCQ assesses factors that influence Division I student-athletes' degree choice. An initial 40 item, 4 component SA-DCQ instrument was piloted with 170 Division I student-athletes. In order to develop scales, Principal Components Analysis (PCA) was conducted. PCA results yielded 13 …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 24, WKU Student Affairs 2012 Western Kentucky University

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 23, WKU Student Affairs 2012 Western Kentucky University

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.


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