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A Positive Approach: Training Coaches To Build A Positive Motivational Climate, J. Spencer John

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The purpose of this paper is to develop a training program for youth sport coaches focusing on a positive motivational climate, with an intended outcome to increase intrinsic motivation in youth sport participants. The coaching workshops that are available today tend to focus on teaching the fundamentals of the sport; while largely ignoring the motivational side of coaching. Pop Warner Football is the largest youth football league in the country, they have a large coach training program that focuses on drills and skill development, but fails to address positive motivation. Providing youth sport organizations with a training program that adds …

The Right Call: Baseball Coaches' Attempts To Influence Umpires, Kevin Warneke, David C. Ogden

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

On-field conversations and confrontations between baseball coaches and umpires have long been a part of the game. An umpire's decision can alter the course of the game, but little has been written about the exchanges between a coach or manager and umpire, especially in relation to theoretical considerations. This study applies management and leadership theories in exploring the strategies baseball coaches use to contest an umpire's decision. By using leadership scholar John E. Barbuto's concept of influence tactics and the various types of social power discussed by sociologists John R. French and Bertram Raven, the study also tests the congruence …

Authenticity And Identity-Making In A Globalized World: Capoeira In Boston And New York, Madeline L. Bishop

Honors Theses and Capstones

No abstract provided.

Ua80/1 Meeting Minutes, W Club

University Organizations

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

9/29/2012 Henderson State Vs Swosu (Wide Angle), Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Football Videos

Football video of the Henderson State vs SWOSU game on September 29, 2012 in Weatherford, OK. Footage is compiled from individual clips and has no audio.

Also attached is a PDF of the stats from the game, collected from: https://static.swosuathletics.com/custompages/stats/football/foot2012/12-09-29.htm

9/29/2012 Henderson State Vs Swosu (Tight Angle), Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Football Videos

Football video of the Henderson State vs SWOSU game on September 29, 2012 in Weatherford, OK. Footage is compiled from individual clips and has no audio.

Also attached is a PDF of the stats from the game, collected from: https://static.swosuathletics.com/custompages/stats/football/foot2012/12-09-29.htm

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Harrison, Taylor. Each One Teach One – Chinese
• Harrison, Taylor. Northern Kentucky University Professor Studies Dinosaur Fossils at WKU - Janet Bertog
• Stukenborg, Sarah. Sorority Hosts Fundraiser for Sister Injured in Crash – Landon Lovett, Alpha Omicron Pi
• Andrews, Mary. E is for EMT – Kanin Perry
• Kriz, Lindsay. It’s Time to Stop Unnecessary Censorship
• Burden, Thomas. Last Weekend’s Game Not Pleasant for All Topper Fans – Football
• Wurth, Jonathon. New Secular Student Alliance Poster Distasteful
• Crumbie, Trey & Kwabena Boateng. Student Face-off: Campaign Finance
• Rogers, Shelby. Lawsuit Against …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

Scabs In Seattle, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It took all of three weeks but the excrement has finally hit the fan. It is not the end of the world, but it is the end of any further claims that the scabs impersonating NFL referees are competent. If they were competent they would already have been NFL referees and therefore would be locked out by the NFL.

9/22/2012 Swosu Vs Southern Arkansas (Tight Angle), Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Football Videos

Football video of the SWOSU vs Southern Arkansas game on September 22, 2012 in Magnolia, Ark. Footage is compiled from individual clips and has no audio.

Also attached is a PDF of the stats from the game, collected from: https://static.swosuathletics.com/custompages/stats/football/foot2012/12-09-22.htm

9/22/2012 Swosu Vs Southern Arkansas (Wide Angle), Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Football Videos

Football video of the SWOSU vs Southern Arkansas game on September 22, 2012 in Magnolia, Ark. Footage is compiled from individual clips and has no audio.

Also attached is a PDF of the stats from the game, collected from: https://static.swosuathletics.com/custompages/stats/football/foot2012/12-09-22.htm

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

Baseball Changes, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

At the end of this baseball season there will a fundamental shift in the organization of Major League Baseball. At the opening of the next season the Houston Astros will be an American League team. The change was forced by Baseball Commissioner “Bud” Selig who made it a prerequisite to the purchase of the Houston franchise.

9/15/2012 East Central Vs Swosu (Tight Angle), Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Football Videos

Football video of the East Central vs SWOSU game on September 15, 2012 in Weatherford, OK. Footage is compiled from individual clips and has no audio.

Also attached is a PDF of the stats from the game, collected from: https://static.swosuathletics.com/custompages/stats/football/foot2012/12-09-15.htm

9/15/2012 East Central Vs Swosu (Wide Angle), Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Football Videos

Football video of the East Central vs SWOSU game on September 15, 2012 in Weatherford, OK. Footage is compiled from individual clips and has no audio.

Also attached is a PDF of the stats from the game, collected from: https://static.swosuathletics.com/custompages/stats/football/foot2012/12-09-15.htm

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 6, 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. 5, 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. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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