Sports and Recreational Activities - Softcover

Mood, Dale; Musker, Frank; Rink, Judith

9780073045306: Sports and Recreational Activities

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0073045306 ISBN 13: 9780073045306

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2006

This comprehensive text offers fundamental information on forty-two different sports and recreational activities. Up-to-date material includes an overview of all aspects of the sport, including history, equipment, rules, fundamental skills, techniques, etiquette, strategy, teaching considerations, leadup games, and reference materials, including videos. This textbook can be used effectively by participants, instructors, and instructors-to-be.

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About the Author:

Dr. Dale P. Mood is a professor and former Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Mood has taught measurement and evaluation, statistics, and research methods courses since 1970 and has published extensively in the field, including 51 articles and 5 books. He has served as a consultant to five NFL football teams, chair of the Measurement and Evaluation Council of the American Alliance for Heath, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, and former president of the American Association for Active Lifestyles and Fitness. He is a reviewer for several scholarly journals. Before completing his Ph.D. in 1970 at the University of Iowa, Dr. Mood taught both elementary and junior high school physical education and coached swimming and diving at the high school level. He was the springboard diving coach at the University of Iowa for five years. In his leisure time, Dr. Mood enjoys reading, officiating at summer league swim meets, playing with his twelve grandchildren, and participating in a wide variety of physical activities.

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