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  Careers in Sport Psychology
Sport psychology professionals are interested in how participation in sport, exercise, and physical activity may enhance personal development and well-being throughout the life span.
Sport psychologists are also involved in assisting coaches in working with athletes as well as helping improve athletes' motivation.
As an academic discipline, sport and exercise psychology is the scientific study of people and their behavior in sport and exercise contexts and involves such topics as personality, motivation, attributions, arousal, leadership, and goal-setting.
www.wcupa.edu /_ACADEMICS/sch_cas.psy/Career_Paths/Sports/Career07.htm   (1765 words)

  
 Women's History Then & Now - Women and Sport
Sports have freed women, and continue to free women, from restrictive dress, behaviors, laws and customs-and from the belief that women can't or shouldn't achieve or compete or win" (Nelson xi).
The beginning of women's sport were feeble but, "women's demand for sport and physical education were expressions of varied attempts at female liberation that would become increasingly evident as the century matured" (Vertinsky 63).
As mentioned in the previous paragraph, sports were the true cause for the dress reform of the latter part of the Victorian era.
www.cwrl.utexas.edu /~ulrich/femhist/sports.shtml   (2135 words)

  
 UNITED NATIONS, INDIA AND BOYCOTT OF APARTHEID SPORT
Apartheid was proclaimed as state policy in 1948, by a rabid racist regime which came to power that year, in a blatant and desperate attempt to streamline and entrench the abominable system of racism in the face of rising resistance in the country and a growing world abhorrence of racism.
The campaign against apartheid sport must be seen clearly as a contribution to freedom in South Africa and Namibia, for the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination in sport and for the promotion of sport as a means for strengthening friendship and cooperation at national and international levels.
Sport is big business now and not just a game any more and sportsmen and women must realise the world over that with fame and fortune come an incredible responsibility which may affect the lives of people in different countries.
www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/boycotts/indsport.html   (6442 words)

  
 cars.com:
Sport instrumentation (including gauges and tachometer) is also included in the package.
The most distinguishing feature of this engine is the wedge-shaped combustion chamber that works with a specially designed induction system to increase the swirling motion of the incoming air-fuel mixture which theoretically produces more power from a given amount of fuel when compared to conventional combustion chamber designs.
The HSO engine (which is on ly available in the Sport GL) incorporates a new cylinder head, freer-breathing intake manifold along with a new 3.73 final drive to increase performance.
www.cars.com /carsapp/national/?srv=review&act=search&mkid=14&mdid=186&yr=1985   (1092 words)

  
 Australian Sports Commission - Women & Sport
Sport and the media are two of the most powerful influences that affect how society works.
The 1996 survey took a snapshot of media coverage of women’s sport from newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations during a two-week period, establishing a measurement of coverage and additional information about the portrayal of women’s sport in the media.
Radio coverage of women’s sport was also surveyed for the first time and showed a figure of 1.4% of total sports air time.
www.ausport.gov.au /women/fsmedia.asp   (1388 words)

  
 Violence in sport [VT no. 4]
Whilst sporting violence, on the part of both participants and spectators, is less frequent and less severe in Australia than in many overseas locations, it remains grounds for concern.
The Council is composed of the Commonwealth, state/territory and New Zealand Ministers with responsibility for sport.
In some sports there is aggressive and injury-producing body contact which would not be acceptable elsewhere, but when conducted within the rules of the sport it is considered all part of the game.
www.aic.gov.au /publications/vt/vt4-text.html   (5224 words)

  
 Women's Sports Foundation Media Spotlight
Generally, the content of sport photographs suggests that only the most glamorous women athletes are worthy of being pictured, and their nonactive poses often resemble soft-core pornography (Duncan, 1990).
In media coverage of women in sport, the absence of minority women supports the traditional belief that sport is solely for white, heterosexual, non-disabled women.
In the U.S. sports media, women of color receive considerably less coverage than their white female counterparts and are often depicted in a racially stereotypical manner.
www.womenssportsfoundation.org /cgi-bin/iowa/issues/media/article.html?record=881   (1403 words)

  
 1985 in television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
February 19 - EastEnders premieres on the BBC (1985—).
September 14 - The Gummi Bears (1985-1991) and The Wuzzles (1985), the first Disney animated shows made for television, premiere on NBC and CBS, respectively, at the same time slot.
October 4 - The short-lived Misfits of Science premieres (1985).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1985_in_television   (973 words)

  
 Athletic Insight - Is Sport Psychology Failing the Athlete?
I was amazed to listen as the other sport psychologist tried to persuade us that the athlete in question was unaffected by his hitless streak and that there was absolutely no psychology to it at all.
Of course sport psychologists are not alone in their fears of the unconscious.
Let it be known that the field of sport psychology pretends that clients who are anxious enough to find a sport psychologist are simply healthy individuals who happen to be looking for a better golf swing.
www.athleticinsight.com /Vol6Iss2/IsSportPsychologyFailing.htm   (2794 words)

  
 drugs in sport
Although elite classical music is arguably as competitive as elite sport, and the rewards are similar, there is no stigma attached to the use of these drugs… The competition between elite musicians has rules – you cannot mime the violin to a backing CD.
People do well at sport as a result of the genetic lottery that happened to deal them a winning hand… If you have one version of the ACE gene, you will be better at long-distance events.
Sport is the province of the genetic elite (or freak).
www.pponline.co.uk /encyc/drugsinsport.html   (1883 words)

  
 Sport Fish Restoration
Sport Fish Restoration (SFR), which involves a cooperation between state and federal government, the fishing and boating industries, and anglers and boaters, has been an ambitious and successful endeavor.
However, the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act followed a lengthy and rather arduous legislative process before it was eventually enacted in 1950 under the co-sponsorship of Congressman John Dingell, Sr.
Sport Fish Restoration legislation was amended in more modest ways in 1988, 1990, and again in 1992.
www.outdooralabama.com /research-mgmt/sport-fish.cfm   (2566 words)

  
 Ethics in Sport
Brand has also changed the national dialog on college sports to emphasize the educational value of athletics participation and the integration of intercollegiate athletics with the academic mission of higher education.
There are two dimensions to ethics in sports: the ideal and the effect on society.
Brand thinks that the tendency for student athletes to view their sports as the center of their college days is a large problem.
www.philosophytalk.org /pastShows/EthicsinSport.htm   (782 words)

  
 The Sport Journal: Volume2, Number2,Spring 1999:Music in Sport and Exercise: Theory and Practice
Music is an often untapped source of both motivation and inspiration for sport and exercise participants.
He is a member of the British Olympic Association Psychology Advisory Group and lectures in sport psychology at Brunel University's Department of Sport Sciences.
Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission by The Sport Journal is strictly prohibited, with the exception of acknowledged references in scholarly material (less than 200 words).
www.thesportjournal.org /1999Journal/Vol2-No2/Music.asp   (1325 words)

  
 Faculty : Sport Management Graduate Program, CSULB
She teaches the Foundations of Sport Management, Measurement and Statistics, and Research Methods courses at CSULB and she supervises the Sport Management students Capstone Projects.
Her research deals primarily with the contribution of sport and exercise to self-perception (e.g., body image, self-esteem).
Alison’s area of expertise is Sport History and she has published articles on the history of exercise science and the Olympic Games.
www.csulb.edu /programs/sportmanagement/Faculty.shtml   (908 words)

  
 Sport Artist of the Year 1985: Donald Moss
For his accomplishments in the sport art field, the American Sport Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA) awarded Moss with the 1985 Sport Artist of the Year Award.
His sports paintings are included in "200 Years of Sport in America", "The Best of Sports Illustrated," and his paintings of Ted Williams and Jack Nicklaus are included in the Smithsonian's book, "Champions of America Sport".
His sports art is now in the collections of museums and many of the American Sports Halls of Fame.
www.asama.org /awards/SportArtists/Artist1985.asp   (484 words)

  
 Jackie Joyner-Kersee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Joyner de-emphasized basketball because she was continually told at the time there was no chance for advancement and success in that particular sport.
She returned to UCLA after the Olympics and won the 1985 Broderick Cup as the outstanding collegiate woman athlete.
However, she helped bring the approval of women into sports, playing an integral role in the creation of women in all aspects of life.
www.wvu.edu /~physed/blacksports/kersee.htm   (369 words)

  
 Sporting News: History of the NBA Finals
That futility ended on June 9, 1985, when Abdul-Jabbar, the oldest player in the National Basketball Association, defied the fatigue that might plague a lesser 38-year-old.
The spirits of Celtics past rumbled menacingly in 1985, but they were no match for the reality of Abdul-Jabbar.
But it was the physical play that proved decisive and, surprisingly, the Celtics, the same team that criticized the Lakers for complaining about the physical nature of the 1984 series, were complaining in 1985.
www.sportingnews.com /archives/nbafinals/1985.html   (1793 words)

  
 The Sport Supplement: Successful Leadership Behavior in Sport
The most important successful factor of a coach is to help athletes to improve their athletic skill in a wide range of tasks from sequential development and mastery of basic skills for beginners, to the more specialized physical, technical, tactical and psychological preparation of elite athletes (Martens,1987; Bompa,1983).
The context of the sport situation and the characteristics of the coach and the athletes themselves dictate appropriate leadership behavior.
A single sport with contrasting levels of ask variability and dependence in a single team would provide an excellent opportunity to compare their effects on leadership process while at the same time controlling for other situational variables (For example, size of team, number of coaches) that may affect leadership behavior preferences (Table 1).
www.thesportjournal.org /sport-supplement/vol13no1/05_successful_leadership.asp   (1518 words)

  
 Law and Ethics-- Sport South Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The author, a former Athletic Director at Guilford College, is an early pioneer on sport law and risk management.
Three chapters are devoted to establishing the basis for moral reasoning in sport.
Psychological approach to performance and participation at all levels of sport.
www.ibiblio.org /sostudies/sportsouth/biblio/law.htm   (229 words)

  
 Sports Psychology: Precompetition Routines in Sport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In choosing a routine, athletes should recall in the twenty-four hours that preceded a past excellent performance, the pattern of activities, psychological skills, or actions that were used.
Athletes can experiment with routines and combinations of routines they consider to be important in the preparation for competitionin their sport.
Tim Suchan is currently a Master of Arts student in Physical Education with a specialization in Sport Psychology at the University of Northern Iowa and a member of the Sport Psychology Research Team.
www.selfhelpmagazine.com /articles/sports/precomp.html   (603 words)

  
 Sport Management at the Isenberg School of Management Todd Crosset
Todd Crosset, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sport Management in the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Todd's academic interests in sport management include, gender, racism, and sexual assault in sport.
His book, Outsiders in the Clubhouse, about life on the LPGA golf tour, won the North American Society for Sport Sociology book of the year award in 1995.
www.isenberg.umass.edu /sportmgt/Faculty/Profiles/Todd_Crosset   (161 words)

  
 Academy's Awards of Sport - Sport Artist of the Year Award
The tradition of artistically rendering the human expression that is sport, provides the focus for ASAMA.
This is embodied by the Sport Artist of the Year.
The award is presented annually to an individual who captures the spirit and life of sport so that future generations can relive the drama of today's competition.
www.asama.org /awards/SportArtists/index.asp   (144 words)

  
 1985 Kansas City Royals World Series 13" x 16" Healy Plaque
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www.onlinesports.com /pages/I,STKS-1985ROYALS.html   (274 words)

  
 United States Olympic Committee - Stewart back in saddle again;
Stewart, a world-renowned equestrian coach, is in the middle of one of his many clinics he taught this weekend at the Daniel Stewart Clinic hosted by Spokane Sport Horse Farm and the Cabinet Mountains Pony Club.
With his microphone headset securely in place, he is free to walk around the arena and give individual attention to his riders and has so much to say that it is difficult for anyone to get a word in.
Stewart, who grew up in Calgary, earned his degree from the University of Calgary in 1985 in sport science with a minor in sport psychology.
www.usolympicteam.com /117_49416.htm   (995 words)

  
 1985 KTM 600 Enduro Sport specifications and pictures
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 eBay - 1985 sport, Vintage Sports Memorabilia, Magazine Back Issues items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Sports Illustrated Joe Louis September 16, 1985 Issue
1985 Sports Ill Howie Long LA Raiders All-Pro Issue
March 25, 1985 Sports Illustrated Mantle Mays Cover EX
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 Sport Charters, Codes, Declarations, Policies, Resolutions, Standards
Arizona Sport Summit Accord (on ethical athletic competition, signed by 50 US national sport organizations in 1999)
Sport and the Community: the Report of the Wolfenden Committee on Sport (Central Council on Physical Education, London, 1960, 72p.)
Sport as a Means to Promote Education, Health, Development and Peace (UN Resolution A/RES/58/4, 2003, 3p.)
www.ucalgary.ca /library/ssportsite/biblio.html   (1514 words)

  
 Women's Sports Foundation HOME   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
An anonymous donor has pledged $50,000 to match contributions to the Women’s Sports Foundation two-to-one.
That means every penny that is donated from now until the end of the year will have triple the impact.
We’re thrilled to use this opportunity to enhance our efforts on behalf of girls and women in sports.
womenssportsfoundation.org /cgi-bin/.../media/article.html?record=881   (148 words)

  
 1985 GMC S-15 Extra Cab - Sport Truck Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In many families, as the love of custom vehicles gets passed down from generation to generation, it goes through gradual changes.
The entire bed was smoothed and the gas tank was relocated to the rear of the truck.
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