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Baseball : Human Relationships
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An 9 page paper. In any organization, human relationships are formed and developed. These relationships may only exist at the workplace or some may carry them into their own personal lives. The same is true with sports teams. There are numerous relationships developed with baseball teams. This paper discusses the types of relationships that are formed between: owners and players, fans and players, coaches and players, and between and among teammates. The nature of these relationships and the effects of them are discussed. Two types of team cohesion are explained. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Biomechanics of a Soccer Kick
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A 13 page paper discussing the components of a soccer kick. Running and kicking are the two primary activities that individual players must master in the game of soccer. Each has been studied extensively in terms of biomechanics, and each has application in other sports. The purpose here is to provide a qualitative biomechanical analysis of the soccer kick in terms of force, velocity, acceleration, angular velocity, moment of inertia and angle of release. Includes 4 diagrams. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Biomechanics of the Tennis Forehand Stroke
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A 5 page paper discussing the kinesiology and the mechanics of the forehand swing in tennis. The kinesiology of the tennis forehand ground stroke must be understood within the context of an assessment of the musculature and an understanding of rotation and acceleration and deceleration, while the mechanics of the swing, once understood, can be used to achieve a more powerful swing. It is crucial that the player combines understanding of the two aspects of the swing to achieve the greatest results possible. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSbioTenFore.rtf

Children and Sports
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This 5 page paper provides an evaluation of how children are taught about sports. Group identification and being a team player is valued over individual competitiveness. This paper argues that children are unfairly indoctrinated into a competitive sporting world. An annotated bibliography is included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Coaching Burnout
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This 15 page paper looks at the topic of burnout with special emphasis as it applies to coaching. Definition of the concept is provided, along with methods of diagnosis. Solutions are explored. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Crash Building: Nutritional and Exercise Regimes for the Serious Athlete
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An 11 page overview of the factors that enter into an athletic training and conditioning program. Concentrating on the needs of runners, the author provides an overview of training and dietary approaches to optimizing physical performance. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Crash Building: Nutritional and Exercise Regimes for the Serious Runner
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A 10 page overview of the factors that enter into a runner's training and conditioning program. The author provides an overview of training and dietary approaches to optimizing physical performance. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: PPrunner.rtf

Ethical Alternatives to the Approach That "Winning Is All That Matters"
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A 9 page discussion of the concept that winning is all that matters in sports. Clarifies that while winning is certainly an important concept in sports, it should not be regarded as being of primary importance. The author stresses that emphasizing winning as a primary goal sometimes results in unethical methods to accomplish that goal. Athletes should instead concentrate on improving their own self concepts and accomplishing self-mastery. Identifies ethically-based goal setting as a critical component of that venture. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Female Coaches May Be Detrimental to Male Sports Teams
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This 15 page paper provides a proposal for an experiment to prove the hypothesis, in addition to reviewing a great deal of research in the field. Literature pertinent to sports and gender relationships in general provide support for the thesis. Research which addresses female coaching specifically is also provided, inclusive of the psychological effects it has on the male. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Fred Fiedler’s Comprehensive Contingency Model: Applications in Sports, Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Everyday Life
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A 7 page discussion of Fiedler’s contingency model of leadership, a model which postulates that leadership effectiveness is based on “situational contingency”, i.e. that in order to be most effective the situation had to be favorable to the leadership style being utilized. The author contests some writers’ interpretation that Fiedler is contending that the leader himself cannot change. This criticism is unjust in may respects. Fiedler’s model recognizes, of course, that not all situations will be favorable and either the situation or the leadership style must be changed in order to correspond with one another. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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