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Snyder, Eldon E.; Kivlin, Joseph E. – Research Quarterly, 1975
In this study, it was found that women athletes had higher scores than women nonathletes on measures of psychological well-being and body image. (JS)
Descriptors: Body Image, Mental Health, Physical Education, Psychological Studies
Download full textAmerican Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. National Association for Girls and Women in Sport. – 1978
Training techniques and goals for women competing in archery and fencing are discussed in this guide book. Official rules governing the sports are included. (JD)
Descriptors: Archery, Athletic Coaches, Athletics, Teaching Guides
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. National Association for Girls and Women in Sport. – 1978
The official rules, regulations for competition, and officiating techniques for womens volleyball are covered in this guidebook. (JD)
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Athletics, Teaching Guides, Training Methods
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. National Association for Girls and Women in Sport. – 1978
The official rules and officiating techniques for women's flag football and speedball are covered in this guide book. (JD)
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Athletics, Football, Teaching Guides
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. National Association for Girls and Women in Sport. – 1978
The official rules and officiating techniques for womens' soccer are covered in this guidebook. (JD)
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Athletics, Soccer, Teaching Guides
Fidler, Merrie A. – 1975
This presentation provides an historical sketch of the All-American Girls' Baseball League (AAGBBL). The League was created in 1942 as the All-American Girls' Softball League, by Philip K. Wrigley. He initiated the League as a non-profit organization governed by a board of three trustees. Mr. Wrigley's basic motivation for creating the AAGSBL was…
Descriptors: Athletics, Baseball, Females, History
PDF pending restorationMeylink, Willa D. – 1975
The purpose of this survey was to determine the attitude of Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) coaches toward the use of selected ergogenic aids by women intercollegiate athletes. Questionnaires were sent to coaches of certain AIAW National and/or Regional Tournament teams. The general opinion items indicated that the…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletic Coaches, Opinions, Physical Fitness
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. National Association for Girls and Women in Sport. – 1974
This directory of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) includes listings of (a) officers, (b) regions, (c) AIAW member institutions, and (d) sports in which intercollegiate programs and financial aid for women are offered. The appendix contains a schedule of AIAW national championships for 1974-75 and listings of (a) the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Athletics, Higher Education, Institutions
American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. Div. for Girls and Women's Sports. – 1969
This document is devoted to statements concerning the philosophy and standards of girls and women's sports. Chapter one is a background essay on the Division for Girls and Women's Sports (DGWS). Chapter two discusses the nature and value of sports. Chapter three is devoted to standards for girls and women's sports. Included in this chapter are…
Descriptors: Athletics, Guidelines, Physical Education, Womens Athletics
Davenport, Joanna – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1978
With the passage of years, public attitude toward participation of women in Olympic Games has changed from opposition to apathy to enthusiastic acceptance. (Author/MJB)
Descriptors: Athletics, Feminism, Sex Discrimination, Sex Stereotypes
Stutzman, Sandra; And Others – Journal of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, 1974
One article, critical of DGWS (Division for Girls and Women's Sports) for its handling of certain aspects of women's athletics, particularly the training of educators, is answered by one from the current DGWS chairman. (JA)
Descriptors: Evaluation, Professional Associations, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs
Peer reviewedSisley, Beckley – Physical Educator, 1976
Most institutions of higher education need to provide opportunities for women to develop coaching competencies. (MM)
Descriptors: Ability, Athletic Coaches, Certification, Females
Burrus-Bammel, Lei Lane – Research Quarterly, 1976
A study of college women in beginning tennis classes indicated that students instructed by the volley method of teaching tennis improved significantly over those instructed by the ground stroke method, particularly in their forehand drives. (JD)
Descriptors: Athletics, Lifetime Sports, Physical Education, Teaching Methods
Direct linkFoster, Kevin Michael – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2003
Analyzes black female student athletes' participation in an elite collegiate athletic program by showing how the program maximizes black females' athletic and academic potential through surveillance, control, and discipline. The program instills in black female athletes a model of womanhood whereby they come to expect and achieve academic and…
Descriptors: Athletes, Blacks, College Athletics, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPettitt, Robert W.; Bryson, Erin R. – Strength and Conditioning Journal, 2002
Summarizes proposed variables linked with higher incidences of anterior cruciate ligament tears in females and the biomechanical aspects of the lower extremity during the performance of common basketball skills, focusing on gender differences in knee joint stability and neuromuscular control, biomechanical aspects of lower extremity skills in…
Descriptors: Basketball, Biomechanics, Exercise Physiology, Sex Differences
