This guide for soccer, speedball, and flag football is one in a series of guides for 22 sports published by the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS). Guides contain information on NAGWS-approved playing rules, officials' ratings, articles on teaching, coaching and organization, rules governing national championships,…

Although women at first said their athletic programs would be different from men's, chances are good that women will follow the lead of men and develop similar problems. The solution is more institutional autonomy--each campus assuming responsibility for what happens there. (Author/LBH)

This article describes a program for weight lifting combined with other exercises that is designed to improve women's physical fitness. (JD)

Third- , fourth-, and fifth-grade children who had participated for one or more years in a coeducational physical fitness program were given the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test in 1977, 1978, and 1979. Females consistently performed as well or better than males at the same grade level. (CJM)

As boys and girls develop individual physical skills and learn in games and sports how to compete with one another playfully, they will be on the way toward learning to relate constructively in marriage, business, professions, and politics. (MM)

This ninth volume of the "Biography Today Sports" series is intended to appeal to young readers in a format they can enjoy reading and readily understand. Each alphabetically-arranged sketch provides at least one picture of the individual profiled, and bold-faced rubrics lead the reader to information on birth, youth, early memories,…

This report presents data from a longitudinal study of women in intercollegiate sports, highlighting: participation opportunities for female athletes and the status of women as head coaches, assistant coaches, administrators, sports information directors, and athletic trainers. The average number of teams for women offered per school is at an…

The demographic results of data collected from 335 collegiate female athletic directors revealed: (1) an increase in the number of coaches for female athletes; (2) a significant decline in the number of female head coaches; and (3) a large increase in the number of male head coaches. (JN)

Colleges and university presidents must come to terms with the challenges posed by intercollegiate athletics. The author offers concrete ideas and suggestions aimed at breaking through the confusion surrounding intercollegiate athletics. (Editor/LBH)

An investigation of sports as a facilitative or debilitating personal developmental experience among female varsity and intramural athletes showed significant differences between the two groups' perceptions of the experiences and also between attitudes about social and sport self, and strength of selected personality traits (aggression, dominance,…

Coed sports competition in high school can be made more meaningful by modifying traditional rules that tend to allow males to dominate the game. (MB)

Discusses controversial issues that have arisen in children's sports, including infant exercise programs, trampolines, amenorrhea in the adolescent athlete, coed contact sports, and sport participation by children with Down Syndrome. Policy statements are included from the American Academy of Pediatrics. (JD)

This paper presents the procedural facts of the Haffer case in which women college athletes sued Temple University (Pennsylvania) for the discrepancies between men's and women's intercollegiate programs. It discusses the grounds upon which the plaintiffs brought their gender discrimination suit and reviews the negotiated settlement of Haffer. (DB)

This presentation summarizes data available from 1972 through 1985 on employment opportunities for women in sport. Leadership roles addressed are high school coach, high school athletic director, collegiate coach, collegiate athletic director, official, athletic trainer, and sports information director. Although employment opportunities for women…

In some communities, alcohol becomes a part of socialization early in life. In one such community, softball for women has become a popular pastime. Twenty-seven of 48 teams in the community were sponsored by local taverns, bars, or restaurants where alcohol was served. Teams sponsored by taverns were encouraged to meet at the taverns before or…