Physical Education Clinical Exercise Prescription for Tennis
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This 12 page paper outlines the central elements of the forehand ground stroke in tennis, with a focus on the application of this process in understanding the development of a physical education clinical exercise prescription for improving the tennis swing. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MHPhyTen.wps

Physical Education In Elementary School
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A 5 page paper that addresses specific factors related to elementary school PE. First, the learning characteristics of children between the ages of 6 and 9, grades K-4, are explained with a discussion of how those characteristics need to be considered when planning the physical education curriculum. The next issue discussed is whether or not competition should be introduced in the PE activities for this age group. The arguments of both opponents and proponents of including competition are presented with a final conclusion by the writer. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PGpecomp.rtf

Physical Education in the Elementary School Curriculum
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This 6 page paper provides an overview of the first five chapters of a book entitled Physical Education for Elementary School Children by Pangrazi. The book highlights various aspects of physical education. No additional sources cited.
Filename: SA019PE.rtf

Physical Education – An Endangered Species?
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This 5-page report examines the ramifications of budget cuts in athletic programs for grades K-12. In the face of staggering statistics pointing to the ever-increasing rate of childhood obesity, an alarming number of schoolchildren are no longer offered even a modicum in the way of Physical Education classes. With no release for their excess of energy and no safe place to vent natural aggression, could this be contributing to the incidence of violence in our schools? Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SNPhyse2.doc

Physical Education: A Review of Literature
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This 4 page paper provides an overview of the current literature about exercise, physical fitness and physical education. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHPhysEd.rtf

Physical Education: Standards, Cooperative Skills and Learning Theories
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This is a 6 page tutorial paper discussing various issues in physical and health education in schools. New York and national standards, social and cooperative skills, and learning theories are applied to the discipline of physical education. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TJPhyEd1.rtf

Recreational Activities for the Handicapped
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This 10 page report discusses the fact that people with physical and mental disabilities thrive on, require, and enjoy recreational activities as much as any “normally-abled” people. An organization named SPLORE (“special populations learning outdoor recreation and education”), an outdoor recreation program based in Salt Lake City, Utah, that specializes in “providing life-enhancing wilderness recreation and education to people of all abilities, including people with disabilities and special needs” is examined. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: BWhanrec.rtf

Sensory Perceptions of Skiing
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This 4 page paper provides an overview of the use of skiing and snowshoeing as methods for instructing to improve sensory perceptions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MHSnowSh.rtf

Should Drug Testing Be Required of High School Athletes?
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A 9 page paper arguing against the blanket testing of high school athletes for indications of drug use. The proliferation of drug use among athletes has caused many to decide that all of them should be tested, regardless of age. There are many reasons, however, that high school athletes should be exempted from such testing, not the least of which is the Fourth Amendment. Even though the Constitution protects the country's citizens from undue search, there are other reasons to abandon drug testing of high school athletes, most of which revolve around lessons in physiology and the possibilities of economic gain from high school contests. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Drugtst.wps