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Improve the sports life for players, parents, and coaches by opening the lines of communication between the three key groups in sports for ages 5-18.Give players, parents, and coaches the information needed to make sports a great experience for everyone involved for the ages of 5-18 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on April 1, 1995. The length of the article is 1692 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The University of Regina's Faculty of Physical Activity Studies decided to form a partnership with an alternative high school, the Continuation Options Re-Entry Education (CORE), in developing a wellness program. The purpose of the program was to foster improved self-esteem and greater awareness of recreational activities among CORE students. The program has been successful in promoting self-confidence, physical fitness and positive social skills to its participants.

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Title: Building bridges between a university and an alternative high school.(Leisure Today: Youth Program Success Stories)
Author: Mary Bluechart
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1995
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: v66Issue: n4Page: p39(3)

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This digital document is an article from Journal of School Health, published by American School Health Association on October 1, 2008. The length of the article is 7448 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: Keywords: injury prevention; child and adolescent health; physical fitness and sport; risk behaviors; mental health.

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Title: High school youth and suicide risk: exploring protection afforded through physical activity and sport participation.(Research Article)(Report)
Author: Lindsay A. Taliaferro
Publication: Journal of School Health (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2008
Publisher: American School Health Association
Volume: 78Issue: 10Page: 545(9)

Article Type: Report

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This digital document is an article from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on November 1, 1997. The length of the article is 2060 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: After-schools programs may be implemented to ensure that students use their free time more productively. It may also allow a more organized and better monitored youth development, specially when there is no parental guidance, ideal models and community opportunities. The development of after-school programs becomes more crucial in poor communities, where there are high incidences of unemployment and insufficient income. These programs are important because they help in minimizing juvenile problems, such as gang involvement, alcohol and drug abuse and school dropouts.

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Title: Developing after-school programs for youth in high risk environments.(Youth Development)
Author: Peter Witt
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 1997
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: v68Issue: n9Page: p18(2)

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Geometry tells us there are three sides to every coin. There is heads, tails, and the rim around the coin. This book takes that approach to the success of an athlete. It looks at the parent (i.e. one side of the coin), the athlete (i.e. the other side of the coin), and then all that surrounds them (e.g. coaches, nutrition, training, medical care, and much more).All that surrounds the parent and athlete directly affects the success of the athlete.When you know this, your ability to succeed can increase exponentially. The most unique feature of this book is the general content. Seldom before has a book attempted to cover scientifically and theoretically just about every aspect of sports. There are many interesting examples and cases that help explain the scientific and theoretical concepts. This book contains a discussion of every major aspect that affects an athlete’s performance. In addition, the information in this book is designed to benefit athletes at many different ages. The parent and coach will learn that what happens outside of practice such as home life and nutrition can affect an athlete’s performance. In a very unique fashion, this book defines the major components of talent. You will learn what causes athletic injuries, how to reduce the chance of injury, and promote safety among sports. This book also teaches you how to interact with and what to look for in a facility, medical staff, coaching staff, administration, and parent organization. Not only does this book teach you what is happening to your athlete at the present time, but also tells what will or might happen to your athlete in the future. By knowing the terrain an athlete will cover, holes (injuries/illnesses) can be avoided, valleys (decrease in performance) can be dodged, and mountains (success) can be climbed. ... Read more

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Are you the target audience?
This book is targeted at parents of late teenagers with serious aspirations of playing sports at college or professional level. It was of little relevance to a parent trying to ensure that his 11 year old son has a safe, fun or rewarding experience playing hockey, soccer, basketball or lacrosse. I did not understand this from the supporting information, cover etc. ... Read more

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• Get up to speed on the use of heart rate monitor technology in high school physical education and health instruction.
• Teach students about lifelong heart fitness.
• Help students individualize their fitness goals and assess their own progress.

Veteran physical educators Deve Swaim and Sally Edwards introduced middle school teachers to heart rate monitors in Middle School Healthy Hearts in the Zone (published in 2002). Their latest book focuses on the unique needs of high school teachers and is designed to make it easy for you to use this technology in your high school curriculum.

How is High School Healthy Hearts in the Zone different from Middle School Healthy Hearts in the Zone? The book provides additional worksheets and workouts for high school students, expanded coverage of the health benefits of heart fitness, in-depth technical information on heart rate monitors, and guidelines for using the technology in sports.

Learn how to
• easily use heart rate monitors—even if you’re a novice,
• incorporate heart rate monitor technology into your high school curricula,
• facilitate experiential learning that helps students see and feel how heart health fitness fits into the curriculum,
• add variety to your teaching to keep students interested, and
• provide athletes with a new way to monitor their progress.

The text explains the rationale behind using heart rate monitors and heart zone training in high school curricula. It provides 46 lesson plans that emphasize self-directed learning, goal setting, and self-motivation. It also presents 72 pull-out, reproducible student worksheets and pull-out log and journal pages.

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This digital document is an article from Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on March 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1777 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Effects of a physical education curriculum on work productivity and fitness parameters in high school students with mental retardation. (Special Populations).
Author: Frank Edward Seagraves
Publication: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2003
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: 74Issue: 1Page: A-80(1)

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This digital document is an article from Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on March 1, 2001. The length of the article is 4573 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Comparison of Patterns of Tobacco Use Between High School and College Athletes and Nonathletes.(Brief Article)
Publication: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2001
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: 72Issue: 1Page: A-24

Article Type: Brief Article

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on June 22, 2001. The length of the article is 726 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: National High School Interscholastic Track Meet.(wheelchair track athletics)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2001
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: 17Issue: 3Page: 15

Article Type: Brief Article, Statistical Data Included

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 335 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Swaim, D., & Edwards, S. (2003). Physical Education, Heart Zone Training, Heart Rate Monitors, Fitness (High School Healthy Hearts in the Zone: a Heart Rate Monitoring Program for Lifelong Fitness).
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: 21Issue: 1Page: 53(1)

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on January 1, 1993. The length of the article is 503 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Minnesota high school league incorporates Minnesota Association for Adapted Athletics into league structure.
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1993
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: v9Issue: n2Page: p18(2)

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Seasons in the Fall chronicles the magical journey of the 1971 and 1972 CumberlandRI High School soccer team, which rose from obscurity and advanced towards a state championship. This moving memoir is told through the eyes of the authorwhose daily journal entries provide readers with the essence and emotions of high school soccer back in the days before soccer moms and travel teams. Amusing and poignant, this intimate memoir recalls the challenges and triumphs, disappointments and lessons of small town life and high school athletics, and demonstrates the the importance of team camaraderie and individual dedication. ... Read more

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As a star basketball player in her last year of high school, Nancy Takahiro's life is about to change forever. Faced with the college recruitment process and unsure of where her skill will take her, Nancy is not prepared for meeting Raina Webber, an All-State shooting guard whose passion for basketball is matched only by her talent.

When Nancy's father and Raina's mother move in together, the girls are faced with the challenge of negotiating their already intense friendship and rivalry. As Nancy's love for Raina grows and both prepare to leave inner city neighborhood that has nurtured them, they find themselves looking toward a future that is no longer easily defined.

Set against a backdrop of racial tension between the Asian American and African American communities of Los Angeles and infused with tenderness and passion. The Necessary Hunger explores not only the intricacies of the game of basketball, but also the very nature of the relationships young women create in the face of the odds that are stacked against them.
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Nancy Takahiro is a star high school basketball player who issmitten by a new player, Raina Webber. When Nancy's father falls inlove with Raina's mother and the families move in together, Nancy'slove for Raina becomes positively excruciating.This novel grapplesnot only with the awkwardness of adolescent love, but also with race:Nancy is Asian American, Raina is African American. And if that's notenough, it's full of information on college sport recruitingtechniques. ... Read more

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intense and unrequited love
This is the only book I've ever read that has truly captured the experience of unrequited love. It is intense, honest, compelling-- and truly suspenseful, in an emotionally-building way. And this is only one layer of the book--it is also a novel about love of basketball, and about growing up in an inner city neighborhood, and of growing up lesbian and in the grey zone of not being "out" while not being completely closeted.Then there is the layer of growing up Asian-American and growing up in a blended family. And then there is the layer about friends and community, and of having roots. All of this makes this sound like an "issues" novel and yet primarily it is a really good story. It is one of my favorite books of all time and I've read it three times now.

Lots of Issues
Nancy is a gay teenager of Japanese heritage living with her father in a mostly black neighborhood in Los Angeles.Life would probably be more difficult for her if she weren't a superstar basketball player.She is a celebrity in her school and her neighborhood, where she is respected and revered.It is thought she will be one of the lucky ones who will make something of her life, go to college and escape from the poor inner city.

Nancy is comfortable with herself, but is somewhat quiet about her sexuality.She doesn't date much, but she is madly in love with Raina, a black basketball player from another team.As luck would have it, Nancy's father and Raina's mother begin a relationship, and soon they are all living together in Nancy's house.Raina, though, is still as unattainable as ever.She is in a relationship, and she seems to sense Nancy's attraction to her and therefore avoids her a bit.

Senior year of high school is a busy time for Nancy and Raina.Both are being heavily recruited by colleges all over the country, and both are trying to lead their teams to championships.Nancy is also trying to figure out a way to follow Raina to college.But while she is so busy planning her possible future, is she letting the present pass her by?

This book is full of lots of issues.It touches on gang violence, racism, homosexuality, college athletic recruitment, teen pregnancy and inner city crime, and the difficulty of blending families together.Sometimes I felt as though there was too much packed into this one book, as if the author wanted to make sure not to leave anything important out.I did like this book, though, especially the strength and determination of Nancy in getting to college and getting out of her neighborhood.

Real, gritty, inspiring.
I started this book because it looked like it'd be a fun read: a gay sports story. Not that many going around. But by the time I 'd finished it I realized it was so much more than that.

The Necessary Hunger touched me on so many levels that it's hard to lay them all out in any sort of order. Nina Revoyr uses sports as a metaphor for life, for growing up and finding yourself. That in itself is nothing that special, because that's the meat of all sports stories. But Revoyr does it in a way that makes you feel. She gets into the mind of soul of an athlete who's just going through her growing pains, trying to figure out who she is. And as if that weren't enough Revoyr throws in a whole spectrum of other issues: class, race, sexuality, privilege.

This is more than just a love story. It's a story about passion and determination, of life and loss, and of daring yourself to take that one terrifying step into the unknown. Nancy and Raina are absolutely believable characters, so three-dimensional that they are bound to resonate with everyone on some level.

The greatest strength of this novel is that Revoyr takes everyday situations, the stuff that everyone has been through at one point or another, and puts her craft into them so that the resulting masterpiece is an intricate story based purely on emotion. She pulls you in with vivid descriptions of emotion, and does it in a gritty, realisticway that connects you with the character.

This novel is so much more than your average sports story. And it's worth every penny.

It Blows? Well written!
It was a well written piece. The only problem is you get frustrated. However, you get frustrated because you want the main character to get the girl - her step sister. You get into the book and that is what makes it wonderful. You might not even notice how into it you are until the end. The frustration comes from all the feelings that go through Nancy's head when she sees her. I feel the same way when I like a girl...lmao! To Nancy's suprise, her father marries the girls mother. It got worst for her but one learns not to hold back. If you like someone say something. Otherwise, you will be just like Nancy with all the "what if's" and "I don't knows" and "Maybe this" or "Maybe that".

Total Downer
This is the book you read if you want to punish yourself for being a romantic. This book takes you from the total high you have when starting a new book, to the point of just wanting to cry and scream at the impossible blindness of the characters. And that was not a compliment of wonderful writing on the writers behalf. Nina wrote this long ass story that takes you on this wild ride that never finishes. IT never reaches a climax. It just builds and builds untill she drops the bomb that nothing good happens for the two main characters. You'd be better of saving your money and going to a funeral. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on March 1, 2001. The length of the article is 453 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Relationship Between the Psychometric Profile and Health-Related Fitness of Chinese Youths in Hong Kong.(social values differ for females and males)(Brief Article)
Publication: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2001
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: 72Issue: 1Page: A-87

Article Type: Brief Article

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This digital document is an article from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on September 1, 2001. The length of the article is 4873 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Making a Difference for Urban Youths.(motivating inner city youths in physical education programs)
Author: Nancy Knop
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2001
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: 72Issue: 7Page: 38

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This digital document is an article from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on October 1, 2000. The length of the article is 568 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Profiling Activity Levels of Youths and Young Adults.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Author: Melody Yarbrough
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2000
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: 71Issue: 8Page: 6

Article Type: Brief Article, Statistical Data Included

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Now you can have all of the information that you ever needed about basketball all in one easy to read book.

Why let everyone else take advantage of this eBook and learn all the fun there is about basketball and not get in on it yourself? This book is easy to read and can teach you all you want to learn about basketball.

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This will teach you everything you need to learn about how you can teach basketball, what type of drills you must use and the rules of the game. If you are thinking of teaching or coaching basketball, this is the book for you.


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There are many different levels of basketball. You can learn about all of them in this book. All levels of basketball are talked about in this book - from the pee wee leagues to the NBA and everything in between.



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Basketball Equipment


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This digital document is an article from Reclaiming Children and Youth, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2006. The length of the article is 2484 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Creative arts: strengthening academics and building community with students at-risk: a charter school serving a residential program for students at risk employs creativity in the arts to motivate academic achievement, provide productive after-school programming, and build a sense of community.(University Charter School for Waco Methodist Children's Home)
Author: Randal W. Boldt
Publication: Reclaiming Children and Youth (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 14Issue: 4Page: 223(5)

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