JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance articles from January 2003

JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance archives from January 2003

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2003... Dressing-Policy Dispute After reading "Not Dressing Is Disobedience, Not Just a Nuisance," by Mitchell and Hewitt (JOPERD, August 2002), I was compelled to offer a differing view. My initial reaction to the article was that the overall...

Aerobic endurance training improves soccer performance. (Research Works).
January 1, 2003... Soccer is a sport that requires physical performance skills as well as tactical and technical expertise; however, many training programs designed to improve soccer performance focus only on technique and tactics. Helgerud, Engen, Wisloff, and...

Conferences & workshops.
January 1, 2003... February 6, 2003. Physical Best Certification Workshop, Fargo, ND. AAHPERD's Physical Best program provides continuing education and resources for youth fitness education within a K-12 physical education curriculum. The next specialist...

Religious boundaries in public school physical-activity settings. (Law Review).
January 1, 2003... "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." (First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution) Nearly 212 years old, the First Amendment clauses granting freedom of religion have...

Possible obesity gene identified. (News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... While scientists have long suspected that genes play an important role in the onset of obesity, specific obesity genes have been identified only in animals, and experimental drugs designed to alter the gene's effects in mice have failed....

Ads "sell" walking. (News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... According to a study published in the September 2002 issue of Preventive Medicine, one community's campaign to promote walking owes its success in large part to a series of television and radio advertisements touting the benefits of walking. An...

Exercise and illness. (News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Exercise is known to have a variety of effects on the immune system (see "Exercise and Illness," JOPERD, August 2002, p. 19). Previous studies have shown that while moderate exercise may boost immunity and reduce an individual's long-term risk...

Volleyball players wanted. (News).
January 1, 2003... The Sports for Youth Foundation is currently accepting applications for the 2003 Volleyball Exchange to Europe. Accomplished volleyball players who are at least 21 years old and interested in the opportunity to travel, meet new people, and play...

Should public schools charge fees for student participation in interscholastic sports? (Issues).
January 1, 2003... No, I do not feel that students should have to pay a fee to participate in interscholastic sports. If we start doing that, sports becomes another situation in which the wealthy succeed and the poor get shut out. Many students would not be...

Physical education and activity: results from the school health policies and programs study 2000. (Special Report).(Excerpt)
January 1, 2003... Introduction The following article is an excerpt, reprinted with permission from the Journal of School Health (Sept. 2001), which reported the findings of the full School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS). Schools have a...

Increasing physical activity in girls and women: lessons learned from the DAMET project.
January 1, 2003... Physical inactivity is one of the most significant health problems of the 21st century (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 1996, 2000). It has been linked to numerous health problems, including heart disease,...

Building, maintaining, and regaining team confidence in sports.
January 1, 2003... It has long been acknowledged that self-confidence has an impact on an individual's behaviors and attitudes (Moritz, Feltz, Fahrbach, & Mack, 2000). Team confidence is a related concept that may influence team performance. Although considerably...

Implementing cooperative learning in elementary physical education.
January 1, 2003... Cooperative learning is an instructional form at in which students work together in small, structured, heterogeneous groups to master the content of the lesson. Students are responsible not only for learning the material, but also for helping...