Journal of Sport Behavior articles from June 1995

Journal of Sport Behavior archives from June 1995

The effects of the coaches' use of humor on female volleyball players' evaluation of their coaches.
June 1, 1995... Humor has fascinated people since recorded history. Humor has been studied by scholars in a variety of fields such as psychology, biology, anthropology, and sociology (Vinton, 1989). Humorous effects have been studied in the workplace (Duncan,...

Decision style choices of high school basketball coaches: the effects of situational and coach characteristics.
June 1, 1995... Leadership defined as "the process of influencing the activities of an organized group toward goal setting and goal achievement" (Stogdill, 1950; p. 4) is one of the most important factors in determining the success and survival of groups and...

The effects of goals on the maintenance of exercise programs.
June 1, 1995... The benefits of vigorous physical activity are well documented. These benefits include improvements in cardiovascular fitness (Paffenbarger, Hyde, Wing, & Hsieh, 1986), neuromuscular tension levels (deVries, 1987), improved diet and use of the...

Basketball free-throw performance: practice implications.
June 1, 1995... According to many coaches, free-throw success is often the deciding factor in winning or losing a game (Palladino, 1980; Pim, 1986; Schuetzle, 1988; Schulze, 1981). Jenkins (1977) reported that in close contests the team that had the higher free...

The moderating effects of aerobic fitness and mental training on stress reactivity.
June 1, 1995... Introduction Stress is an ever present component of our lives. Factors such as the pace of current technology, economic instability, complexity of interpersonal relations, and the ever-growing crime rate have produced a society that must...