volume 18 number 4 | The Sport Digest
WEBMichael Vick replacing Kevin Kolb as the starter is more interesting to the common fan than news about concussions. But the same week Kolb went out with a head injury, medical observers criticized the Eagles for putting linebacker Stewart Bradley back into a game four minutes after he “got his bell rung.”
Stress and Anxiety in Athletics | The Sport Digest
WEBStress can affect performance, the way an athlete responds to the stress can affect it, and the management of the stress can negatively or positively affect the athlete’s stress level. The stress response process (shown below) consists of five stages. Stage 1 is the environmental demand; stage 2 is the athlete’s perception of the ...
Aboriginal Stereotypes in Sports: Intentions gone horribly wrong?
WEBAboriginal is the term used in Canada to describe First Nations (Indians), Metis (People of Indian & European blood), and Inuit (Eskimo). As the struggle to rid the North American sports lexicon of racist, stereotypical images and nicknames of Aboriginal people increases, so does the backlash to that struggle. With the recent ruling by the NCAA ...
Importance of Balance and Stability to Mastery of Sport Skills
WEBImportance of Balance and Stability to Mastery of Sport Skills. Submitted by: Chris Hobbs, Candidate for Master’s Degree, USSA. It could be said that the world’s best athletes are always in control. It can be defined as mental control, as their recognition of specific situations within the game and how they can appropriately respond. Or as ...
Triple Tragedy of The Black Student Athlete | The Sport Digest
WEBa. A long-standing racist and ill-informed stereotype that blacks are genetically or physically more athletic than whites and that the former are intellectually deficient compared to the latter (Edwards, 2000; Coakley, 2009; Harrison, 2000; Harrison et al., 2002; Sailes, 1993). This stereotype projects a black person as athletic, skillful, fast ...
Should Student-Athletes Get Paid? - The Sport Digest
WEBSeveral issues are involved in the heated debate on whether student-athletes should be paid by their institutions for their athletic services.
When Does a Football Player Get Old? - The Sport Digest
WEBIntroduction. Over time, all athletes eventually see their on-field performance decrease. Athletes in all sports are at an advantage physically early in their careers, before age takes away some of their natural athletic ability.
Just Exactly What is Sports Marketing? - The Sport Digest
WEBBy definition, marketing is “creating an environment within which a sale can be made.”. By adding the word “sport” to that equation, it becomes the environment for application of marketing techniques. And the business of sport is BIG business. Industry estimates range from $25-50 billion dollars depending on how you calculate the size ...
Supervision of Athletes - The Sport Digest
WEBSupervising the growth and development of athletes is also very important to keeping them safe. No two athletes are identical. Only the proper supervision of athletes can guarantee physiologically appropriate expectations for players. All too often, especially in sports involving elementary school aged children, players are injured because ...
What Coaches Must Know About Conditioning | The Sport Digest
WEBNeed for Education. Coaches of all sports want their athletes to be bigger, stronger, faster, more flexible, more coordinated, and leaner than their competition.