physical education and training

Describes the ways in which scientific advances have contributed to athletic performance focusing on sports medicine and the work of the U.S. Olympic Training Centers.

Explains how to teach health-related fitness in middle and high school; presents more than fifty instructive activities on aerobic fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, combined component training, body composition, self-management and goal setting, and active-lifestyle planning; and includes charts, task cards, work sheets, and other reproducibles on CD-ROM.

Provides an overview of the different types of speed used in sports and explains how athletes work to improve their speed in various areas.

Contains exercises, training programs, workouts, and bodybuilding instructions.

A training guide on how to work out, stay healthy, and perform your best in 25 of the most popular sports.

Describes an approach to teaching high school physical education that motivates students to maintain an active lifestyle after graduation; and provides 170 sample lesson plans and 118 reproducible forms, covering both traditional sports and other activities such as fly-fishing and hiking.

Presents several science experiments and project ideas that deal with the physics of sports.

Provides an overview of the education requirements, salary, and job opportunities available in the field of fitness.