This course is designed to introduce students to the concepts of coaching. It will give students an overview of the coaching profession. F A study of the psychological, physiological, and kinesiological acquisition of physical skills. This course also provides an in-depth look at proper procedures for teaching simple and complex physical skills. A study of the science of human motion.
Emphasis is upon anatomical analysis of body movement.
This course embraces such areas as physics for mechanical and gravitational laws, anatomy for structures of bone, muscle, and nerve, and physiology for the action of muscle and nerve. An overnight camping trip and observations of recreational facilities are required in this course. This course is designed to help students prepare to teach developmentally appropriate physical education to the middle and secondary school aged student. A survey of available tests in physical education and their uses at various grade levels. Instruction is also given in the administration of various tests and the use of these tests in order to establish grades in physical education classes.