This course will investigate the organization and administration of Leisure and Sports Delivery Systems in Canada and British Columbia. Some international comparisons will be pursued with focus on the development of policies, how these affect practices, and the techniques for evaluating Delivery System effectiveness. The course will identify and describe contemporary lifestyles, associated behaviours, and major health concerns. The responsibility of the consumer and techniques and strategies used to make positive lifestyle changes will be studied and discussed. Sport A mechanical analysis of movement patterns in human locomotion, sport and dance, based on an understanding and application of the principles of linear and angular kinematics and kinetics.
Emphasis is on the elements, purpose, dimensions, theories and methods of analysis.
An exploration of the course of normal physical growth and motor development with emphasis on the first two decades of life, on the methods used to study physical growth and motor development, and on some developmental differences in the motor abilities of children. A major emphasis is placed on the skeletal and muscular systems. This course provides insight into the process that controls the acquisition, representation and execution of a skillful act. This course is designed to familiarize the student with psychological variables affecting learning and performance of a skillful act. Emphasis is on the analysis and execution of psychological variables, and theoretical knowledge.