Students also observe physical education programs at the elementary, intermediate, and high school levels. Introduces the profession of athletic training, including the history, philosophies, career, and advanced educational opportunities of the field. Emphasizes prevention and care of injuries. Applies basic techniques in athletic training. Includes fitting of protective equipment, construction of protective padding, injury taping, transportation of injured.
Students observe services provided by athletic trainers.
Methods of teaching physical education to the handicapped. Offers a wide spectrum of activities, types of handicapping conditions, and ramifications of mainstreaming. Individual techniques and fundamentals as well as team play. Systems and philosophies of leading contemporary coaches. Rules and training methods.