Category: Athletics
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Metabolism Aspects for Optimal Athletic Performance
Metabolism is the chemical processes of the body that are aimed at maintaining life in it. Metabolism is usually divided into two stages: catabolism and anabolism. During catabolism, complex organic substances degrade to simpler ones, releasing energy. In the processes of anabolism, more complex substances are synthesized from simpler ones, and this is accompanied by…
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Sports Coaching in Improving Athletic Performance
Sports coaches possess a wide range of roles and responsibilities, the completion of which is necessary for improving the students’ sports performance. To effectively integrate the elements of sports science, sports medicine, and coaching, the sports coach must fulfill the roles of a motivator, leader, and role model for their pupils. By using the knowledge…
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Role of Athletics in Higher Education
Athletics Athletics is a collective term used to refer to competition in different sporting events like walking, throwing, jumping and running. Competitions involved in athletics include race walking, road running, track field and cross-country. Athletic competitions are simple because they do not involve the use of expensive equipments. Athletics is among the world’s most competed…
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Job Satisfaction in High School Athletic Administrators
The research performed by Gregory Green and Shirley Reese reported on the level of job satisfaction experienced by the athletic administrators in high schools. The authors assessed researches on the feeling of teachers in regard to the combination of teaching and administering the responsibilities that athletics demanded after noting various challenges in one’s occupation. The…
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Fundraising Plan for an Athletic Team
Table of Contents Fundraising Plan Fundraising Plan Outline Fundraising Events Analysis Conclusion References Fundraising Plan There are different possibilities of external fundraising for an athletic team. From these sources, one can note concerts, auctions, sales, and sports events (Mullick, 2018). After considering the key variables, hosting a field day seems to be an appropriate activity…
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Collective Bargaining Agreement in Athletic Organization
Introduction The concept of collective bargaining allows employees to negotiate with their employers to arrive at agreements regarding such issues as working hours, conditions, and contract. The current case revolves around a workers’ union that is focusing on a new negotiation with an athletic organization. This paper provides a detailed summary of the pertinent issues…
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Decision Making in Hiring: Intercollegiate Athletics Coaches and Staff
Table of Contents Relevance of the article Hypothesis The Purpose of the Study Procedures Results Conclusion Reference The research conducted by Keith, Lapchick and Neza examined the extent to which women are represented in athletics heads coaching. They observed that while there have been efforts to increase the number of women in senior athletics positions,…
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Strategic Planning for Collegiate Athletics
Yow (2000) states that planning in sports entails goal identification, analyzing one’s environment, and choosing actions that will assist the athletes in meeting their objectives. It must also involve giving feedback on results. These aspects are vital because the sports administrator, coach, or team leader will get successful results if he has clearly outlined ways…