While the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) has outlined a number of learning outcomes for undergraduate biomechanics, there are a number of factors that can influence the curriculum in such courses. These factors create a situation that indeed can influence students and their attitude towards these classes.…

For most people, the word "pioneer" conjures up romantic visions of sturdy, courageous people who crossed physical frontiers of land and/or water alone, or who took their families, communities, and cultures with them into those uncharted territories. Once settled, their pioneering efforts shifted to starting new societies with new laws and new…

Highlights group and task differences between teaching and coaching which favor coaching, thus making it more amenable to exercise influence by coaches and more motivational than teaching. A model synthesizing antecedents of role preference, influences of organizational and environmental elements, enacted role, role congruence, and resulting job…