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Mallinckrodt, Rebekka von, and Angela Schattner, eds. Sports and Physical Exercise in Early Modern Culture: New Perspectives on the History of Sports and Motion (2017) Mechikoff, Robert A. A history and philosophy of sport and physical education: from ancient civilizations to the modern world (McGraw-Hill, 2014) Tsai, Chiung-Tzu Lucetta, and ...
The physical activity that developed into sports had early links with warfare and entertainment. [1] Study of the history of sport can teach lessons about social changes and about the nature of sport itself, as sport seems involved in the development of basic human skills (compare play).
An ancient Greek depiction of long-distance running. The practice of calisthenics by the ancient Greeks, [1] as well as the way in which sport was a major part of their society, as seen in events such as the Ancient Olympic Games and the way in which sport featured in domains such as poetry and religion, [2] served as a foundation for modern Western physical culture.
During the early and mid-19th century, these printed works and items of apparatus generally addressed exercise as a form of remedial physical therapy. Certain items of equipment and types of exercise were common to several different physical culture systems, including exercises with Indian clubs, medicine balls, wooden or iron wands and dumbbells.
Goals and objectives of adapted and general physical education might be the same with some minor differences. For example, learning to push a wheelchair or play wheelchair basketball might be a goal for a child with a spinal cord injury, while running and playing regular basketball is a goal for a child with a disability.
Early sports specialization frequently puts the youth athlete at risk for physical and mental burnout, which worsens performance. [11] This can result in a vicious circle , in which the stressed athlete performs poorly, overtrains, feels more stressed, performs worse, and may even end up injured.
We can always encourage our athletes to sleep more. Have kids aged 6-to-12 get 9-to-12 hours per night and 13-to-18 get 8-to-10, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine says.
The study used periodic questionnaires to chronicle, over several decades, the personal characteristics, physical-activity levels, illnesses and deaths of over 50,000 college alumni. He continued to publish research findings from his studies until his own death, in 2007, at the age of 84, after a long battle with congestive heart disease.