ARCAA Contents Volume 2, 1987

ISBN 978-0-89641-254-5

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    A Definition and Measurement of Pressure in Sport — Brent S. Rushall and Cheyne A. Sherman (1-23)

  • Mental Training for Improved Athletic Performance — W. Bryan Briddell (24-31)

  • Relaxation Response: Strategy for Effective Use in Gymnastics — Robert MCKelvain (32-45)

  • The Effects of Two Instructional Methods for Teaching the Back Somersault — Betty A. Pickett (46-56)

  • Perceptions of Female Basketball Players Regarding Coaching Qualities of Male and Females — Susan Molstad and Gail Whitaker (57-71)

  • Defining Competence for Effective Coaching in High School Football — Mark H. Anshel, Lynn Housner, Thomas E. Cyrs (79-95)

  • Sport Violence: The Potential Influence of the Coach on Player Attitudes — Joseph A. Luxbacher (96-107)

  • A Survey and Summary of Coaching Certification Programs —Allen McCredie and Scott A.G.M. Crawford (108-114)

  • Biomechanical and Anatomic Analyses and Conditioning Techniques for the “Windmill” Style Fast Pitch in Softball — John R. Olson and Gary R. Hunter (115-125)

  • Mind Over Matter: Does Mental Practice Work? — Lisa Gmitter and Scott Crawford (126-133)

  • Adult Spectator Verbal Behavior During a Mustang League World Series — Nell Faucette and Alison Osinski (141-152)

  • Managing for Survival in Higher Education: Athletics in Academe — William F. Stier, Jr. (153-167)

  • Hypnosis: Its Use in Sport —Joseph L. Albini(168-184)

  • Plyometrics in Athletics —Ray De Spain and John M. Chevrette (185-197)

  • The Establishment and Maintenance of Fundamentals through Drilling — Bryan Briddell (1998-210)

  • The Effect of Goal-setting on Cohesiveness in High School Intramural Basketball Teams — David Pargman and Manuel DeJesus (211-226)

  • Achievement Motivation and Pre-Collegiate Success Levels in Competing Collegiate Tennis Players — Paula Johnson and David Pargman (227-242)

  • Relative Activity of Participants in Traditional Girls Youth Softball — Richard Englehorn and Allan Repnow (243-254)

  • Self-as-a-Model as a Coaching Strategy — Ann J. Bryan and Timothy J. McDonald (255-261)

  • Early Greek and Roman Contributions to Sport — Arnold LeUnes (262-277)

  • Cohesion: A Critical Element — Robert W. McGowan and Keith P. Henshen (278-285)


    • BOOK REVIEWS

  • Broken Promises: Racism in American Sport By Richard Lapchick — Reviewed by Audwin Anderson (72-73)

  • Sport and Political Ideology By John M. Hoberman — Reviewed by T. Mark Miller (74-75)

  • Applied Sport Psychology: Personal Growth to Peak Experience By Jean Williams — Reviewed by Warren K. Simpson (76-77)

  • Sport Pedagogy:The 1984 Olympic Scientific Congress Proceedings By Maurice Pieron and George Graham — Reviewed by Duane A. Gill (134-135)

  • Sport Sociology: Contemporary Themes By Andrew Yainnakis, Thomas D. McIntyre, Merrill J. Melnick and Dale P. Hart — Reviewed byJ. Steven Picou (136-137)

  • Sociology of North American Sport By D. Stanley Eitzen and George Sage — Reviewed by T. Mark Miller (138-139)

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