Scientific Techniques of Coaching in Physical Education

Contents: Preface. 1. Health planning. 2. Psychological analyses. 3. Tests and measurements in physical education. 4. The duties of physical education. 5. The camping and outdoor education programmes. 6. Professional preparation of physical education teachers. 7. Product import correlation. 8. Curriculum structure in health instruction. 9. Role of education aids.

"The intercollegiate strength test which was developed by Sargent and his group has been somewhat revised, first by F.R. Rogers, and second by McCloy, and in its new form is used extensively in the present-day program of physical education. Advances in knowledge concerning the physiology of the heart and circulation brought a change in emphasis from pure muscle building to improvement in physiological functioning and in all round physical condition; and with this change in viewpoint came an emphasis on cardiovascular tests." (jacket)