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Course Descriptions
Sport Law for Administrators and Coaches (KIN 854) – Offered every Spring semester, this course prepares athletic administrators, school administrators, coaches, and directors of recreational programs for the responsibilities associated with providing and maintaining educationally sound athletic programs for amateur athletes. Obligations of those who are responsible for managing the risks associated with participation in physical activities are identified, as are the consequences of failing to protect the welfare of individuals who participate in school and agency-sponsored programs. Included are issues surrounding the topics of negligence, supervision, corporal punishment, contracts, termination of employees, due process, defamation, roles of independent contractors, gender equity, sexual harassment and the abuse of power, products liability, expected standard of care, waivers, essential records, transporting athletes and eligibility. Course content is conveyed through text books, journal articles available electronically, message boards, and a weekly chat room session with an attorney.
Course Instructors: Dr. John Haubenstricker (hobbs@msu.edu) and Attorney Al Bush (asbush@chartermi.net)Psychosocial Bases of Coaching Athletes (KIN 855) – Offered every Fall semester, this course provides coaches, athletic administrators, and directors of recreational programs with sociological, psychological, philosophical, developmental, and instructional principles for coaching athletes in competitive sports. A lecture-discussion format is used to introduce major concepts followed by an interactive small group exercise designed to allow for application of the information to coaching. Typically, groups will be formed by sport interest so that direct application and unique issues can be identified and discussed among peers. The philosophical area facilitates the development of your own philosophy and understanding how philosophies might differ given the age group one is coaching. Issues associated with coaching elementary through high school will be discussed. The second section deals with how growth and development impact coaching and the issues of matching competitors, early specialization, and gender differences will be explored. Teaching is the main stay of coaching and this course will focus on how to be an effective teacher, how to give effective demonstrations, and plan the season as well as daily practices. The psychology of performance will be viewed through discussion of motivation, anxiety, confidence, and coping strategies. For each of these areas, applied exercises and discussions will be conducted. Finally, sport does not exist in a vacuum. Hence, the influence of society on our conduct of sport will be discussed. We will examine how we socialize youth into sport and out of sport! Additionally, we will examine the socialization of athletes through sport, including the issues of aggression and developing good sports.
Course Instructor: Dr. Martha Ewing (mewing@msu.edu)
Physical Bases of Coaching Athletes (KIN 856) – Offered every Summer semester, this course provides coaches, athletic administrators, and directors of recreational programs with principles of anatomy, physiology, sports medicine, and biomechanics as a foundation for coaching amateur athletes in various sports. This course uses manuals, on-line instructional materials, many supporting figures and tables, video clips, active learning exercises, and on-line journal articles to support the learning and application process. Module I on the anatomical bases of coaching includes units on the skeletal, muscular, and neuromuscular bases of movement. It also addresses specific regions of the body to facilitate an understanding of joints, movement, and potential injuries through applied analyses of exercise and performance. The physiological bases of coaching is included in Module II. Emphasis is placed on muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, and thermoregulatory systems of exercise as they relate to the demands of various sports. Methods of conditioning are addressed through examples, and practical materials and forms that can easily be applied to specific sport settings. The medical bases of coaching, included in Module III, covers the following topics: contraindicated activities; the prevention, care, and rehabilitation of common sports injuries; and special injuries to girls and women in sports. Biomechanical bases of coaching are covered in Module IV. Concepts of biomechanics are presented with accompanying examples and video clips to make learning easy and to aid coaches in their analysis of sports skills.
Course Instructor: Dr. Eugene W. Brown (ewbrown@msu.edu)
