it, dribble it, shoot it !! Just like the early players did. Great for special gifts, awards, commemoratives, or decor, for your game room, den or office. HISTORY HISTORY In 1891 Dr. Naismith invented the game of basketball. It was to bring team sport indoors. The first ball was crude and handmade and hand-stitched leather with an irregular shape and bladder. It was made to be passed. It was soft and oversize up to 33 inches in circumference. Its laces and handmade irregular seams made the ball much trickier to dribble and shoot. Full size, vintage balls like these are practically extinct. Rare examples command museum prices. After each quarter, if there was not a second ball to be used, balls had to be de-laced and re-pumped up. Access to the bladder came from removing the laces. Although the dribble was not officially sanctioned until the early 1903-1906 years. A dribble was considered a pass to oneself. There were no backboards. The ball was shot into the peach basket and then someone had to climb up and retrieve it for the next play. Teams often were 7 in number. While Naismith's original game hardly resembles basketball as it is played today, the essence was there, and some similarities remain. The five second time limit for throwing the ball inbounds is still used today. And he had decided that the best way to put the ball in play was to toss it in the air between two players a maneuver that would eventually become the center jump. Naismith wanted to control the roughness of the early game by having the referee call fouls. Yet, there was no mention of dribbling the basketball. And in the early days of the game women began playing almost as much as men. It also didn't take the game long to spread from YMCA Gyms, where it was born, to colleges. There is a record of basketball appearing in both men's and women's colleges as early as 1892. The game took hold fast. During the next few years the rules began to change. In the original rules a field goal counted as only one point. Later field goals were raised to three points before dropping back to two points. A point was awarded when the opposing team committed three fouls, but before long that was dropped and free throws were awarded. By 1897 the free throw line was e  (less)

Gillingham breaks down lower arm strength into seven categories including: Warm up and Dexterity - Aids injury prevention and hand control. Gym Lifts - Different bar grips to use in the gym. Crushing Grip - Universal for all sports - focusing on the hands and fingers in a dynamic range of motion. Supporting Grip - Focuses on forearm development. Finger Strength - Focuses on the smaller muscles and tendons of the fingers. Pinch Grip - Essential for combative sports that require gripping without the benefit of a handle. Wrist Strength - Critical for every sport! Gillingham then discusses Grip Program Considerations, including hand preparation, appropriate sets and reps, injury prevention, and rehabilitation. In the final segment, Application to Sport, Gillingham offers sample workouts and a breakdown of appropriate exercises for six different types of sports: Contact sports, grappling sports, athletes that play with a racket or stick, court sports, strongman, and power lifting/weightlifting athletes. Enhancing grip strength is a great way to give your athletes a competitive edge! 38 minutes. 2005.  (less)

McCracken shows you how to develop a program that prepares students to be physically active after they graduate. Just as kids wonder how they'll use certain academic skills later in life, they may also question how physical education activities, such as learning to play volleyball, will help them after they leave school. The approach in this book doesn't just help students recognize and learn physical skills and understand why physical activity and fitness are important. It also keeps them motivated by showing them that they don't have to be athletic to be fit and by presenting more diverse activities that they can continue to enjoy as adults. Helping students make the transition from active students to active adults is the element that's missing from too many traditional physical education programs, but it's at the heart of the revolution that's being touted as the new PE N programs that are results-oriented and valued as relevant to the needs of today's society. It's Not Just Gym Anymore is divided into two parts. In Part I, the author provides a theoretical basis and practical strategies for developing a new PE program. As a highly successful teacher himself, McCracken shares his insights in a personal, encouraging manner that teachers can really relate to. He explains how to: examine what motivates people in the community to stay fit; determine what local and regional resources are available; design courses according to the needs of students; develop cross-curricular activity plans that reinforce basic skills and concepts, using hands-on technology to enhance students' knowledge and motivation; integrate computers and the Internet into physical education classes; use appropriate teaching styles to reach all students; develop a critical-thinking portfolio system of assessment that enables students to be more active; and promote physical activity throughout the school and the community by offering field trips, fairs, coordinated curriculum events, and family nights. Part II contains helpful tools that make the program easy to implement N including 170 sample lesson plans and 118 reproducible forms that teachers can photocopy for use in class or use as examples for developing their own forms. The lesson plans cover not only traditi  (less)

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