Sport and Higher Education

Chu, Donald

Human Kinetics

The Character of American Higher Education and Intercollegiate Sport (Suny Series Frontiers in Education)

Intercollegiate sport is too often viewed in a vacuum, but certainly conditions in American culture and in the institution of higher education helped to create big-time sport in the nation’s universities. Chu’s book is the first to analyze the composition of these conditions in both sociological and historical perspectives. Through this consideration of sport the very character of American higher education is revealed. The author discusses the condition of athletic programs (their uses and abuses) as one highly visible manifestation of problems confronting higher education. Problems of control, the push for funding, and the use of undergraduate programs such as athletics for the purposes of institutional gain are analyzed through a survey of the empirical and theoretical literature. Chu considers the peculiar place of sport on the American campus and raises questions as to whether its inclusion and presence can ultimately be justified in the academic setting.

The Character of American Higher Education and Intercollegiate Sport (Frontiers in Education)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

State Univ of New York Pr

Intercollegiate sport is too often viewed in a vacuum, but certainly conditions in American culture and in the institution of higher education helped to create big-time sport in the nation’s universities. Chu’s book is the first to analyze the composition of these conditions in both sociological and historical perspectives. Through this consideration of sport the very character of American higher education is revealed. The author discusses the condition of athletic programs (their uses and abuses) as one highly visible manifestation of problems confronting higher education. Problems of control, the push for funding, and the use of undergraduate programs such as athletics for the purposes of institutional gain are analyzed through a survey of the empirical and theoretical literature. Chu considers the peculiar place of sport on the American campus and raises questions as to whether its inclusion and presence can ultimately be justified in the academic setting.

First successfully used in Eastern Europe, plyometrics is now generally accepted in the United States as a key to the training of successful championship athletes. More recently it has become a part of the general public's exercise regimen. 
Power requires an integrated program to develop its two complementary components, strength and speed. While weight training develops strength, plyometrics develops the explosiveness called speed. This book describes plyometric exercises designed for the upper extremities, trunk, and lower extremities. It also includes plyometric exercises for wheelchair athletes. 
Plyometrics conditions the body through dynamic, resistance exercises. By using a medicine ball to create the necessary resistance for these exercises, you can experience the entire range of motion which resembles that of your sport. These sport-specific exercises are not only more efficient in developing the power you desire, but more interesting, more challenging, and more motivating.

Plyometric Exercises With the Medicine Ball

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Bittersweet Enterprises

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Chu, Donald. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Chu, Donald