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David Anderson, PhD, senior vice president and chief health officer of StayWell Health Management and an expert in health promotion research, recommends strengthening the culture of wellness and senior leader support within an organization to foster continual growth of wellness initiatives or programs and to maximize positive health outcomes. In this study, a worksite culture score was derived from nine items including verifiable senior and midlevel management support, infrastructural ...
Renowned concussion expert Dr. Michael "Micky" Collins addresses the issue of concussions in sport: how they occur, tests for recognition, treatment, and return to play guidelines. "Concussion Management, Recognition, and Treatment," led by Dr. Micky Collins, Chief Clinical Officer, ImPACT Applications, Inc., and Assistant Director, Sports Medicine Concussion Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, explains how to recognize, treat, and manage concussions. A leading clinician and ...
Recent incidents of professional football players suffering concussions – and questions surrounding the follow-up treatment they received - have thrust concussions into the national spotlight. This free Webinar will be conducted by Dr. Micky Collins, Chief Clinical Officer, ImPACT Applications, Inc., and Assistant Director, Sports Medicine Concussion Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. One of the keys to ImPACT’s approach to concussion management is to compare an athlete’s post...
Author David Shields discusses the roles of competition in sport in the first section of this two part interview. David Light Shields, PhD, is an affiliate associate professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and author of True Competition: A Guide to Pursuing Excellence in Sport and Society. Is there evidence showing that athletes can actually increase their performance when engaging in true competition?
Author David Shields continues his engaging discussion of true competition and its application in today’s society. David Light Shields, PhD, is an affiliate associate professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and author of True Competition: A Guide to Pursuing Excellence in Sport and Society. How does true competition apply to other aspects of society, beyond the sport environment?
David Stern became the fourth commissioner of the NBA in 1984, a golden age for the league with its “Showtime” Lakers, led by Magic Johnson; archrivals Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics; and star rookies Charles Barkley, John Stockton, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Michael Jordan. David Stern celebrated his silver anniversary as NBA commissioner in 2009—although his association with the NBA started way back in 1966, when, as a newly minted Columbia University lawyer, he began providing outside ...
These include Claude Bouchard, author of Physical Activity and Health, Costas Karageorghis and Peter Terry, joint authors of Inside Sport Psychology, Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey, author of Wheelchair Sport, Dan Gould, author of Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Sophia Jowett and David Lavallee, joint authors of Social Psychology in Sport, Mike Gleeson, author of Sport Nutrition and Greg Whyte, author of Practical ECG for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine. Thursday 19th JulyGertrude ...
Researchers David Shields and Brenda Bredemeier explore why competition seems to lead good people to act in bad ways and share their findings in the upcoming True Competition: A Guide to Pursuing Excellence in Sport and Society (Human Kinetics, February 2009). For more information on True Competition or other sport psychology, coaching and sport management books, contact Human Kinetics at 800-747-4457 or visit www.HumanKinetics.com. Shields is founder and executive director of ...
This chapter covers psychology in resistance training in relation to two major areas: what the research literature says about psychological aspects of resistance training, and how psychological skills might be used to enhance resistance training and strength-oriented performance. Existing psychological literature on aspects of resistance training provides some insight into areas of mental health and sport psychology, including psychological well-being; self-concept, self-esteem, self-efficacy...
David Shields participates in an online Boston Globe Magazine chat, “What we lose when everybody wins,” regarding kids and competition. David Shields, author of True Competition: A Guide to Pursuing Excellence in Sport and Society, recently participated in an online Boston Globe Magazine chat, "What we lose when everybody wins," regarding kids and competition. While some scholars suggest that competition is harmful for society or that children should participate in cooperative rather than ...
