Foundations of Sport and Health: JU

This custom ebook includes chapters from Introduction to Kinesiology, Fifth Edition, and Contemporary Sport Management, Seventh Edition. It has been specifically designed for students taking the course Foundations of Sport & Health (ESS 242) at Judson University.

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Custom ebook for students taking the course Foundations of Sport & Health (ESS 242) at Judson University.

Developing a Professional Perspective
Sally R. Ross, Brian P. McCullough, and Antonio S. Williams
From Contemporary Sport Management, Seventh Edition

Biomechanics of Physical Activity
Kathy Simpson
From Introduction to Kinesiology, Fifth Edition

Careers in Therapeutic Exercise
Chad Starkey
From Introduction to Kinesiology, Fifth Edition

Sport Marketing
Ketra L. Armstrong, Brian Turner, and Kimberly S. Miloch
From Contemporary Sport Management, Seventh Edition

Communication in the Sport Industry
G. Clayton Stoldt, Stephen W. Dittmore, and Paul M. Pedersen
From Contemporary Sport Management, Seventh Edition

Careers in Sport Management
G. Clayton Stoldt and Mark C. Vermillion
From Introduction to Kinesiology, Fifth Edition

Motor Behavior
Katherine T. Thomas and Jerry R. Thomas
From Introduction to Kinesiology, Fifth Edition

Sport and Exercise Psychology
Robin S. Vealey
From Introduction to Kinesiology, Fifth Edition

Careers in Coaching and Sport Instruction
Joseph S. Luxbacher and Duane V. Knudson
From Introduction to Kinesiology, Fifth Edition

Sport Facility and Event Management
Brianna L. Newland, Stacey A. Hall, and Thomas J. Aicher
From Contemporary Sport Management, Seventh Edition

Finance and Economics in the Sport Industry
Timothy D. DeSchriver, Sarah Williams, and Daniel F. Mahony
From Contemporary Sport Management, Seventh Edition

Physiology of Physical Activity
Jennifer L. Caputo
From Introduction to Kinesiology, Fifth Edition

Careers in Health and Fitness
Warren D. Franke
From Introduction to Kinesiology, Fifth Edition

Shirl J. Hoffman, EdD, is a professor emeritus of kinesiology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he served as department head for 10 years. He has served at many levels of education: as an elementary physical education teacher, as a college-level coach, and as a professor in both research university and liberal arts college settings.

Hoffman has published extensively on a variety of topics, including sport philosophy and ethics, religion in sport, qualitative analysis and diagnosis of movement, and motor learning and performance. Hoffman is the author of Good Game: Christianity and the Culture of Sport (2010) and was the project coordinator for Careers in Sport, Fitness, and Exercise (2011), published by the American Kinesiology Association. He also has been a frequent commentator on issues in kinesiology and higher education.

Hoffman is a former editor of Quest and was the charter executive director of the American Kinesiology Association (AKA). He is a fellow emeritus of the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK).

Hoffman and his wife, Claude, reside in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Boone, North Carolina.

Duane V. Knudson, PhD, is a professor of biomechanics in the department of health and human performance at Texas State University. He earned his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin and has held tenured positions at three universities.

Knudson’s research areas are the biomechanics of tennis, stretching, qualitative movement diagnosis, and learning biomechanical concepts. He has authored more than 130 peer-reviewed articles and 14 chapters. Knudson is the author of Biomechanical Principles of Tennis Technique (2006), Fundamentals of Biomechanics, Second Edition (2007), and Qualitative Diagnosis of Human Movement, Third Edition (2013). He has received numerous regional, state, national, and international awards for his scholarship and has been elected a fellow of three scholarly societies. He has served as a department chair, as an associate dean, as president of the American Kinesiology Association, as vice president of publications for the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, and in numerous other professional leadership roles.

Paul M. Pedersen, PhD, is a professor of sport management within the department of kinesiology in the School of Public Health at Indiana University at Bloomington (IU). He has worked as a sports writer, sport management consultant, and sports business columnist. Pedersen’s primary areas of scholarly interest and research are the symbiotic relationship between sport and communication and the activities and practices of various sport organization personnel.

A research fellow of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM), Pedersen has published 10 books (including Sport and the Pandemic, Strategic Sport Communication, Handbook of Sport Communication, and Research Methods and Design in Sport Management) and over 110 articles in peer-reviewed outlets such as the Journal of Sport Management, European Sport Management Quarterly, Sport Marketing Quarterly, International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, Sociology of Sport Journal, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, and Journal of Sports Economics. He has also been a part of more than 125 refereed presentations at professional conferences and more than 50 invited presentations, including invited addresses in China, Denmark, Hungary, Norway, and South Korea. He has been interviewed and quoted in publications as diverse as the New York Times and China Daily.

Founder and editor in chief of the International Journal of Sport Communication, he serves on the editorial board of seven other journals. A 2020 distinguished alumni award (Florida State University, College of Education) recipient and 2011 Golden Eagle Hall of Fame (East High School in Pueblo, Colorado) inductee, Pedersen lives in Bloomington, Indiana, with his wife, Jennifer, and their two youngest children, Brock and Carlie. Their oldest children and their spouses (Hallie, Liam, Zack, and Megan) live in Bloomington and Chicago.

Lucie Thibault, PhD, is a professor in sport management and dean of the faculty of health sciences at the University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada. She has previously taught sport management at Brock University as well as at the University of British Columbia and the University of Ottawa.

In her 30 years of teaching, Thibault has taught courses in organizational theory, organizational behavior, ethics in sport, globalization of sport, and policy and social issues in sport. Thibault has served on the editorial board of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, the European Sport Management Quarterly, and the Journal of Sport Management. She was also the editor of the Journal of Sport Management. She is a member of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) and was named a research fellow of NASSM in 2001. In 2008, Thibault was awarded the Earle F. Zeigler Lecture Award from NASSM for her scholarly and leadership contributions to the field.

Thibault’s research interests lie in the formation, management, and evaluation of cross-sectoral partnerships in sport organizations. She also investigates the role of the Canadian government in sport excellence and sport participation as well as government involvement in developing sport policy. She has been an invited speaker at many conferences around the world. Her research has appeared in numerous scholarly journals, including the Journal of Sport Management, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, Human Relations, Leisure Studies, European Sport Management Quarterly, International Journal for Sport Policy and Politics, and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Thibault resides in Ottawa.