| Rink Receives PE Award
Congratulations to Dr. Judy Rink, Department of Physical Education, for receiving the National Association for Sport and Physical Education's, "Physical Education Teacher Education Award". Dr. Rink's life long work in the field of Physical Education was recognized during the national meeting of the American Alliance of Health Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance recently in Dallas, TX.
Mensch and Nave Edit New Book
Dr. James Mensch and Dr. Gary Nave have edited a new book: The Athletic Trainer's Guide to Psychosocial Intervention and Referral published by Slack, Inc., a major publisher of athletic training literature.
A recent reviewer made the following comments about it:
"The skills addressed in this book are valuable and essential for all practicing athletic trainers. The authors . . . provide an excellent resource for practicing athletic trainers."
"This is a comprehensive, well written resource..."
"... an excellent educational resource for athletic training students and an invaluable resource for practicing athletic trainers."
"I am unaware of any book that so expertly and thoroughly defines and describes psychological issues facing athletic trainers."
2008 USC Athletic Training Presentations and Workshops
Workshops at the NATA in St. Louis
Integrating Athletic Trainers into a Military Setting
Mensch J: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
The Certified Athletic Trainer—Forward Program at Fort Jackson , South Carolina
Dompier T: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Youth Concussion Assessment: Interventions and Educational Technique
Hunt, Tamerah: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Disordered Eating Patterns: Beyond Suspicion and Referral (Screening and Recognition Tools)
Leaver-Dunn D, Torres-McGehee TM, Zemke J: University of Alabama & University of South Carolina
Presentations at NATA in St. Louis
Perceptions of Body Image and Prevalence of Eating Disorder Risk in NCAA Division I Varsity Equestrian Athletes
Torres-McGehee TM, Mady AN, Laursen RM. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Athletic Trainers Use of Sport Psychological Techniques in Clinical Practice
Thomas EH*, Torres-McGehee TM, Monsma E. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Bilateral Femur Shaft Stress Fractures in a High School Football Player: A Case Study
Goins JM, Torres-McGehee TM, Laursen RM, Guy JA: University of South Carolina
The Relationship between Athletic Trainer Efficacy and Proxy Efficacy in High School Context
Volpe A, Monsma E, Mensch J: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Examining Career Mobility Patterns of Athletic Trainers in Major Professional Sports-(NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL)
Mensch J, Gordon, K, Donner D, Herrin S, Hargenrader J, French, K: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Presentations at ACSM in Indianapolis
Attitude and Knowledge Changes in Auxiliary Members: Short-term Primary Prevention Program on Eating Disorders
Toni M. Torres-McGehee1, James M. Green, FACSM2, Deidre Leaver-Dunn2, James D. Leeper2, Phillip A. Bishop2, Mark Richardson2. 1University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC . 2The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Concurrent Validity of Tanita Scale and Skinfold Estimates of Percent Body Fat in Collegiate Athletes
Eva V. Monsma, Toni M. Torres-McGehee, Justin M. Goins. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
Body Image Comparisons among Sport Type in High School Female Athlete
Dawn M. Minton, Toni M. Torres-McGehee, Charlie C. Emerson, Thomas P. Dompier, Eva V. Monsma. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
Actual, Perceived and Desired Body Image in Female, Adolescent Student-Athletes
Charlie C. Emerson, Toni M. Torres-McGehee, Dawn M. Minton, Thomas P. Dompier, Eva V. Monsma. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
Pickleball Workshop Held for PE Majors
The Physical Education Department hosted a Pickleball Workshop on Friday, February 29, 2008. The workshop was led by Michael Cathey and Stephanie Little, Graduate Assistants in Physical Education Pedagogy. The workshop was designed for students majoring in Physical Education and focused on skills and strategies related to the game of pickleball.
Pickleball is a sport described as a combination of ping-pong, tennis, and badminton. It uses a simplified combination of tennis rules and strategies. Because of this, it is an appropriate lead-up activity to playing tennis. Pickleball is played in schools, parks and recreation centers, camps, and retirement communities mostly in North America. The game can be played in smaller spaces using any hard surface. It is also used at the middle school level for South Carolina 's Physical Education Assessment Program (SCPEAP).
Tips for future teaching of the game were given in efforts to provide Physical Education majors with content knowledge above and beyond what they receive through taking activity courses in the program. The workshop was well-attended and students received a large resource packet upon completion. Because of the success of the workshop, other games are being considered for coverage through workshops in the future.
Department of Physical Education to Offer a Course on Sailing
Beginning in March, Captain Bryan Adams will offer a six-week course on sailing (PEDU 555U). Broken into six four-hour sections, students will learn terminology in the classroom and then learn rigging, docking, to tack and jibe, maneuver in heavy weather on Lake Murray, leading to US Sailing Certification. The cost of the course requires an additional $400 fee (in addition to tuition for a one credit course for USC credit). The course is designed for students who have never set foot on a sailboat and is the newest addition to a growing activity program designed to get the USC community up and moving.
For more information on the sailing course:
http://www.carolinacurrents.com/detail.php?707
For more information on this and other activity courses in our program, please contact Gary Nave at 777-3239 or by email at naved@mailbox.sc.edu.
Mensch and Mitchell Publish Article on Career Choice in Athletic Training Jim Mensch and Murray Mitchell in Physical Education have published the article, “Choosing a Career in Athletic Training: Exploring the Perceptions of Potential Recruits” in the Journal of Athletic Training, 43(1), 70-79.
The success of any academic program depends upon attracting and keeping quality students. Understanding recruit perceptions of a career is important. In this study, undergraduate students intending to apply to the program (n=23) and students aware of but not interested in pursuing this career (n=23) were interviewed. Main attractors to the profession appear to be related to experiences with high school athletic trainers and the potential relationship with sports and the feeling of being part of a team. The main barrier is the perception of too great of a demand on personal time. Implications for future recruiting efforts and research directions are discussed.
USC Golf Student Featured in News Article
USC student Odette Clemente, and USC golf instructor, Brad Frick, were featured in a front-page news story in The State newspaper. Click here to read the story.
Physical Education Pedagogy Faculty Speak at National Conference All six physical education pedagogy faculty spoke at the recent national conference entitled "History and Future Directions of Research on Teaching and Teacher Education in Physical Education." Scholars from across the country and several important international colleagues gathered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for this landmark conference. Titles of papers delivered are listed below--Proceedings are expected to be published in 2008:
Tina Hall and Panayiotis Doutis (with others) presented "South Carolina Policy Change: People, Politics, and Perseverance".
Murray Mitchell presented "Tracking R-PETE from 1980 to 2000: Research on Inservice Teacher Education, Recruitment and Selection, and Teacher Educators".
Lynda Nilges presented "Phenomenology as a Theory and Method for Contemporary Philosophic Research".
Judy Rink presented "Necessary but Not Sufficient".
Collin Webster presented "Lightening Bugs: What Expertise Tells Us about Communication and Cognition in Teaching".
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