Intro to Kinesiology & Physical Activity

The study of human movement as it relates to sport and physical activity. i) performance, scholarly analysis, professional practice

Voluntary movement performed in order to achieve a goal in sport, exercise, or any other sphere of life experience.

Includes any change in the position of your body patrs relative to each other.

Improve performance and health.

1. Training.-exxercise with purpose of conditioning the body. 2. Health-related exercise. Develop and maintain your body, disease free. 3. Therapeutic exercise- restore and rehab previous injury.

A form of physical activity in which skilled movement is performed in order to achieve a goal in a manner specified by established rules.

Performed in non-sport settings; rules and competition are irrelevant.

Provide students interested in health professions witha holistic approach to the scientific study of human movement.

A characteristic of humanity that encompasses the mind, emotions, body, and spirit.

Teaches us about changes as wel as stability in the past, which helps us understandt he past as well as the present and make reasonable decisions for the future.

1. Experience 2. Scholarly study

Watching physical activity professionals in action you are observign history int he making, when scoring records in ball games.

Rise of the modern sport occured during the industrial revolution- when American societies shifted away from agricultural and local economies toward city based industries (science and technology).

Finding sources of evidence. Workout videos, books, articles. Primary scources meaning they were produced in the society and time period being studied.

Who authored the piece of literature and when was it written.