Synopsis
The Steps to Success Activity Series is the most extensively researched and carefully developed set of sport skill instruction books ever published. The series provides not only outstanding participant books for many sports but also the most comprehensive instructor guides ever developed for teaching sport skills. The conceptual model developed for the Steps to Success Activity Series is explained in Instructional Design for Teaching Physical Activities.
The participant and instructor books for each sport represent a breakthrough in instructional technology through the development of complete learning progressions - the steps to success. This innovation was achieved by combining the knowledge and experience of master teachers with the latest research on sport skill instruction.
Your students will find the participant book, Racquetball: Steps to Success, a vital resource to complement your instruction. Each of the 18 steps (chapters) provides students with sequential illustrations for correct execution of all basic skills, suggestions for error detection and correction, excellent drill progressions, specific goals for measuring performance, and summary checklists of keys to correct technique.
Teaching Racquetball: Steps to Success is your comprehensive guide for individualizing and improving instruction. Whether you are a veteran or a first-time instructor of beginning racquetball classes, this book provides essential instructional resources, including management and safety guidelines, warm-up and cool-down exercises, specification of equipment needs, rating charts for identifying students' initial skill levels, drill modifications to fit various skill levels, teaching cues to maximize learning, suggestions for identifying and correcting common errors, quantitative evaluation for all drills, and a complete test bank of written questions.
Step up to the best sport skill instruction package ever developed with Teaching Racquetball: Steps to Success and Racquetball: Steps to Success.
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About the Author
Stan Kittleson is an accomplished racquetball player--he has taught the sport since 1972 and has been a physical educator in college settings since 1968. A professor of physical education at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, Dr. Kittleson earned his PhD from the University of Illinois in 1973. He has served as president of the Illinois Association for Professional Preparation in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation and is a member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. When not teaching or playing racquetball, Dr. Kittleson enjoys scuba diving, alpine skiing, and golf.
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