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Why Study Kinesiology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWfMdfyE7U8
My Professor made it a point to emphasis one major goal behind the study of Movement principles: Injury prevention.
This became such a predominant theme in the class that it became a bit of a joke amongst us students (my peers will appreciate) that the answer to question 11 on every test was, "Injury prevention." There are however at least three other valuable reasons to make mention of, which I echo in the words of the late Sally Fitt, author and teacher of Kinesiology and fitness wellbeing, and helper of countless athletes in her work.
1. "Learn to work with the body, not against it."
2. "Being highly specific about training procedures."
3. "Listen to the signals given by the body and have the
knowledge to interpret these signals."
Students of Kinesiology will gain a better understanding of their own bodies strengths and weaknesses, and will be better prepared to perfect those strengths, as well as strengthen their weaknesses. They will feel better about themselves, and be less inclined to compare their body type to that of another. They will instead look to how to best utilize the innate talents they already have within.
Teachers who understand principles of Kinesiology will gain a much richer vocabulary to use while providing instruction and correction of a students physical behaviors and tendencies. They will learn to recognize imbalances in the muscular structure of a student as well as compensatory effects and tendencies and misalignments which can hinder growth and cause injury. They will be better teachers because they will better understand the workings of their students bodies and their own.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWfMdfyE7U8
My Professor made it a point to emphasis one major goal behind the study of Movement principles: Injury prevention.
This became such a predominant theme in the class that it became a bit of a joke amongst us students (my peers will appreciate) that the answer to question 11 on every test was, "Injury prevention." There are however at least three other valuable reasons to make mention of, which I echo in the words of the late Sally Fitt, author and teacher of Kinesiology and fitness wellbeing, and helper of countless athletes in her work.
1. "Learn to work with the body, not against it."
2. "Being highly specific about training procedures."
3. "Listen to the signals given by the body and have the
knowledge to interpret these signals."
Students of Kinesiology will gain a better understanding of their own bodies strengths and weaknesses, and will be better prepared to perfect those strengths, as well as strengthen their weaknesses. They will feel better about themselves, and be less inclined to compare their body type to that of another. They will instead look to how to best utilize the innate talents they already have within.
Teachers who understand principles of Kinesiology will gain a much richer vocabulary to use while providing instruction and correction of a students physical behaviors and tendencies. They will learn to recognize imbalances in the muscular structure of a student as well as compensatory effects and tendencies and misalignments which can hinder growth and cause injury. They will be better teachers because they will better understand the workings of their students bodies and their own.