Athletic Training Web Resources

Coaching and Teaching Athletics

• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance   Primary professional association.
• PE Central--VTU  An extensive list of lesson plans and assessment ideas, arranged topically and by grade level, is the focal point of this site, from from Virginia Polytechnic Institute's Health and Physical Education Program.
• Sport Psychology--APA Division 47  Links, explanations of sports psychology, info about sports psychology as a profession.
• SportQuest  Starting point for sports reference questions, especially for more technical stuff like sports science, conditioning, coaching and training, but also for statistics, schedules, and all the more usual stuff.

• Sports Media  Tool for PE teachers, with lesson plans and coaching info as well as links for specific sports.

  Mechanics of Sport

• Biomechanics Home Page  Links to ergonomics, motor control, computer simulations, gait and locomotion, muscle action, and more.

• Biomechanics Lab, Johns Hopkins  Lab projects include gait analysis, virtual-reality computer-aided preoperative planning, bone defect modeling, the biomechanics of pitching, etc.

  Nutrition and Fitness

• Aerobics Page
• Sport-Specific Fitness  Includes tips and techniques, commentary, articles, links, and product information.

• Strength Training Muscle Map   This site "includes an anatomical map and a detailed explanation of each major muscle group, its exact location, functions and common activities that the muscle is used for, and the best strength training exercises for that muscle." Requires QuickTime plug-in to display some of its contents.
  

  Sports Medicine and Athletic Training

• National Athletic Trainers Association
• Dr. Pribut's Running Injuries Page  Deals with specific injuries, treatment, biomechanics, proper shoes, and more.
• Institute for Preventative Sports Medicine
• MedWeb's Guide to Sports Medicine
• NIDA Research Report on Anabolic Steroids

• Sports Medicine Original Articles  

  Psychology of Sport

• Sports Psychology  This site addresses issues pertaining to concentration, goal setting, motivation, achieving excellence and includes a bibliography.
• Journal of Applied Sports Psychology

• Sport and Exercise Psychology  Links to organizations, mailing lists and related journals. 

  Women and Sports

• WWW Women's Sports Page  Covers individual women's sports, and includes a page of links for issues in women's sports.
  

  Other Useful Sites

• Sports Fiction  Annotated list of some terrific novels and stories about sports.
• Yahoo Index to Sports Sites
  
  

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