Kinesiology 2236A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Body Composition, Relative Risk, Physical Fitness

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2236A/B
• Professor: Dave Humphreys

Document Summary

Bonus slides usually on exams, reward for showing up to class. 1st midterm is written, other 2 will be mc. Final is cumulative (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) General health previous injuries may predispose injury. Anatomy females are predisposed to knee injuries. Skill level poor skills may predispose to injury. May make some people more susceptible to injury. Coaching how does the coach teach their skills. Playing situation are they in a dangerous position. Could be the biomechanics of the landing ex: rolling an ankle (cid:1) (cid:1) that they cannot control. Note: there are some things that an athlete can control, some things. One of the most important roles when minimizing activity related injury (cid:1) You need to improve the benefit to risk ratio nfl is trying to change (cid:1) the rules to decrease the risk and increase the benefit because of injuries, early retirement and brain injuries (cid:1)