Reducing body weight through rapid dehydration

Reducing body weight through rapid dehydration
 
  A. is acceptable for wrestling athletes
  B. is acceptable for boxing athletes
  C. is a common practice in gymnastics
  D. can be detrimental to performance

Question 2

The primary reason provided for coaching youth sport leagues is
 
  A. to get university credit
  B. to gain experience prior to student teaching
  C. to win the playoffs
  D. that the coach's child is in the league

Question 3

Ways to reduce competitive stress in sport include all of the following EXCEPT
 
  A. providing more trophies and distributing them earlier in the season
  B. changing some aspect of the sport so that success will occur more frequently
  C. instilling self-confidence through skill training
  D. placing the outcome of the contest in perspective
  E. realistic goals for all players being set by the coach

Question 4

As a result of the overuse injury Little League elbow, all of the following rule changes have occurred in youth baseball EXCEPT
 
  A. t-ball was incorporated
  B. the pitcher is not allowed to throw a curve ball
  C. the number of innings per week that an individual can pitch is limited
  D. girls cannot compete

Question 5

Research on stress in children's sports by Simon and Martens (1979) examined the level of state anxiety among hundreds of boys and found that
 
  A. boys at all age levels experience more stress than girls
  B. boys at puberty experience more stress than older boys
  C. state anxiety is greatest in individual activities
  D. state anxiety is greatest in team sports
  E. children do not exhibit stress in sport