A TENTATIVE CONDENSATION OF
STANDARDS IN ATHLETICS FOR
GIRLS AND WOMEN,

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This is a statement of a point of view regarding the nature end conduct
of athletics for girls and women, It represents the position of the National
Section on Women's Athletics of the American Association of Health, Physical
Education and Recreations

A standard is an authoritative rule or model constructed as a guide to
actions Standards serve as a basis for program making, as a means for motiva~
tion and stimulation of activities and as a method of appraisal, To be
effective in guiding action standards must be sufficiently general to operate
in many situations and sufficiently specific to indicate a course of action
in any given situation.

Any statement of stendards concerning women in athletics must be presented
both in terms of the development of the individual who participates and in
terms of the leader of the program. One of the first points to keep in mind
is that the participant is concerned primarily with herself, that is, with
what she is to gain fom athletic participation, The ‘iong view of the situa tion
must belong to the leader, Leadership in athletics is a common responsinility
of all persons who exercise any type of control over the way an activiy is
carried on, It begins with the administrator who hoids ultimate power, It
falls directly upon the teacher or coach who actually conducts the activity
and extends to the most temporary leader who directs his side or captains his
toam ina contest. Therefore, the following statements must also be inter-
preted continuously in terms of the participant and the leader,

THE STATEMENT OF STANDARDS
PURPOS E

The one purpose of athletics for girls and women is the good of
those who playe

STANDARDS

The program of athletic activities for girls and women should be based
upon a profound knowledge of the individual and the environment in
which she lives,

The progran should bo based upon the individual differences of
the participant, such as: age, physique, intorests, abilities,
experionee, health, and stage of physiological, anotional ond social
maturity.

Athletic activitics should be choson and developed on the
basis of scientific ovidenes ond from theso three aspocts:

ae Analysis of activitics from simplo to complox,

be The classification of individuals in ability from
novice to oxperte

ce In terms of present and future usc,

The program should provide for a continuous challonge to tho
ingenuity, orgonizing powors and powers of appraisal of every player
so that oach may lead according to her mcrit and skill in loading
and may follow according to her willingness ond ability to adapt
herself to othors and to a common onde