PHYSICAL EDUCATION, COURSE 1
3ASKETBALL FOR MEN
ASSIGNMENT II, page 2

7. Give at least one contribution on this Subject of tobacco and its

effects upen growing boys from an outside authority of your own choice,
State reference.

Fmergon 6nd Betts, in their volume called Physiology and Hygiene,
say the following, which is worth passing on as it comes from actual
research: |. |

"Boys who want to be athletes fand what boy doeshot?) will be
interes’ i in an investigation made in six di?fferent colleges and uni-
versities by Professor F. J. Pack to discover the relation of tobacco
to success in football.

"Professor Pack found that in these schools there were ninety-
three smokers and one hundred seventeen non-smokers competing for
pieces on the teams, Of the ninety-three amokers thirty-one, or
thirty-three per cent procured places. Of the one hundred seventeen
non-smokers, seventy-nine, or Sixty-seven per cent, secured places.
fhe non-smokers therefore beat the smokers out two to oné. Professor
Pack's conclusions are:

(1) Only half as many smokers 4s non-smokers sare successful in
football compvtition.

(2) Smoking is accompanied by a loss of lung capacity amounting
to about %én per cent. |

8 Elaborate, either pro or con, according to your own ideas aeveloped
from observetion or from authority, which should be stated, upon

this stxev.ement, "The use of tobacco among boys interferes with their
mental work".

9- Do you delieve that definite Setting-up exercises aid in getting
men into shépe for the season? If not, what would you substitute
instead? If so, give directions for at least three such exercises.

10. Discuss staleness from the following outline: ‘ho is sometimes to
blame Tor the staleness of a team? Why? How can a@ coach tell when
aman ** getting stale? Whet does the eye show? The weight? Name
some aids in the prevention of staleness, Give a diet for the cure
of staleness. (Arrange this diet emactiy as you would fer your own

men). In averting or relieving staleness what value do yOu place on
"Contentment"?

il. Give your ty

fpical pre-game diet and state reasons for your
arranzement of this

particular menu.

lz. Diseuss your ideas of practice sessions: At what time in the fall
should practice begin? What disposition would you make of your foot-
ball men who report for basketball prectice? Do you favor night or
afternoon practices? Why? What should ve the length of a practice
session? When shovld actual scrimmage begin? What part of your
practice hour would you dewote to actual scrimmage? What part to
fundamentals?

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