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| Eastern District AAHPERD 2007 Research Keynote: Effects of Current Trends in Youth Fitness on Physical Performance Assessments and Training Methodologies of the United States Military Academy and the Army |
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| Description | This presentation will focus on three primary issues: (1) current fitness needs for the Army, (2) current attempts to provide better pre-accession physical performance assessments, and (3) developmental strategies for PE teachers and fitness professionals to physically prepare today’s youth for service in the Army that will minimize injuries and reduce attrition. |
| Presider: | Tracey Dexter Fogarty, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
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| Speaker: | Whitfield B. East, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
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