SPORT SCIENCE AND STUDIES IN ASIA<br> Issues, Reflections and Emergent Solutions

SPORT SCIENCE AND STUDIES IN ASIA
Issues, Reflections and Emergent Solutions

Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan, 12 - 14 December 2008

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER	i
Sport Science
THE NATURE AND PROMOTION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN SINGAPOREAN YOUTHS MICHAEL CHIA	3
VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF OMRON HJ-005 PEDOMETER IN QUANTIFYING FIELD-BASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG SINGAPOREAN CHILDREN YVONNE WANG YE and MICHAEL CHIA	23
YOUNG CHILDREN'S MOTOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES KAREN PHILOMENA NONIS and JERNICE SING YEE TAN	43
INSIGHTS FROM AN EMERGING THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE IN MOTOR LEARNING FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION JIA YI CHOW	59
EXERCISE IN CHILDHOOD FOR A LIFE-LONG BONE HEALTH YOSHIHISA UMEMURA and TAKERU KATO	79
MEASUREMENT OF BLOOD LACTATE DURING SPORTS KAORU KITAGAWA	89
ASSESSMENT OF BODY COMPOSITION GOVINDASAMY BALASEKARAN, NIDHI GUPTA and VISVASURESH VICTOR GOVINDASWAMY	105
REPEATED SHORT-TERM SPRINT PERFORMANCE OF ADULTS ON A NON-MOTORISED TREADMILL USING DIFFERENT WORK-TO-REST RATIOS JAMIE MERVYN LIM and MICHAEL CHIA	129
REPEATED HIGH-INTENSITY RUNNING PERFORMANCE IN SOCCER SWARUP MUKHERJEE and MICHAEL CHIA	145
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMPOSITE TORQUE AND SPRINT CYCLING POWER IN ADULTS MICHAEL CHIA	169
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPORT BIOMECHANICS IN TAIWAN TZYY-YUANG SHIANG	191
A MISUNDERSTOOD MUSCLE PROBLEM IN ATHLETES JOSEPH LIN, CHANG-ZERN HONG and JAMES RUSSELL	201
Sport Studies
PHILOSOPHY AND LIFE: THE WISDOM OF A SUCCESSFUL LIFE PETER CHEN	213
THE BODY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE HISTORICAL PHASE IN SOCIETY KEIKO MIYAUCHI IKEDA	219
PERCEPTIONS OF PARENTAL AUTONOMY SUPPORT AND CONTROL, AND ASPIRATIONS OF STUDENT ATHLETES IN SINGAPORE EUGENE CHEW and JOHN WANG	231
INVESTING IN HUMAN CAPITAL: POLICY LEADERSHIP AND STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT OF COACH EDUCATION IN SINGAPORE EUGENE CHEW	249
MEASUREMENT OF ATTITUDE IN SPORT DO YOUNG PYUN, EUGENE CHEW and ALAN CH'NG	267
PROVISION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES TO TAIWANESE ATHLETES FOR THE OLYMPIC AND ASIAN GAMES TSUNG-MIN HUNG	277
JAPANESE CHALLENGES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT JUNKO TAHARA	285
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