Athletic Administration for College, High School, Youth, and Club Sport

In order to create, maintain, and sustain athletic programs, sport administrators must be able to analyze problems, develop solutions, craft plants of action, and determine the effectiveness of their decisions. With that in mind, Athletic Administration for College, High School, Youth, and Club Sport explores the skill sets needed to be a successful and effective athletic administrator across diverse sport settings. The content within each chapter speaks to timely issues impacting collegiate sport and student athletes, the changing landscape of high school sport, the challenges of organizing developmental programs in community sport, and the rise in select clubs and leagues in the U.S.- For ease of use, the text is color coded by domain, allowing readers to quickly locate setting-specific content in each chapter.- Decision Making Challenge feature puts readers in the role of athletic administrator, weighing possible outcomes based on cases or scenarios within a specific sport setting.- Managerial Applications, in the form of scenarios and case studies, ask students to demonstrate their acquisition of knowledge and ability to apply information to specific tasks.- Feedback from the Field sections provide readers with professional tips, advice on handling problems, guides to assist with planning, and suggestions to manage programs.- Every new print copy includes access to the Navigate 2 Companion Website, featuring the following study aids and learning tools: Practice Quizzes, Glossary, Flashcards, Crossword Puzzles.- Instructor's Resources include a test bank, slides in PowerPoint format, instructor's manual, and sample syllabus.