• Blackboard
• Distance Ed.
• Col. of Education
• Div. of Physical Activity & Health

Associate professor of physical activity & health, specializing in physical education pedagogy and sport studies

COURSES

EXS311 Sport Psychology -- Syllabus (PDF) | Schedule

HWS298 Health/Fitness for Life -- Syllabus (PDF) | Schedule

HWS320 Healthy Activities & Games -- Syllabus (PDF) | Schedule

PES131 Foundations of Physical Activity & Health -- Syllabus (PDF) | Schedule

PES270 History, Philosophy, & Ethics of Sport -- Syllabus (PDF) | Schedule

PES294 Teaching Team Sports -- Syllabus (PDF) | Schedule

PES364 Scientific Basis for Coaching Youth Sport -- Syllabus (PDF) | Schedule

PES394 Teaching Games, Dance, & Gymnastics -- Syllabus (PDF) | Schedule

PES409 Practicum -- Guidelines (PDF) | Proposal Form (RTF)

PES470 Sport Management -- Syllabus (PDF) | Schedule

PES494 Teaching Individual Sports -- Syllabus (PDF) | Schedule

PES507 Sport Sociology -- Syllabus (PDF) | Schedule

PES507 Administration of Sport & PE -- Syllabus (PDF) | Schedule

Bold = Active Summer 2008

 

 

INFORMATION

• Strength Training for Endurance Athletes (notes) Presentation for Quinn Wellness Program, Eastern Oregon University.
• Periodization for Bicycle Racing (notes | audio): Guest lecture for EXS451Scientific Basis for Sports Conditioning.
• PRAXIS: If you plan to take the PRAXIS exams for Physical Education, you may find my notes helpful. Click here to view my comments after I took the tests in June 2004.
• Open Practice Initiative:
  Coaching Guidebook - College Women's Basketball (3.3 mb PDF): Practice Plans, Playbook, and Planning Documents designed for NAIA Div I Women's Basketball 2001-2002 Season

CURRENT PROJECTS

• Exploring trails for future mountain biking books about Northeast Oregon.
• Writing a book that catalogs the cycling climbs of Northeast Oregon.
• Research on cyclists in EOU's Human Performance Laboratory.
• Developing video for physical education and sport using Dartfish and other software applications. Current focus: underwater swimming video, cycling, soccer.
• Continued development of LaGrandeRide.com, featuring and promoting cycling in Northeast Oregon.
• Writing regular columns published in Oregon Cycling Magazine.

FEATURED SCHOLARLY WORK (see full vita)

• Heath, Z., & Sather, B. (2008, May).Video Analysis of Cyclists' Road and Time Trial Riding Positions. Poster session presented at the annual Spring Symposium, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, Oregon.
• Sather, B. A. (2006). Sport at religious institutions [Abstract]. In W. S. Hammerslough, C. Inouye, J. Z. Ostarello (Eds.), Western Society review (4th ed., p. B-10). Reno, NV: Western Society for Kinesiology and Wellness.
• Sather, B. A. (2006). Web-channeled activity class opportunities. In W. S. Hammerslough, C. Inouye, J. Z. Ostarello (Eds.), Western Society review (4th ed., pp. C16-17). Reno, NV: Western Society for Kinesiology and Wellness.
• Sather, B. A., & Larson, M. (2006). Mountain Biking La Grande, Oregon. Recreation Publishing.
• Sather, B. (2006, January). Select Examples of Best Practices of Managerial Control by Kinesiology Department Chairs [Abstract]. NAKPEHE Annual Conference Proceedings .
• Sather, B. A. (2006). Sport skill video recording and production for physical educators. In W. S. Hammerslough, C. Inouye, J. Z. Ostarello (Eds.), Western Society review (4th ed., pp. A16-17). Reno, NV: Western Society for Kinesiology and Wellness.
• Sather, B. A. (2005). Kinesiology Professors Should Fully Embrace Online Instruction: Dismissing Four Excuses. Western Society for Kinesiology and Wellness Monograph Series.
• Sather, B. A. (2005 September). Managerial Control by Physical Education Chairpersons. Chronicle of Kinesiology and Physical Education in Higher Education, 16(3), 1, 14-16.
• Sather, B. (2005, April). Managerial Control of Faculty by Physical Education Department Chairpersons. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, Chicago.
• Sather, B. (2005). Managerial Control of Faculty by Physical Education Department Chairpersons [Abstract]. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 76(1), A-129.
• Sather, B. (2004). Enhancing Endurance Training with GPS. PE Digest, 21(2), 32-33. Available online at http://www.pedigest.com/
• Sather, B. A. (2004). Managerial Control of Faculty by Physical Education Department Chairpersons. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX.
• Sather, B. A. (1996). The Development of Interscholastic Sports at Seventh-day Adventist Academies and Colleges. Unpublished masters thesis, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

• Sather, B. A. (2006, April). Strategies for Web Content in Physical Education & Fitness Classes: Ideas and Discussion. Audiovisual presentation for the annual meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Association (SDA-HPERA), Salt Lake City, UT..