 Dan
Southard
Professor
Texas Christian University
TCU Box 297730
Fort Worth, TX 76129
Office Phone: (817) 257-6869
Fax: (817) 257-7702
E-Mail: d.southard@tcu.edu
Educational Background
PhD. University of Iowa (1980)
M.A. University of Iowa (1976)
B.S. Buena Vista University
(1969)
Course Responsibilities
Undergraduate Courses
Motor Behavior
Motor Development
Biomechanics
Seminar in Kinesiology
Freshman Seminar
Graduate Courses
Motor Control
Motor Development
Biomechanics
Research Interests
Investigation of why
motor patterns change as a result of development and learning
from a dynamic systems perspective.
Selected Publications
Southard, D. (2006). Changing throwing pattern: Instruction and control parameter.
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 77, 316-325.
Southard, D. (2003). Warm-up with baseball bats of varying moments of Inertia:
Effect on bat velocity and swing pattern. Research Quarterly for Exercise &
Sport, 74, 270-276.
Southard,
D. (2002) . Change in throwing pattern: Critical values
for control parameter of velocity. Research Quarterly for
Exercise and Sport, 73, 396-407
Southard,
D. (2000). Control Parameters for the Development of Throwing.
In J. Clark & J. Humphrey (Eds.). Motor Development: Selected
Research. Princeton Book Co.
Southard,
D. (1998). Mass and velocity: Control Parameters for the development
of throwing. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport,
69, 355-367.
Southard,
D., & Amos, B. (1996). Rhythmicity and preperformance
ritual: Stabilizing a flexible system. Research Quarterly for
Exercise and Sport, 67, 78-89.
Current
Project Titles
Learning Motor Skills: A Dynamic
Systems Perspective
Selected Presentations
Changing
Throwing Patterns: Instruction and Control Parameter, NASPSPA
Conference. (2003), Savannah.
Why Can't We Throw as
Well with the Nondominant Arm?
NASPSPA Conference, (2001) St. Louis.
Velocity as a Control
Parameter for Throwing.
NASPSPA Conference, (1999) Clearwater, Florida.
Shift in Point Attractor
for an Ontogenetic Skill.
NASPSPA Conference, (1997) Denver.
Professional Memberships
AAHPERD
NASPSPA
Society for Neuroscience
Professional Activities
Reviewer for Research
Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
Reviewer for Journal of Motor Behavior
Reviewer for Perceptual
$ Motor Skills
Personal Information
Married to Kari Hauser
Southard
Three children: Heidi, John and Kelli
Three grandchildren: Cooper, Dylan and Rilee
Enjoy outdoor activity
and making sawdust in the Shop.
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