Title:
Best practice for youth sport / Robin S. Vealey, PhD, Miami University, Melissa A. Chase, PhD, Miami University.
Main Entry:
Vealey, Robin S., 1954- author.
Chase, Melissa A., 1961- author.
Publisher:
Human Kinetics,
Publication Date:
[2016]
أ2016
Publication Place:
Champaign, IL :
ISBN:
9780736066969
0736066969
Subject:
Sports for children.
Sport.
Sports for children.
Contents:
Part I. Youth sport basics -- 1. Overview of youth sport -- 2. Evolution of youth sport -- 3. Philosophy and objectives of youth sport -- Part II. Maturation and readiness for youth sport participation -- 4. Physical growth and maturation -- 5. Readiness for learning skills and competing -- 6. Motivation and psychosocial development -- 7. Modifying sport for youth -- 8. Teaching skills to young athletes -- Part III. Intensity of participation in youth sport -- 9. Physical training and young athletes -- 10. Talent development in sport -- 11. Stress and burnout in youth sport -- 12. Injuries in youth sport -- Part IV. Social considerations in youth sport -- 13. Cultural competence in youth sport -- 14. Coaches and youth sport -- 15. Parents and youth sport -- 16. Moral and life skills development in youth sport.
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