Part One. Children and Sport : An Introduction -- -- The importance of the study of children in sport : an overview / Glyn Robert and Darren Treasure -- Whose sport is it anyway? Adults and children's sport / Sarah Gilroy -- Why are you coaching children? / Martin Lee -- Sport : it's a family affair / Tony Byrne -- -- Part Two. Developmental Changes in Children : Why the Child is not a Mini-adult -- -- Skeletal growth and development / John Aldridge -- Children's physiological responses to exercise / Neil Armstrong and Joanne Welsman -- Understanding the learner : guidelines for the coach / Rosemary Connell -- Growing up in sport / Martin Lee -- -- Part Three. Important Psychological Aspects of Children's Participation in Sport -- -- Why children choose to do sport, or stop / Jean Whitehead -- How children see success and failure / Stuart Biddle -- Causes of children's anxiety in sport / Stephen Rowley -- Selecting the right targets / Rod Thorpe -- -- Part Four. Applications to the Coaching Process -- -- Communicating effectively with children / Martin Lee -- Counselling young athletes and how to avoid it / Lew Hardy -- Training young athletes / Neil Armstrong and Joanne Welsman -- The effect of injuries on growth / John Aldridge -- Treating and managing injuries in children / Dennis Wright -- Healthy eating for sport / Juliet Wiseman -- -- Part Five. Good Practice in Coaching -- -- Making sport fit the children / Martin Lee and Ross Smith -- Putting theory into practice, a sport example / Rod Thorpe -- -- Appendices : Legal Matters -- -- Appendix A : Coaching and the law / Valerie Collins -- Appendix B : Ensure you are insured / Harry Towers.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This book has arisen out of a need for a text which tackles the special issues relating to coaching children (from 6 - 16) in sport. Academics (many with coaching experience) and practitioners have been commissioned to write on.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Coaching children in sport.
International Standard Book Number
0419182500
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Coaching (Athletics)-- Study and teaching.
Physical education for children-- Study and teaching.
Sports for children-- Study and teaching.
Éducation physique pour enfants-- Étude et enseignement.
Entraînement (Sports)-- Étude et enseignement.
Sports pour enfants-- Étude et enseignement.
Begeleiding.
Coaching (Athletics)-- Study and teaching.
Educação física infantil.
Kinderen.
Physical education for children-- Study and teaching.