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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779935703321

Titolo

Coaching children in sport : principles and practice / / edited by Martin Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : E & FN Spon, , 1993

ISBN

1-135-82678-1

1-135-82679-X

1-280-40474-4

0-203-47447-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LeeMartin (Martin J.)

Disciplina

796.07

796.077

796/.01922

Soggetti

Sports for children - Study and teaching

Coaching (Athletics) - Study and teaching

Physical education for children - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; The importance of the study of children in sport: an overview; Whose sport is it anyway? Adults and children's sport; Why are you coaching children?; Sport: it's a family affair; Skeletal growth and development; Children's physiological responses to exercise; Understanding the learner: guidelines for the coach; Growing up in sport; Why children choose to do sport; or stop; How children see success and failure; Causes of children's anxiety in sport; Selecting the right targets; Communicating effectively with children

Counselling young athletes and how to avoid itTraining young athletes; The effect of injuries on growth; Treating and managing injuries in children; Healthy eating for sport; Making sport fit the children; Putting theory into practice; a sport example; Appendices: Legal Matters; Coaching and the law; Ensure you are insured; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 their specialist areas.