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

Publication Info. London : E & FN Spon, 1993.

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 311 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
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Subject Sports for children -- Study and teaching.
Sports for children -- Study and teaching.
Sports for children.
Coaching (Athletics) -- Study and teaching.
Coaching (Athletics) -- Study and teaching.
Coaching (Athletics)
Physical education for children -- Study and teaching.
Physical education for children -- Study and teaching.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Lee, Martin (Martin J.)
Other Form: Print version: Coaching children in sport. 1st ed. London : E & FN Spon, 1993 0419182500 (DLC) 93018009 (OCoLC)27266357
ISBN 0203474473 (electronic book)
9780203474471 (electronic book)
9780419182504
0419182500
0203782712
9780203782712