The Growing Child in Competitive Sport

by Geof Gleeson

1986

Library's review

The British Association of National Coaches started a major investigation into the exploitation of children in competitive sport when it held an international congress on the subject. This book contains contributions covering all aspects of this problem written by the major figures in the field who
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attended the conference: people like Professor Glyn Roberts (USA), Professor Keith Russell (Canada) and coaches like Peter Coe, Frank Dick and Tom McNab. Other contributors tackle the physiological, the psychological and the sociological problems of over training, while yet others relate those same problems to the development of young musicians and actors.

The book will be essential reading for consultants, coaches, physical educationists, teachers, advisers and parents.

Geof Gleeson is Executive Secretary of the British Association of National Coaches and one time chief national judo coach.

Contributors
1 Introduction Geof Gleeson
2 Training theory and the young athlete by F.W. Dick
3 Strength-training and the young athlete by Max Jones
4 Endurance training and the growing child by Peter Coe
Skills
5 Technique and the young performer by Tom McNab
6 Mini-rugby by Ray Williams
Needs of the young athlete
7 The athletic child and boarding education by PaddyGarratt
8 The role of the parent in youth sport by Stephen Rowley
Physiology
9 Some aspects of the exercise physiology of children by N.C. Craig Sharp
10 Increasing joint range of movement in young athletes by Keith Russell
11 An overview of sports-related lower-limb epiphyseal injuries by James Watkins
Stress
12 The growing child and the perception of competitive stress in sport by Glyn C. Roberts
13 Competition and the growing child-stress or distress? by Keith Russell
14 Psychological stress and children in competition by Lew Hardy
15 The requirements of competitive swimming-the effect on choldren: a coach'sperspective by Nick Juba
16 My son used to enjoy tennis...: a concerned parent's perspective by Jacqueline Smith
Giftedness
17 Giftedness in sport by J.E. Kane
18 Giftedness in music by Sheila McQuattie
19 Selection and its influence on the training of dancers by Richard Glastone
20 The selection of top performers in East European spsrot by Jim Riordan
Expectations and values
21 Achievement goals and drop-out in youth sports by Jean Whitehead
22 Moral and social growth through sport: the coach's role by Martin J. Lee
Index
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ISBN

340407557

Publication

Hodder and Stoughton London Sydney Auckland Toronto
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