Youth Sports: Perspectives for a New Century

Youth Sports: Perspectives for a New Century
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Proceedings of a conference hosted by the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports at Michigan State University, 23-26 May 1999. Youth Sportsâ€”Perspectives for a New Century presents a unique blend of discussions of organized sport for children from the research and applied perspectives. The first part of the volume offers comprehensive discussions of biological and health-related issues in youth sports: Growth and maturation, regulation of puberty, cardiac characteristics, dehydration and rehydration, responsiveness to training, injury profiles, and genetic advances in the sport sciences. The second part of the volume offers corresponding discussions of social and psychological issues in youth sports: Social influences, parental roles, attrition and dissatisfaction, anxiety, overtraining and burnout, moral dimensions, and abuse of power.
Country USA
Brand Coaches Choice
Manufacturer Coaches Choice
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781585188611
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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