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9780415493918

Coaching Children in Sport

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415493918

  • ISBN10:

    0415493919

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2011-06-09
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

All coaches working with children will know that they differ substantially from adults in their capabilities, capacity for development and in their ability to meet the demands which sport places upon them. New Coaching Children in Sport provides an up-to-date, authoritative and accessible guide to core knowledge and coaching skills for anybody working with children in sport.Written by a team of leading international coaching experts, teachers, psychologists and specialists in children's issues in sport and health, the book explains why children cannot be seen as mini-adults in sport and helps coaches to devise effective ways of working that achieve result,s but that also take into account the best interests of the child. It examines key topics such as:fundamental coaching skills coaching philosophies and models children's physical and psychosocial development children's motivation child protection issues and coaching ethics sport and children's health talent identification and high performance coaching reflective practice in sports coaching.Including case studies, practical exercises and guides to further reading throughout, New Coaching Children in Sport is an essential text for all courses and training programs in sports coaching. It is also vital reading for all students, teachers and practitioners working with children in sport, physical education or developmental contexts.

Author Biography

Ian Stafford has worked extensively in teaching, higher education, coaching and coach development within the United Kingdom. Latterly, he was the Director of Coaching System Development at sports coach UK. He has also worked with national governing bodies of sport and national sport agencies in a variety of consultancy roles. One of his key responsibilities within sports coach UK was to oversee all developments relating to coaching children. He has written a book on long-term athlete development and a variety of coach development resources, particularly in relation to coaching children.

Table of Contents

List of illustrationsp. ix
List of contributorsp. xi
Forewordp. xix
Acknowledgementsp. xxi
Introductionp. 1
On coaching
What is a coach and what is coaching?p. 5
Developmentally appropriate approaches to coaching childrenp. 17
Models of young player development in sportp. 38
Coaches' learning and developmentp. 57
The essential skills of a coachp. 70
Communication with young playersp. 84
Professional responsibilities of children's coachesp. 97
The reflective coachp. 109
On childrenp. 121
Enhancing children's positive sport experiences and personal development:a motivational perspectivep. 123
Physical and movement skill developmentp. 139
The family factor in coachingp. 169
The child in high-performance sportp. 181
Coaching disabled children in sportp. 197
On sportp. 213
Girls in sportp. 215
Development transitions in sportp. 227
The health of young athletesp. 240
Sport and positive youth developmentp. 256
Children's sport in policy contextsp. 267
The young player as a learnerp. 278
Indexp. 290
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