Life Span Motor Development

by Haywood, Kathleen M.

• ISBN13: 9780736031875
• ISBN10: 0736031871
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Human Kinetics

Summary

Substantially revised, the third edition of this widely used introduction to life span motor development is an outstanding textbook for students with little or no background in the movement sciences. The third edition reflects the most recent research findings and has been expanded to present topics from a new, unifying model of constraints approach. Students learn not only how to look at the individual but also at the task and the environment to fully understand the factors affecting motor development. In addition, a life span approach has been integrated throughout the text.

Table of Contents

Fundamental concepts	p. 1
Theoretical perspectives in motor development	p. 15
Physical growth, maturation, and aging	p. 27
Development and aging of body systems	p. 47
Early motor development	p. 67
Development of human locomotion	p. 83
Development of ballistic skills	p. 111
Development of manipulative skills	p. 135
Sensory-perceptual development	p. 155
Perception and action in development	p. 177
Social and cultural constraints in motor development	p. 193
Psychosocial constraints in motor development	p. 207
Knowledge as a functional constraint in motor development	p. 219
Development of cardiorespiratory endurance	p. 233
Development of strength and flexibility	p. 251
Development of body composition	p. 267
Conclusion : interactions among constraints	p. 279
Skinfold charts	p. 290
Body mass index charts	p. 291
Head circumference charts	p. 294
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