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9783718605781

Athletics, Growth, and Development in Children

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    9783718605781

  • ISBN10:

    3718605783

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1994-04-01
  • Publisher: CRC Pr I Llc
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Summary

Does participation in competitive athletics influence the growth and development of children? In order to answer this question, researchers at the University of Western Australia collected data for five years. They compared the anthropometric, functional, physiological, and behavioral measurements of youngsters who were tennis players, swimmers, and members of a non-competitive control group. The unique feature of this study is that subjects were selected on the basis of athletic success at an early age - no previous study has done this. It was hoped that choosing youngsters who were successful in swimming or tennis might reveal any factor throughout growth which might indicate some reason for success in that activity. Because the study was longitudinal, it allowed the children to be traced through puberty. The University of Western Australia Growth and Development Study was carried out with funds supplied by the Sir Robert Menzies Foundation.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Samplep. 3
Measurements: Procedures and Normative Datap. 13
Pre-Adolescent Comparisonsp. 75
The Anatomical and Physiological Characteristics of Pre-Adolescent Males and Femalesp. 75
The Anatomical and Physiological Characteristics of Pre-Adolescent Swimmers, Tennis Players and Non-Competitorsp. 81
Adolescent Comparisonsp. 91
Morphological and Physiological Growth of Competitive Swimmers and Non-Competitors through Adolescencep. 91
A Prospective Study of Physiological Indicators of Junior Tennis Performancep. 110
Psychological Development of Participants in High-Level Junior Sportp. 123
Talent Identificationp. 139
The Relationship Between Anatomical Characteristics and Swimming Performances in State Age-Group Championship Competitorsp. 139
Profiling Junior Tennis Players. Part 1: Morphological, Physiological and Psychological Normative Datap. 152
Profiling Junior Tennis Players. Part 2: The Practical Application of Normative Datap. 180
Biomechanicsp. 187
Inertial Characteristics of Adolescent Male Body Segmentsp. 187
Physical Growth and Motor Performance of Adolescent Malesp. 200
Dietary Analysisp. 217
A Dietary Study of Adolescent Participants in the University of Western Australia Growth Studyp. 217
Summary and Conclusionsp. 257
Appendix: Final Data Presentation to Subjectsp. 261
Indexp. 285
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