Best Practice for Youth Sport

by Melissa A. Chase and Robin S. Vealey

Although the physical and psychological benefits of youth participating in sport are evident, the increasing professionalization and specialization of youth sport, primarily by coaches and parents, are changing the culture of youth sport and causing it to erode the ideal mantra: "It's all about the kids." In Best Practice for Youth Sport , readers will gain an appreciation of an array of issues regarding youth sport. This research-based text is presented...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0736066969
• ISBN13: 9780736066969
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.6" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up