Youth Sport

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This is the first book to critically examine the relationship between participation in high performance sport and health outcomes. Drawing on theory and empirical data from a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, philosophy, political science, developmental psychology, epidemiology, and ph..

This book examines the implementation and impact of the International Safeguards for Children in Sport, drawn up by a group of organisations concerned with child protection and welfare. Including critical perspectives and case studies, it looks beyond perpetrator, victim and abuse to focus on the de..

Key Themes in Youth Sport is a concise, easy to read reference-style guide to the core concepts in the study of young people’s relationship with sport, exercise and leisure. Designed to help students get to grips with the basics and go on to master the central ideas and debates in contemporary youth..

This book offers insight into how and why sport can produce positive change in young people. Now in a fully updated and expanded new edition, it covers a range of disciplines including sport and development psychology, physical education and sport sociology. With guidance on how to apply positive yo..

Drawing on a wide diversity of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, policy studies, coaching, physical education and physiology, this comprehensive survey of young people’s involvement in sport focuses on a key transitional period of our lives, from the later teenage years into the early tw..

Drawing on a wide diversity of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, policy studies, coaching, physical education and physiology, this comprehensive survey of young people’s involvement in sport focuses on a key transitional period of our lives, from the later teenage years into the early tw..

This book explores the nature and function of values in youth sport and establishes a framework through which coaches, teachers and researchers can develop an understanding of the decision-making processes of young athletes and how they choose between playing fairly or cheating to win. The book argu..