Re-Designing Youth Sport (eBook)

Change the Game

Megan Bartlett, Lou Bergholz, John Mccarthy (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2016
192 Seiten
Taylor and Francis (Verlag)
978-1-317-27390-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Many observers have pointed out what is wrong with youth sport: an emphasis on winning at all costs; parental over-involvement; high participation costs that exclude many families; lack of vigorous physical activity; lack of player engagement; and no focus on development. Currently, most attempts at righting the wrongs of youth sport have focused on coach education and curriculum, but in this book, the authors offer a different approach-one that involves changing the game itself. Re-Designing Youth Sport combines vivid examples and case studies of innovative sport programs who are re-designing their sport with a comprehensive toolkit for practitioners on how to change their game for bigger and better outcomes. It offers a fresh and exciting perspective on the seemingly intractable issues in sport. It presents a practical and empowering pathway for readers to apply the examples and tools to the outcomes that they aspire to achieve in their sport, such as increased fun and excitement, life-skills building, gender inclusion, increased sportspersonship, greater parity and avoidance of one-sided competition, and positive parental roles. The book also reveals how community leagues as well as national and international sport governing bodies are using re-design to accelerate player skill development, tactical awareness, and physical fitness.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.2.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-317-27390-7 / 1317273907
• ISBN-13: 978-1-317-27390-5 / 9781317273905