Youth sports in America : the most important issues in youth sports today / Skye G. Arthur-Banning, editor ; P. Brian Greenwood and Mary Sara Wells, associate editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.

Arthur-Banning, Skye, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports for children.

United States.

Sports for children--United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 412 pages ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]

Contents:

Adaptive sports

body image and eating disorders

Boys in sports

Bullying

Burnout among child and adolescent athletes

Character development

Coach training and education

College scholarships and recruiting

Community recreation programs

Competitive balance

Concussions

Coping with failure

Development of youth in mind and body

Economic impact of youth sports tournaments

Forced exertion

Gender identity and inclusion

Girls in sports

Goal setting for performance enhancement

Hazing

Healthy competition

Low-income minority youth

Media coverage and representation

Officiating youth sports

Parent education

Parental pressure

Parents in fan and coaching contexts

Pay-to-play

Performance-enhancing drugs

Personal trainers and other consultants

Role models

Role of play in sports-based youth development

Sexual and physical abuse

Sexual orientation and inclusion

Single sport specialization versus sampling

Sports-based youth development (SBYD) movement

Substance abuse

Travel-club teams

Appendix: Popular youth sports in the United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Youth sports in America.

ISBN:

9781440843013

1440843015

OCLC:

1019834300