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:

Arthur-Banning, Skye, editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports for children--United States.

Sports for children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 412 pages)

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2018]

Summary:

This book examines youth sports in America today, analyzing how organized sports influence communities, discussing the potential emotional and physical benefits as well as drawbacks of youth sports, and profiling the industry's key participants, ranging from parent coaches to club sports owners to personal trainers.

Contents:

Adaptive sports

Boys in sports

Bullying

Burnout

Character development

Club/travel teams

Coach training and education

Community recreation programs

Competitive balance

Concussions

Coping with failure

Development of youth in mind and body

Eating disorders and body image

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 and girls

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

Sexual and physical abuse

Sexual orientation and inclusion

Single sport specialization vs. sampling

Sports-based youth development (sbyd) movement

Substance abuse

Appendix: Popular youth sports in the United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798216169567

9781440843020

1440843023

OCLC:

1019845377