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The adulteration of children's sports : waning health and well-being in the age of organized play / Kristi Erdal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Erdal, Kristi, 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports for children--Psychological aspects.
- Sports for children.
- Sports for children--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (137 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
- Summary:
- "In The Adulteration of Children's Sports, Kristi Erdal explores the effects of organized sports on children's physical, social, and emotional well-being. Erdal provides readers with empirically supported best practices and debunks a number of myths that surround children's organized sports"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Definitions and history
- The positive impacts of organized sport on children
- The negative impacts of organized sport on children
- The myths adults believe about specialization
- Have adults already impacted the future of sport?
- The parents of children's organized sport
- The coaches of children's organized sport
- The future of children's organized sport.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4985-7152-2
- OCLC:
- 1050360677
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