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Routledge Handbook of Coaching Children in Sport

Edited By Martin Toms, Ruth Jeanes Copyright 2023
    522 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    522 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge
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    The Routledge Handbook of Coaching Children in Sport provides a comprehensive and extensive range of critical reflections of key areas impacting on children’s sport and coaching up to the age of 16. With coaching related chapters authored by academic across various disciplines, including nutrition, psychology, pedagogy, medicine, youth development and sociology, the text provides detailed reviews of the existing state of research and consideration of the implications of these particular factors upon parents, coaches, administrators and clearly the young people themselves as well as recommendations for future research.

    This new volume provides in-depth investigation to key topics of coaching topics such as Learning and Child Development, Protecting Young Athletes, Talent Identification and Development and Inclusive Coaching and finally introduce a broad array of contextual considerations for coaches from considering professional learning through to coaching in particular contexts.

    This book is more than simply an academic text and it offers insights that will further inform practice in children’s sport coaching. The handbook is relevant for students (UG, PG), researchers, academics, parents, coaches and administrators, as well as those interested in children’s sport coaching and the related topics therein.

    Martin Toms, PhD is a senior lecturer (associate professor) in the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK. A former professional sports coach with an MPhil and PhD exploring the sociological issues of young people in junior sport, Martin has been heavily involved in juniors sport all of his adult life. He has published widely and presented extensively around the world on youth sport, including working on international projects and for NBGs/Federations and National Governmental organisations. He has gained European and SCUK funding for youth and coaching related projects as well as being involved in international consultancy. He is a co-editor of the European Journal for Sport and Society as well as the current Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Golf Science.

    Ruth Jeanes, PhD is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. Ruth’s research examines inclusion and exclusion within youth sport, particularly examining how sport can be used to achieve broader social policy objectives targeted at young people. Within this, she is particularly interested in the role of coaches in facilitating broader social outcomes for young people. Ruth has published extensively in these areas with over 100 publications across journal articles, book chapters and books. She is widely cited and has been successful in securing extensive funding for her research including two highly competitive Australian Research Council grants.

    Section 1: Learning and Skill Development

    Introduction – Martin Toms & Ruth Jeanes

    1. Coaching Children in Sport: A Focus on Learning

      2. Justen P. O’Connor

    2. Coaching Pedagogy

      3. Shane Pill and Brendan SueSee

    3. Developmental Considerations for Coaching Preschooler Sport

      4. Jessica Fraser-Tomas and Meghan Harlow

    4. Supporting the Development of Sporting Creativity in Children Through an Enskilment Approach

      5. Carl T. Woods, James Rudd, and Sam Robertson

    5. To Have Fun: What is Means and its Significance in Sport

      6. Amanda J. Visek, Andreas Ivarsson, Gary Putt, and Jordyn L. Learner

    6. Creativity-enhancing Approaches in the Coaching of Children in Sport: Present and Future Directions

      7. Ludvig Johan Torp Rasmussen, and Niels Nygaard Rossing

    7. Coaching Psychological and Life Skills Through Sport: Advancing the Contemporary Coaching Agenda

      8. Chris Harwood, Sam Thrower, Sara Kramers, and Paul Wylleman

    8. Exploring Contextual Factors Influencing Positive Development Through Sport

      9. Leisha Strachan, Jessica Fraser-Thomas, Nickolas Kosmenko, and Craig Brown

    9. Transitions in Child and Youth Sport

      10. Rochelle Eime

    10. The Role of The Coach in Player Retention and Attrition

      11. Deborah Agnew and Shane Pill

      　

      　

      Section 2: Protecting Child Athletes

      Introduction –Ruth Jeanes and Martin Toms

    11. Preparing Children for Sport: The Importance of Athletic Development

      12. Rhodri S. Lloyd, Sylvia Moeskops, and Jon L. Oliver

    12. Sport Readiness and Injury Prevention in Young Athletes: Current Recommendations on When to Enter, Compete and Specialise in Sport

      13. Michelle Mullins, Emma Cronk, and Neeru Jayanthi

    13. Nutritional Considerations for Children in Sport

      14. Jennifer Hamer

    14. Sports Related Concussions in Children

      15. Casey Wagner, Jeff Webb, Brendon Mines, and Pooja Sharma

    15. Disordered Eating in Child and Youth Sport: The Role of the Coach

      16. Anthony Papathomas, Maria Luisa Fernanda Pereira Vargas, and Erin Prior

    16. Parental Involvement in Organised Youth Sport

      17. Camilla J. Knight, Sam Elliott, Olivier Y. Rouquette, James Maurice, and Rachael A. Newport

    17. Making the Cut: Coaches and the Deselection Young Athletes

      18. Kacey Neely and James Dugdale

    18. Mental Health and Coaching Children in Sport

      19. Andy Smith and Kenny Greenough

    19. Child’s Play? Safeguarding and Protecting Children in Sport

      20. Melanie Lang and Laura Purdy

    20. Coaching Care-Experienced Children and Young People in Sport

      21. Thomas Quarmby, Rachel Sandford, and Oliver Hooper

      　

      　

      Section 3: Talent Identification and Development

      Section Introduction – Martin Toms and Ruth Jeanes

    21. Coaching Elite Junior Athletes

      22. Frode Moen, Stig Arve Sæther, and John Anders Bjørkøy

    22. What Makes Champions? Childhood Multi-Sport Practice Facilitates Long-Term Development

      23. Arne Güllich, Michael Barth, Brooke, N. Macnamara, and David Z. Hambrick

    23. The Impact of Growth and Maturation Upon Children’s Participation in Sport and Physical Activity

      24. Sean Cumming

    24. Digging for Diamonds? The Abstract and Questionable Nature of Talent Identification in Children’s Sport

      25. Kathryn Johnston, Nick Wattie and Joseph Baker

    25. The Child and Adolescent Sport Dropout Problem: Could Modifying the Coaching Micro-System Climate Help?

      26. Stephen Cobley and Kylie Moulds

    26. Psycho-Social Maturation and the Implications for Coaching Children

      27. Fieke Rongen, Ian Cowburn, Sergio Lara-Bercial, Tom Mitchell, and David Piggott

    27. Integrating Specificity and Generality of Practice to Enrich Children’s Learning in Sport

      28. Martyn Rothwell, James Rudd, and Keith Davids

    28. Sampling and Specialising in Children’s Sport: Implications for Research and Coaching Practice

      29. Colin D. McLaren, Mark W. Bruner, Alex Murata, Luc J. Martin, and Jean Côté

    29. Group Based Strategies in Children’s Organised Sport: Looking Beyond Fixed Chronological Age

      30. Adam L. Kelly and Jennifer Turnnidge

      　

      Section 4: Diversity and Inclusion

      Introduction – Ruth Jeanes and Martin Toms

    30. Children’s Rights and Sports Coaching

      31. Peter Donnelly and Gretchen Kerr

    31. Coaching Disabled Children: A Brief Look Around and Forward

      32. Robert C. Townsend

    32. "I treat every Player equally": Coaching Culturally Diverse Children in Sport

      33. Brent McDonald

    33. Addressing the Needs of Indigenous Children?: Coach Education Programs in Canada, Aotearoa New Zeeland and Australia

      34. Andrew Bennie, Jeremy Hapeta, Dan Henhawk, and Audrey Giles

    34. Coaching Children and Youth with Refugee Backgrounds

      35. Carla Luguetti, Christopher Hudson, and Ramón Spaaij

    35. Towards a Critical Inclusion of LGB Youth in Coaching Contexts

      36. Dawn E. Trussell, Kyle A. Rich, and Jake Quinton

    36. Exploring the Implications of Ability in Children’s Sport

      37. Tania Cassidy

    37. Social Justice Organisations, Community Sport and Coaching Children

      38. Matthew Atencio, E. Missy Wright, Duke Austin, Carl Stempel, and Christina Rodriguez

      　

      Section 5: Cultures and Context　

      Section Introduction - Martin Toms, and Ruth Jeanes

    38. Coaching Children and Youth Sport Policy

      39. Anna-Maria Strittmatter, Iain Lindsey, Jimmy O’Gorman, and John Hayton

    39. Volunteering in Children’s Sport: From Motivation to Child Protection

      40. Matheus Galdino, Sebastian Gehrmann, and Pamela Wicker

    40. Retaining Volunteer Coaches in Child and Youth Sport

      41. Haley Baxter and Katie E. Misener

    41. The Digital Sideline: What Coaches Need to Know about Children’s Engagement with Social Media

      42. Victoria A. Goodyear, Mark Griffiths, Jonathon McKeever, and Gary Priest

    42. A Space to Play: The Geographies of Children’s Sport and Physical Activities

      43. Catherine Waite

    43. The Learning Cultures of Informal Self-Organised Action Sports: Implications for Child and Youth Coaching

      44. Belinda Wheaton and Robert C. Townsend

    44. Scaling Children’s Sport to Augment Motor Skill Acquisition

      45. Tim Buszard, Machar Reid, and Damian Farrow

    45. Learning to Coach Children in Sport

    Brian Gearity and Clayton Kuklick

    Biography

    Martin Toms, PhD is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK. A former professional sports coach with an MPhil and PhD exploring the sociological issues of young people in junior sport, Martin has been heavily involved in juniors sport all of his adult life. He has published widely and presented extensively around the world on youth sport, including working on international projects and for NBGs/Federations and National Governmental organisations. He has gained European and SCUK funding for youth and coaching related projects as well as being involved in international consultancy. He is a co-editor of the European Journal for Sport and Society as well as the current Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Golf Science.

    Ruth Jeanes, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. Ruth’s research examines inclusion and exclusion within youth sport, particularly examining how sport can be used to achieve broader social policy objectives targeted at young people. Within this, she is particularly interested in the role of coaches in facilitating broader social outcomes for young people. Ruth has published extensively in these areas with over 100 publications across journal articles, book chapters and books. She is widely cited and has been successful in securing extensive funding for her research including two highly competitive Australian Research Council grants.

    "Beyond other resources, the Routledge Handbook of Coaching Children in Sport provides a contemporary overview of a wide-range of key topic areas associated with coaching children in sport. This book provides a breadth and depth of child-specific coaching content like no other, and is therefore important reading for students, researchers and practitioners interested (or working) in child and youth sport."

    -Ed Cope, Loughborough University, UK

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