Coaching Children in Sport

This book has arisen out of a need for a text which tackles the special issues relating to coaching children (from 6 - 16) in sport. Academics (many with coaching experience) and practitioners have been commissioned to write on their specialist areas. List of contributors, Preface, Acknowledgements, Part One Children and Sport: An Introduction, Part Two Developmental Changes in Children: Why the Child is not a Mini-adult, Part Three Important Psychological Aspects of Children’s Participation in Sport, Part Four Applications to the Coaching Process, Part Five Good Practice in Coaching, Appendices: Legal Matters, Glossary, Index