Lifelong Engagement in Sport and Physical Activity (eBook, PDF)

Participation and Performance across the Lifespan
Redaktion: Holt, Nicholas; Talbot, Margaret

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an overview of some of the core concerns underlying lifelong engagement in sport and physical activity, encompassing every age and phase of engagement. The book explores key models of engagement from around the world, as well as specific areas of research that will help the reader understand this important topic. Lifelong Engagement in Sport and Physical Activity is important reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students in teacher education, sport and coaching science, and for health promoters, coaches, teachers and relevant bodies and organisations in sport and education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136660665
• Artikelnr.: 38274200

Autorenporträt

Nicholas L. Holt is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta, Canada, where he directs the Child and Adolescent Sport and Activity laboratory. He is also the Associate Editor of The Sport Psychologist journal and recently edited a book titled Positive Youth Development through Sport (Routledge, 2007). Margaret Talbot is President of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) and Principal of Margaret Talbot Consulting. She is currently leading a team of experts developing a twenty-first century physical education curriculum for schools in Egypt; and is Physical Education Champion for SportsXtra. Professor Talbot was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to physical education and sport in 1993.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Section 1: Sport and Physical Activity During Childhood and
Adolescence 1. Sport Participation During Childhood and Adolescence 2.
Physical Activity During Childhood and Adolescence Section 2: Transitions
in Sport and Physical Activity Participation 3. Tracking Physical Activity,
Energy Balance, and Health from Childhood to Adulthood 4. Rethinking
Participant Development in Sport and Physical 5. Transitions in Competitive
Sports Section 3: Sport and Physical Activity During Adulthood Among
Various Populations 6. The Transtheoretical Model and Physical Activity
Adherence 7. Physical Exercise as a Social Marker among Middle-Aged People
in Sweden 8. Muslim Women's Experiences of Sport 9. Engagement of People
with Disabilities in Sport and Across the Life Section 4: Sport and
Physical Activity During Older Adulthood 10. Psycho-Social Perspectives on
the Motivation and Commitment of Masters Athletes 11. What Predicts
Exercise Participation of Older adults? 12. Energising Lives and the Value
of Physical Activity for Older Adults