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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Sports for children"”.
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A discursive analysis of children's recreational adult-organized sport : when do children get to play?
Adult-organized children's sport attracts millions of participants in Canada and the United States each year. Though there is a great deal of research that considers children's sport, little of it focuses on recreational or house league sport and less of it offers a deep examination of children's …
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Teamwork and leadership : competitive youth soccer as a context for positive youth development
… and reputable U-17 girls' soccer team was chosen for the study through purposeful sampling, providing an information rich case from which data could be derived (Patton, 2002). Seventeen players and three coaches participated in this study. Based on an ethnographic methodology data were collected …
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Perceptions of community leaders of the role sports participation in dealing with psychosocial problems amongst adolescent in a rual area
Participation in recreational and formal sports can play a vital role in enhancing adolescents' wellbeing. Research indicates that involvement in different forms of recreation and physical activities offer beneficial effects on the physical and mental health status of individuals. Sports …
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Female parent-coach experiences coaching daughters in youth sport
… that motivate female parents to coach youth sports; (b) What are the experiences female parent-coaches have within youth sports; and (c) What are the factors related to the withdrawal of female parent-coaches from the position of youth sport parent-coach. Ten mothers who were coaching their …
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Sports as a moderator of the effect of parent marital status and belongingness on achievement and behavior
… many ways. However, it can also be a risk factor for youth. Despite the large body of literature that delineates the benefits of sports participation and the negative outcomes associated with divorce, researchers have yet to examine the impact of athletic participation on youth who have …
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The relationships between goal orientation, perfectionism, parental involvement, peer climate, enjoyment, and intention to continue in sport in children.
… and perfectionism to goal orientation as well as children's enjoyment and the intention to continue playing sport in youth sport. Participants were 188 athletes, 100 boys (M = 12.06, SD = 1.06) and 88 girls (M = 12.18, SD = .73). The athletes completed the TEOSQ, Sport MPS, PIAS, and the …