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The reorganized and newly revised Children's Exercise Physiology, Second Edition, presents the most up-to-date research, methodology, and approaches related to children's physiologic responses to exercise. The book examines not only the current major issues that separate children from adults, but also the underlying mechanisms of these differences. Readers will learn...

In 101 Sports Medicine Tips and Facts: Vol. 3NYouth Sports, authors Barry Boden, MD, Francis O'Connor, MD, and Robert Wilder, MD present targeted, up-to-date and easy-to-apply information on a wide array of youth sports issues. Topics covered include the most common injuries encountered in youth baseball, basketball, football, gymnastics, hockey,...

Professionals in educational and recreational settings work hard to understand and address the problems faced by underserved youth. Yet the dedicated people in these institutions are often limited in what they can achieve because they tend to remain within the confines of their own work environment rather than sharing their...

In this book, we explain the essentials of our Omedicine ball for all' program and describe training procedures that can be used for enhancing health and fitness in elementary, middle, and secondary school children. The medicine ball training program presented in this book involves core-strengthening rotational movements and diagonal patterns...

Youth Strength Training offers the fundamentals needed to create a safe environment for youth activity. Also included are teaching tips and guidelines based both on research and first-hand experience in the development of youth programming. Six complete full-body workouts using various forms of resistance are covered in detail, with accompanying...

Fitness Education for Children provides a multidisciplinary approach to teaching health-related fitness at the elementary school level. Much more than just a games and activities book, this comprehensive resource helps practitioners build successful programs that will meet the challenging health demands of the 21st century. Written by the coauthor of...

With modern conveniences and technology always beckoning, today's children are less active and more obese than ever-which leads to an ever-increasing need for more effective interventions to help them become more active. Physical Activity Interventions in Children and Adolescents addresses this problem by helping professionals in schools, health departments, recreation...

This book has been a big hit with physical educators since it came out in 1989. Now it's available in a new edition that keeps all the best features of the original, adds new material, and improves the presentation, all while making the information more affordable! The new edition is...