Introduction:

The book “Youth Sport and Physical Activity: The Science of Training, Performance and Well-being” is a comprehensive resource that provides scientifically-based information that supports and challenges scientists, doctors, professionals associated with medicine, and coaches. The book provides critical analysis and identifies what is known about physical activity, exercise, physical fitness, health, and sports performance during childhood and adolescence.

Key Benefits:

The book contains contributions from 104 scientists and medical professionals who represent 67 universities and hospitals in 25 countries and are recognized internationally as experts in their field. Each chapter of the book focuses on a different aspect of the research literature and identifies areas in which knowledge is lacking while challenging current beliefs. The book discusses the experimental methods, technologies, and data interpretation methods that are currently in use, these methods provide new ways of understanding the connection between physical activity, exercise, physical fitness, health, and performance in sports during childhood and adolescence. Every chapter is heavily referenced to facilitate further research and to cross-reference information within and between sections in order to allow interested readers to have easy access to and combine complementary information.

Target audience:

The book is intended for a large audience of scientists, doctors, professionals associated with medicine, coaches, physical educators, and students who participate in recreational sport and/or pediatric exercise science. It’s a highly useful resource for those who want an up-to-date, comprehensive reference that has a scientifically-based foundation that supports their research and practice.

Conclusion:

“Youth Sport and Physical Activity: The Science of Training, Performance and Well-being” is a significant resource that provides critical information and understanding of physical activity, exercise, physical fitness, health, and sports performance during childhood and adolescence. With the help of 104 scientists and doctors who are recognized internationally as experts in their field, the book is a significant resource for scientists, doctors, professionals, and students who are associated with medicine and/or physical education.

A recently-revised, comprehensive reference that contains a scientifically-based foundation that supports and challenges scientists, doctors, professionals associated with medicine, and seniors that participate in recreational sports and/or physical education.

Each chapter that is comprehensively discussed in the literature review is critically evaluated, the author identifies what is known about the subject, there are gaps in the knowledge, and current beliefs are challenged.

Chapters discuss the experimental methods, technologies, and methods of interpreting data that have recently been developed, these have led to new understandings of the relationships between, physical activity, exercise, physical fitness, health, and sports performance in childhood and adolescence.

Every chapter is heavily referenced to facilitate further research and to cross-reference information within and between sections in order to allow interested readers to have easy access to and combine complementary information.

The 104 scientists and doctors who contribute represent 67 universities and hospitals in 25 countries and are recognized internationally as experts in their field.

Recent experimental research, methods, and technologies that are being developed, as well as their potential applications, are discussed.

Fifty five new participants and topics with 20 new subsystems have been incorporated into this version.

Previous sections have been reconsidered in the light of recent research and have been written by new authors who have emerged as leading researchers and practitioners in their field since the previous edition was released.