BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I. : ON COACHING -- CHAPTER ONE: WHAT IS A COACH AND WHAT IS COACHING? -- CHAPTER TWO: DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE APPROACHES TO COACHING CHILDREN -- CHAPTER THREE: MODELS OF YOUNG PLAYER DEVELOPMENT IN SPORT -- CHAPTER FOUR: COACHES' LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER FIVE: THE ESSENTIAL SKILLS OF A COACH -- CHAPTER SIX: COMMUNICATION WITH YOUNG PLAYERS -- CHAPTER SEVEN: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF CHILDREN'S COACHES -- CHAPTER EIGHT: THE REFLECTIVE COACH -- PART II. : ON CHILDREN -- CHAPTER NINE: ENHANCING CHILDREN'S POSITIVE SPORT EXPERIENCES AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT: A MOTIVATIONAL PERSPECTIVECHAPTER TEN: PHYSICAL AND MOVEMENT SKILL DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE FAMILY FACTOR IN COACHING -- CHAPTER TWELVE: THE CHILD IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE SPORT -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: COACHING DISABLED CHILDREN IN SPORT -- PART III. : ON SPORT -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: GIRLS IN SPORT -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: DEVELOPMENTAL TRANSITIONS IN SPORT -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN: THE HEALTH OF YOUNG ATHLETES -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: SPORT AND POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: CHILDREN'S SPORT IN POLICY CONTEXTS -- CHAPTER NINETEEN: THE YOUNG PLAYER AS A LEARNERINDEX.

All coaches working with children will know that they differ substantially from adults in their capabilities, capacity for development and in their ability to meet the demands which sport places upon them. New Coaching Children in Sport provides an up-to-date, authoritative and accessible guide to core knowledge and coaching skills for anybody working with children in sport. Written by a team of leading international coaching experts, teachers, psychologists and specialists in children's issues in sport and health, the book explains why children cannot be seen as mini-adults in sport and helps.