Leisure constraints theory was used as a framework to systematically review factors
associated with dropout of organized sport among children and adolescents. Keyword …

Annual age-grouping is a common organizational strategy in sport. However, such a
strategy appears to promote relative age effects (RAEs). RAEs refer both to the immediate …

Despite the fact that physical activity is universally acknowledged to be an important part of
healthy functioning and well-being, the full scope of its value is rarely appreciated. This …

This book provides an overview of human development and includes the relationship
between motor development and cognitive and social development. It explores factors …

This book is designed to advance both theory and practice in the psychological preparation
of high-level sports performers. The authors integrate the relevant qualitative and …

The experience of flow is still one of the least understood phenomena in sport. And yet it is
one of the richest, most memorable experiences an athlete will ever know. Some call it a …

Children born shortly before the cutoff date for age grouping in youth sport programs suffer
from being promoted to higher age groups earlier than their later-born peers. Skewed …

The purpose of this paper is to propose a motivational sequence that integrates much of the
intrinsic and extrinsic motivation literature in sport. The proposed motivational …

Every successful sports coach knows that good teaching and social practices are just as
important as expertise in sports skills and tactics. Now in a fully revised and updated fourth …

Social support and negative social interactions have implications for athlete psychological
health, with potential to influence the links of stress-related experiences with burnout and …