Development of the Youth Athlete
Development of the Youth Athlete offers a single-authored, well-illustrated, evidence-based, and integrated analysis of the development and trainability of the morphological and physiological characteristics which influence sport performance in youth. The book critically analyses the development of...
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Milton :
Routledge,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Growth, maturation, and youth sport; Heritable traits; Assessment and interpretation; Growth status; Maturity status; Skeletal age; Secondary sex characteristics; Age at menarche; Age at peak height velocity; Body size, body shape, and body composition; Stature; Body mass; Body shape; Body composition; Fat mass and fat free mass; Bone; Skeletal muscle; References; 2 Exercise metabolism and youth sport; Muscle metabolism during exercise; Anaerobic metabolism; Aerobic metabolism
- Invasive and non-invasive studies of exercise metabolismInvasive studies; Muscle fibre type and size; Muscle energy stores; Muscle enzymes activity; Muscle lactate production and blood lactate accumulation; Non-invasive studies; Maximal anaerobic and aerobic exercise; Resistance to fatigue; Substrate utilisation; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies; Pulmonary oxygen uptake kinetics; Synthesis of data from invasive and non-invasive studies; Anaerobic and aerobic metabolism in youth sport; Track athletics; Football; References; 3 Hormones, energy, nutrition, and youth sport
- Hormones and the youth athleteHormones, growth, maturation, and energy availability; Hormones and exercise; Growth hormone-insulin like growth factor-1 axis; Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis; Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis; Adipocytokines and ghrelin; Hormones and sport training; Growth hormone-insulin like growth factor-1 axis; Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis; Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis; Adipocytokines and ghrelin; Hormones as performance-enhancing drugs; Nutritional status and energy availability; Macronutrients; Carbohydrate; Fat; Protein; Micronutrients; Iron
- Calcium and vitamin DFluids; Performance-enhancing dietary supplements; Energy availability; Relative energy defi ciency in sport; References; 4 Growth, maturation, and youth athletes; Growth and maturation characteristics of youth athletes; Team sports; Individual sports; Sport training; Training of Young Athletes (TOYA) project; A case study of gymnastics; The sport; Physiological and metabolic demands; Physiological monitoring; The environment; Selection, drop-out, cutting, and retention; Energy availability; Nutritional status; Overtraining syndrome; Injuries; Safeguarding
- Healthy athlete developmentThe question; Does intensive training inhibit growth or delay maturation?; The evidence; The verdict; The outcome; References; 5 Youth sport-related motor performance; Motor development; Early specialisation in sport; Development of sport-related motor performances; Running (sprinting); Mechanisms; Jumping; Mechanisms; Throwing; Mechanisms; Trainability of sport-related motor skills; Flexibility and agility; Flexibility; Trainability; Agility; Trainability; References; 6 Muscle strength; Muscle strength; Heritability; Assessment and interpretation; Development; Age
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