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What is it about?
The paper argues that children and youth should not be treated as mini-adults (especially adult males) by sport scientists, coaches and trainers in sport. It emphasizes the importance of designing opportunities for enriched interactions for children and youth in team games and individual sports, highlighting the need for further research to identify and examine the needs of specific sub-groups in sport. It suggests that practice and training designs should facilitate a large amount of variability and provide opportunities for play and games to promote enriched learning and training contexts. The paper presents a case example of practice and training designs that fulfill this aim for children and youth in sport.
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Why is it important?
The research emphasizes the importance of designing opportunities for enriched interaction of children and youth in team games and individual sports by utilizing the integrated expertise of professional specialists working in a Department of Methodology. It highlights that children and youth should not be treated as mini-adult (male)s by sport scientists in learning and development and preparation for performance. The position statement calls for more research on how a Department of Methodology could be set up in sports organisations to identify the needs and specific characteristics of specific sub-groups in sport, such as children and youth, women, veteran and disabled athletes, at all levels, from recreation to high performance. Key Takeaways: 1. Children and youth should not be treated as mini-adult males by sport scientists in learning and development and preparation for performance. 2. Professional specialists working collaboratively in a Department of Methodology are important for designing opportunities for enriched practice interactions for children and youth in team games and individual sports. 3. Further research is needed to identify the needs and specific characteristics of specific sub-groups in sport, such as children and youth, women, veteran and disabled athletes, at all levels, from recreation to high performance.
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This is an important article for me since it captures some of my concerns on the challenges faced in formalised sports coaching programmes to ensure that each individual has the opportunity to participate in sports, learning in a way that suits their needs, whether as children, different sexes, abilities and age groups. The main messages from the article align well with the mission for 'transforming lives' through provision of opportunities and education that we have at SHU.
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This page is a summary of: Enriching Athlete—Environment Interactions in Youth Sport: The Role of a Department of Methodology, Children, April 2023, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/children10040752.
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