{"product_id":"development-of-the-youth-athlete-9781138211414","title":"Development of the Youth Athlete","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDevelopment of the Youth Athlete, \u003c\/em\u003eProfessor Neil Armstrong\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a unique, single-authored, evidence-based and integrated analysis of the physical and physiological development of young athletes. Drawing on specific sporting examples, the book critically analyses youth development in the context of long-term health and wellbeing, tackling the principle controversies in youth sport such as overtraining and specialisation (including some of the dominant talent development models), the ethics of physiological testing, the use of performance-enhancing substances, and future issues like selective breeding and gene-doping.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProviding the only up-to-date, coherent and integrated crititcal discourse on youth athlete development currently available, \u003cem\u003eDevelopment of the Youth Athlete\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for upper-level undergraduates, postgraduate students and researchers with an interest in paediatric exercise science and physiology, or the ethics of talent identification and development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Armstrong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138211414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeil Armstrong\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Paediatric Physiology, the Founding Director of the Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre, and was the Inaugural Provost of the University of Exeter, UK. He won the only Queen's Anniversary Prize (QAP) to be awarded for research in sport medicine. The QAP was presented by HM the Queen at Buckingham Palace for '\u003cem\u003eworld class work which is of outstanding quality and importance to the nation.\u003c\/em\u003e' His research and its impact have been disseminated through over 600 scientific publications and invited presentations in 45 countries. In addition to his earned PhD and DSc, Neil has received\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehonorary doctorates\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003efrom Universities in both Europe and North America. Uniquely, he has twice chaired the Sport Science Panel in the UK Research Assessment Exercise and chaired both the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences and the Physical Education Association of the UK (PEAUK). He currently chairs the Board of the European Group of Pediatric Work Physiology and serves as a member of the IOC's expert group on sport, health, and exercise in youth. He was the first scientist to be awarded Fellowship of the American (FACSM), European (FECSS), and British (FBASES) Colleges\/Societies of Sport Medicine\/Science and other Fellowships received have included the Royal Society of Arts, the Royal Society of Biology, the Royal Society of Health, the Higher Education Academy, the PEAUK, and the National Academy of Kinesiology (USA).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43652898357363,"sku":"9.78114E+12","price":58.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_50a2d0e8-f0b7-4f19-94da-f681a34a8c3e.jpg?v=1756295399","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/development-of-the-youth-athlete-9781138211414","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}