The role of a coach in youth sports is extremely complex, particularly as the children are still very much developing, both physically and personally. On the one hand, this requires a profound knowledge of human physiology, especially of children during their development. Further, children of the same age vary in their developmental status, which also …
One of the objectives of the project Future for Children ++ is to develop a European-based coach education programme for youth sport. In order to do that, our team explored the necessary key components, providing an overview regarding the problem at hand, defining the term “inclusion” as well as barriers to organized sports, which low-SES families tend to face regularly. In this article, we describe the practical barriers to participation in sport for children: Recent research has also explored the connection between physical literacy in children and adolescents and coaching efficacy, showing significant associations between the parameters. The concept of physical literacy combines several domains related to exercise and PA and is not restricted to improving physical skills, but also incorporates cognitive and …
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One of the objectives of the project Future for Children ++ is to develop a European-based coach education programme for youth sport. In order to do that, our team explored the necessary key components, providing an overview regarding the problem at hand, defining the term “inclusion” as well as barriers to organized sports, which low-SES …
One of the objectives of the project Future for Children ++ is to develop a European-based coach education programme for youth sport. In order to do that, our team explored the necessary key components, providing an overview regarding the problem at hand, defining the term “inclusion” as well as barriers to organized sports, which low-SES …
One of the objectives of the project Future for Children ++ is to develop a European-based coach education programme for youth sport. In order to do that, our team explored the necessary key components, providing an overview regarding the problem at hand, defining the term “inclusion” as well as barriers to organized sports, which low-SES …
One of the objectives of the project Future for Children ++ is to develop a European-based coach education programme for youth sport. In order to do that, our team explored the necessary key components, providing an overview regarding the problem at hand, defining the term “inclusion” as well as barriers to organized sports, which low-SES …
Discover the team members of Future for Children ++ coming from Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain: GEDI is a non-profit and social initiative cooperative association that provides business alternatives based on human and social values as an alternative to capital-money. Its main focus are projects revolving around guardianship of minors, women and children in …
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Future for Children ++ aims to raise awareness among sport organizations, politicians and other policymakers involved in sports-based social inclusion interventions through a European-based coach education programme for youth sport, examining the feasibility and effectiveness of the programme as an approach to educating grassroots coaches and disseminating the evidenced-based principles of good coaching practice and …
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What happens in the mind of a child who is struggling to feel accommodated in our society? What do they feel living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods? Where do they get stuck? The inclusion process remains invisible to us as citizens but it is vital to build up a better society. In order to address the needs …
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