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The first Positive Youth Development title to focus on the role of sport, this book brings together high profile contributors from diverse disciplines to critically examine the ways in which sport can be and has been used to promote youth development. Young people are too frequently looked upon as problems waiting to be solved. From the perspective of Positive Youth Development (PYD), young people are understood to embody potential, awaiting development. Involvement with sport provides a developmental context that has been associated with PYD, but negative outcomes can also arise from sport participation and school PE. Sport itself does not lead to PYD; rather, it is the manner in which sport is structured and delivered to children that influences their development. Positive Youth Development Through Sport fills a void in the literature by bringing together experts from diverse disciplines to critically examine the ways in which sport can be and has been used to promote youth development.
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Positive Youth Development Through Sport Young people are too frequently looked upon as problems waiting to be solved. From the perspective of Positive Youth Development (PYD), however, young people are understood to embody potential, awaiting development. Sport provides a developmental context that has been associated with PYD, but sport by itself does not lead to PYD. In some environments negative outcomes can also arise from sport participation. It is the manner in which sport is structured and delivered to children that influences their development. The aim of this book is to explore research and practice relating to the structure and delivery of youth sport in order to shed further light on its use as a developmental context to promote PYD. Positive Youth Development Through Sport fills a void in the literature by bringing together experts from diverse disciplines to critically examine the ways in which sport can be and has been used. Nicholas L. Holt is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta, Canada. International studies in physical education and youth sport Series editor: Richard Bailey Roehampton University, London, UK Routledge’s International Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport series aims to stimulate discussion on the theory and practice of school physical education, youth sport, childhood physical activity and well-being. By drawing on international perspectives, both in terms of the background of the contributors and the selection of the subject matter, the series seeks to make a distinctive contribution to our understanding of issues that continue to attract attention from policy-makers, academics and practitioners. Also available in this series: Children, Obesity and Exercise A practical approach to prevention, treatment and management of childhood and adolescent obesity Edited by Andrew P. Hills, Neil A. King and Nuala M. Byrne Disability and Youth Sport Edited by Hayley Fitzgerald Rethinking Gender and Youth Sport Edited by Ian Wellard The Pedagogy of Human Movement Richard Tinning Positive Youth Development Through Sport Edited by Nicholas L. Holt Positive Youth Development Through Sport Edited by Nicholas L. Holt First published 2008 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2007. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2008 selection and editorial matter, Nicholas L. Holt; individual chapters, the contributors All rights rese