The Young Athlete'S Perspective: Talent Development Stories: What They Want And Need

If you are supporting and developing a talented athlete, then you care about their experience and want to do your best to help them improve and progress. You know that the odds are heavily stacked against them, but this won't stop you from encouraging their journey and supporting their dream. This book features six stories told by young athletes about their talent development experiences in sport. It enables them to describe their unique view of what their talent development experience in sport is like for them. Each young athlete tells a personal story. They describe their own individual set of circumstances and provide a personal perspective that has been shaped by living in contemporary times. These unique stories are shared in the hope that they may support coaches and parents to better connect with the young athlete's perspective. When considered together, these individual insights confirm the essence of the talent development experience and they reveal what every parent and coach supporting and developing the young athlete needs to know! This book will provide you with valuable insights into key topics and issues, such as: How to support young athletes to progress in the sport that is right for them. How a positive talent development experience relies upon personalised and holistic athlete development. How to guide the young athlete through competing physical demands and psychological challenges. Why optimal athlete and coach collaboration relies upon a genuine relationship and authentic communication. How autonomy, connectedness and a sense of competence are critical to a young athlete's motivation. How to teach the young athlete to become the best learner. The young athlete stories in this book are designed to stand alone and speak for themselves. They provide the young athlete's perspective on what they need and what they want in their own words. I invite you to listen.

• | Author: Graham Turner
• | Publisher: Graham Turner
• | Publication Date: Jun 04, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 86 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 064687571X
• | ISBN-13: 9780646875712