The Young Rugby Player

Science and Application
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-61232-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 378 Seiten, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 580 g

The Young Rugby Player: Science and Application provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the recent research behind the preparation, development and performance of the young rugby player. Each chapter concludes with key take-home messages and practical applications demonstrating how practitioners can provide evidence-informed delivery with the young rugby athlete. The book highlights how research and science can inform practice including coaching, sport science, player development and performance with the young rugby player. Each author is a world leader within their respective discipline including academics and practitioners who research and practice across youth rugby.

The book includes chapters on:

• Introducing the young rugby player, including topics related to growth and maturation, talent identification and development and understanding the demands of youth rugby.

• Understanding and developing the young rugby player, including topics related to physical, psycho-social, technical and tactical development, alongside training practices and fatigue and recovery.

• Other hot topics including nutrition, injury, concussion and injury prevention and the female young rugby player.

This text is vital reading for all coaches, sport scientists, strength and conditioning coaches and all academics with an interest in the science and practical application of working with the young rugby player.

Zielgruppe

General, Professional, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones, Ben

Till, Kevin

Weakley, Jonathon

Whitehead, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Ballsportarten American Football Rugby
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Trainingswissenschaft, Sportunterricht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Youth Rugby: Setting the Scene

Kevin Till, Martin MacTaggart and Ben Jones

2 Long-Term Athletic Development of the Young Rugby Player

Kevin Till, Rhodri S. Lloyd and Joey C. Eisenmann

3 Developmentally Appropriate Coaching Practice for Children Playing Rugby

David Morley and Donna O’Connor

4 Davids and Goliaths: Kinanthropometry and Grouping Strategies in Youth Rugby

John Sampson, Job Fransen, Ric Lovell and Kevin Till

5 Talent Identification in Male Youth Rugby

Adam L. Kelly, Alexander B. T. McAuley, Francesco Dimundo and Kevin Till

6 The Demands of Youth Rugby Match-Play

Sarah Whitehead, Dan Weaving, Rich Johnston, Dale B. Read, Ryan White and Ben Jones

7 Profiling Physical Qualities in Youth Rugby: The ProPQ Tool

Jonathon Weakley, Cameron Owen, Ben Jones and Kevin Till

8 Strength and Conditioning Training for Physical Development

Jonathon Weakley, Josh Darrall- Jones and Nicholas Gill

9 The Psychosocial Development of Youth Rugby Players

Ross A. Shand, Lea-Cathrin Dohme and Stephen D. Mellalieu

10 Technical and Tactical Development in Youth Rugby

Michael Ashford and Jamie Taylor

11 Improving Young Rugby Player’s Tackle Ability

Sharief Hendricks, Gregory Tierney and Steven den Hollander

12 Training Practices in Youth Rugby Players

Padraic Phibbs, Timothy Hartwig and Sarah Whitehead

13 Monitoring Fatigue and Recovery in Youth Rugby

Carlos Ramírez-López, Cédric Leduc, Mathieu Lacome and Ben Jones

14 Nutrition for the Young Rugby Player

Marcus Hannon, Sarah Chantler and Nessan Costello

15 Injury Risk and Reduction Strategies in Young Rugby Players

Michael Hislop and Keith Stokes

16 The Young Female Rugby Player

Sean Scantlebury and Omar Heyward

17 Planning Your Coaching for Young Rugby Players

Michael Ashford and Jamie Taylor

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin Till, PhD, is a Professor of Athletic Development in the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University, UK.

Jonathon Weakley, PhD, is a Lecturer of Strength and Conditioning and Human Physiology at Australian Catholic University, Australia. He is also an Associate Research Fellow at Leeds Beckett University, UK.

Sarah Whitehead, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Strength and Conditioning within the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University, UK.

Ben Jones, PhD, is a Professor of Sport and Exercise Physiology within the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and the University of New England, Australia.