Physical Activity and Sport During the First Ten Years of Life

Jennifer P. Agans is Assistant Professor in the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management at the Pennsylvania State University, USA.Richard Bailey is an independent writer and researcher based in Berlin, Germany.Jean Côté is Professor and Director in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada.Andy Daly-Smith is Senior Lecturer in Physical Activity and Behaviour Science at Leeds Beckett University, UK.Phillip Tomporowski is Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, and Director of the Cognition and Skill Acquisition Laboratory, at the University of Georgia, USA.

• IntroductionPart One: Researching Physical Activity in the First 10 YearsChapter 1: Researching Children’s Physical Activity: The Importance of Theory for Research MethodsJennifer P. Agans and Ross BudziszewskiChapter 2: Population Measurement of Physical Activity Among Children Aged Under 10 YearsLouise L Hardy and Sjaan R GomersallChapter 3: Movement as Relations: Preverbal, Conscious and Affected?Gunn EngelsrudPart Two: Physical Activity and Child DevelopmentChapter 4: Physical Exercise and Cognitive Development: Influence of Training Modalities and CharacteristicsDavid MoreauChapter 5: Cognitive and Motor Performance: Shared Processes During the First 10 Years of LifeClaudia M. RoebersChapter 6: Exercise, Cognitive Function, and Obesity in ChildrenTai-Fen Song, Chien-Heng Chu and Yu-Kai ChangPart Three: SportChapter 7: Organized Sport for Toddlers and PreschoolersMeghan Harlow and Jessica Fraser-ThomasChapter 8: Mental Health and Childhood Participation in Organised SportStewart A. Vella, Jordan Sutcliffe, Matthew J. Schweickle, Sarah K. Liddle and Christian SwannChapter 9: Navigating Relative Age and Birthplace Effects to Ensure Equal Participation in Youth SportDavid J. HancockChapter 10: The Child’s Right to an Open Sporting FutureRichard BaileyPart Four: Physical ActivityChapter 11: Acute Cognitively Challenging Physical Activity to Promote Children’s CognitionMirko Schmidt, Fabienne Egger, Sofia Anzeneder and Valentin BenzingChapter 12: Investment for Family and Community Physical Activity InterventionsVictoria Archbold and Paul CollingsPart Five: EducationChapter 13: The Active School ConceptClaude Scheuer and Richard BaileyChapter 14: Developing a Movement Culture in the First 10 YearsBen LangdownChapter 15: Physically Active Play in the Early YearsArja SääkslahtiPart Six: Case StudiesChapter 16: Physical Activity and Sport in the First 10 Years in South AfricaAnita E PienaarChapter 17: The Development of Physical Activities and Sport in China’s Kindergartens in the 21st CenturyJinxia Dong and Yijing ZhongChapter 18: Sport and Physical Activity During the First 10 Years of Life in Ireland and the UKKristy Howells and Tara Coppinger