Life span motor development
By: Kathleen M. Haywood, Nancy Getchell.
Contributors: Getchell, Nancy, 1963-
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Champaign, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9780736075527
Subjects: Motor ability in children; Motor ability; Motor Skills; Human Development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fundamental concepts; title: Theoretical perspectives in motor development; title: Principles of motion and stability; title: Physical growth, maturation, and aging; title: Development and aging of body systems; title: Early motor development; title: Development of human locomotion; title: Development of ballistic skills; title: Development of manipulative skills; title: Sensory-perceptual development; title: Perception and action in development; title: Social and cultural constraints in motor development; title: Psychosocial constraints in motor development; title: Knowledge as functional constraint in motor development; title: Development of cardiorespiratory endurance; title: Development of strength and flexibility; title: Development of body composition.