chapter 25

If training is properly performed, bones, muscles, joints, and ligaments can be strengthened + reduce injury rates

It is important to separate the preadolescent girls from the boys because of maturity differences.

What condition occurs when there is an apophysitis at the insertion of the patellar tendon on the tibial tubercle?

At what age is a child able to understand the competitive process?

When compared with adults, which of the following is NOT true of children in sports?

Which of the following is NOT a recommendation for strength training of youths?

What should be the focus of a child's training? conditioning, and competition?

Which is the crucial stage in Tanners Maturity Assessment in regards to collision and high-intensity noncontact sports?

What does the Tanner Stages of Maturity approach use as the basis of the maturity assessment of young athletes?

Tanner's staging emphasizes athletes in grades 7-12 must be matched by age and not by maturity.

Which of the bone sites listed below is NOT a place of growth for a child?

For young athletes, workouts and practices should be for 4 hours, 6 days a week.

Which of the following associations offers three levels of coaching certification?

If kids are ready for participation in organized sports, then they are ready for some type of strength training.

Males are twice as likely to have growth plate fractures as females

Protective equipment helps protect a young athlete when participating in adult-style games.

More than 46 million kids between the ages of 5 and 17 are participating in youth sports throughout the United States.

Young athletes should engage in appropriate conditioning programs for a min of 6weeks before the start of daily practice

Sever's disease is an apophysitis of:

Which of the following is NOT a risk factor for psychological complications in an injured child?

What is a fracture in the bony structures of the spine, oftenin young athletes and often involves the L5 vertebrae

According to a federal law, all coaches must be educated by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.