Special Issue on Sports and Children Development

Sports help children develop physical skills, get exercise, build fitness, make friends, have fun, learn teamwork, learn to play fair, learn to manage emotional highs and lows, and improve self-esteem. The field aims to promote the benefits of sports participation for children and to provide resources and guidance for parents, coaches, and educators to help create a positive and healthy environment for children in sports..

In this special issue, we intend to invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles on exploring Sports and Children Development. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Physical development
• Cognitive development
• Emotional development
• Gross motor skills
• Fine motor skills
• Psychomotor skills
• Age-appropriate activities
• Parental involvement
• Long-term athlete development
• Basic skills
• Team sports
• Kids and exercise
• Movement skill acquisition
• Stress in youth sport
• Sports and athletics
• Developmental sport psychology
• Children and sports training
• Childhood growth and motor development
• Physical activity and fitness enhancement
• Effective teaching and lesson planning

Authors should read over the journal’s For Authors carefully before submission. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal’s Paper Submission System.

Please kindly specify the “Special Issue” under your manuscript title. The research field “Special Issue - Sports and Children Development” should be selected during your submission.

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For further questions or inquiries, please contact Editorial Assistant at

ape@scirp.org.