Search Results - "Wright, E. Missy"

Urban skateboarding, social enterprise groups, and community capacity-building in the San Francisco Bay area by Atencio, Matthew, Wright, E. Missy, Beal, Becky, McClain, Zánean

“…Urban skateboarding's current community includes a diverse range of participants and an ever-increasing array of "social enterprise" conglomerations involving…”
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Skateboarding, community and urban politics: shifting practices and challenges by Beal, Becky, Atencio, Matthew, Wright, E. Missy, McClain, ZáNean

“…This paper examines how skateboarding is impacted by the current neo-liberal economic and cultural climate of youth sport in the United States. Presently,…”
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Coaches’ perspectives on teaching life skills to underserved South African children and youth by Whitley, Meredith A, Wright, E Missy, Gould, Daniel

“…This study examines life skills taught by sport coaches working with children and youth in underserved areas in South Africa. A total of 19 coaches…”
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A Qualitative Examination of Adolescent Girls’ Sport Participation in a Low-Income, Urban Environment by Wright, E. Missy, Griffes, Katie R., Gould, Daniel R.

“…Even though African American girls and/or girls in low-income, urban environments are specifically challenged with their sport involvement, little research has…”
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Learning From Experts: Ideal Youth Physical Activity and Sport Programs by Wright, E Missy, Mazzarini, Arianna, Silva, Sara, Ferrari-Church, Ben

“…There are many benefits that can be attained when youth have positive experiences with their sport and physical activity (PA) involvement, including increases…”
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Barriers to holistic coaching for positive youth development in South Africa by Whitley, Meredith A., Gould, Daniel, Wright, E. Missy, Hayden, Laura A.

“…The purpose of this article is to identify and explore the barriers to holistic coaching in a variety of sport settings in a non-North American-centric…”
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Examining Expert Coaches' Views of Parent Roles in 10-and-Under Tennis by Gould, Daniel, Pierce, Scott, Wright, E. Missy, Lauer, Larry, Nalepa, Jenny

“…There is a paucity of sport parenting research that specifically examines the role parents play in the introductory stages of the youth sport experience,…”
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