HPED 2520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Puberty
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Planning a practice: the time of life where important transformations occur in the body, puberty begins and ends at different points for everyone, usually beginning at 12-13 in boys and. It"s important to the coach because people are at different developmental ages and success at higher levels isn"t determined by when they go through puberty. The challenge zone: all activities should be in the challenge zone, where athletes succeed 2 out of 3 times. If challenge is too high, athletes will become anxious or discouraged. If challenge is too low, athletes will become bored or disinterested.