Growing Strong: Exercise Prescription and Healthy Youth Sport Participation

Time: 1100 - 1125 | Venue: TBC, Academia (SGH Campus)

Track: Session 1 - Paediatrics Sport & Exercise Medicine

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Overview:

Exercise prescription plays an important role in promoting physical health, psychological well- being and long-term participation in sport among youths. Appropriate exercise programmes should be individualized according to age, developmental stage, physical fitness, skill level and specific sporting demands. A balanced approach incorporating aerobic activity, resistance training, flexibility and coordination is required in youth sport participation.

This lecture will discuss on physical activity recommendations for children and adolescents, growth, and maturation considerations, long term athlete development, and discussion on early specialization versus multi-sport participation.