| 10+: | Brain development and skill learning |
This section looks at how the brain changes as athletes acquire more efficient and adaptable skills. Understanding these changes will help you be clear and consistent in your approach to the skill learning process in the long term. You will also find valuable information regarding critical periods of brain development and how the play and practise you facilitate - and your interactions in and around this play and practise - can shape brain development.
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Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D. is a child and adolescent psycho-therapist and school counselor. She is the co-author of the best-selling book The Whole-Brain Child, which gives parents practical ways to transform difficult moments into opportunities for children to thrive. 
