1.1.2 Influences on your healthy, active lifestyle Flashcards
What are the key influences that have an impact on a sustained involvement in physical activity?
- people
- Image
- Culture
- Resources
- Health and well being
- Socio-economic
What kinds of people influence wether someone does a sport?
- Family
- peers
- role models
Why would family influence which sport people do?
- Parents own sporting experiences encourage sport on their children
- The family may join a membership club together
- Their could be a sport that is family tradition
- Families also provide equipment, cover costs of taking part and taxi their children to activities
Why would peers influence which sport people do?
- People of similar age may encourage each other to take part in a physical activity
- Peer pressure may occur
- Starting an activity with friends is less intimidating
- going with friends is more fun
Why do role models influence which sport people do?
- Role models are admired and looked up to
- individuals try to copy sports stars
- Sports have many role models
- Media exposes sports stars to the public.
What kinds of images influence which sports people do?
- Fashion
- Media
Why does fashion influence which sports people play?
- Sports clothes are often seen as fashionable
- Team shirts are often worn
- Sport fashion follows trends; more football shirts are worm around the world cup
- The activity itself may become more fashionable if a national team or individual is doing well in the big events
- Minority sports can become more fashionable as they gain more media coverage
What are the 4 main types of media?
- Newspaper and magazines
- Internet
- TV
- Radio
Why does TV influence which sports people play?
- Companies like SKY have to bid for the rights to show sporting events
- The more popular the sports the more expensive the rights
Why does Radio influence which sports people play?
- It has broadcasts covering sporting events
- It has access to ALL sporting events
- Has several channels devoted to sport
Why do newspapers and the press influence which sports people play?
- back page news is usually dedicated to sport
- It can influence an individual or even a nation. However on occasions stories can be exaggerated
- Specialist sport magazines are also published to give readers information and news regarding current affairs
Why does Internet influence which sports people play?
- The latest and the fastest provider for sports new and information
- Millions of websites are set up for sports news
- it is attraction for advertising through popular sports pages
What are the cultural influences?
- Age
- Disability
- Culture
- Race
- Gender
What sorts of facilities do leisure centres need to provide for disabled people?
- Ramps
- Stair lifts
- Changing areas
- Toilets
What is being done to increase the amount of facilities for disabled people in leisure centres?
- Sports for all campaign encourages all to participate in sport.
- funding is often given to provide disabled facilities.