1.1.2 influences on your healthy active lifestyle Flashcards
What factors affects involvement in physical activity?
People - family, peers (friends), and role models.
Image - fashion and media coverage.
Cultural factors - disability, age, gender, and race
Resources - availability, location, access, and time
Health and wellbeing - illness and ongoing health problems
Socio-economic - cost and status (social class)
What initiatives are there to keep people involved in sport?
Government Initiatives - Compulsory 2 hours of PE in school every week.
PE School Sport & Club Links (PESSCL) - Strategy to increase participation in 5-16 year olds.
Sport England - Sport England is committed to creating opportunities for people to ‘start, stay, and succeed’ in sport.’
What is the ‘Sports Participation Pyramid’?
Elite - this stage is the peak of the pyramid, where individuals reach sporting excellence.
Performance - during this stage young people begin to concentrate on sport specific skills and to develop talent in specific sports.
Participation - this is the stage where young people begin to participate regularly in a specific sport activity.
Foundation - this is the base of the pyramid. At this stage most participants are likely to be learning/experiencing basic sport skills.
