Chapter 10 Flashcards
Define positive youth development
A strengths based view of children and adolescents
Define sport skills
Learned abilities related to sport participation and performance
Define personal development
Improvements in self awareness and initiative
A PYD approach to youth sport focuses on the
Personal assets and strengths of all youth to achieve the positive outcomes of sport involvement
What are the three important objectives in children’s development
Sport programs provide youth with opportunities to be physically active which lead to improved physical health through sport participation
Important to youths personal development providing opportunities to learn important life skills such as cooperation
Critical for the learning and performance of motor skills
What are the three P outcomes
Performance
Participation
Personal development
What is a framework of positive youth development
Developmental assets
Define developmental assets
Social and psychological building blocks for human development include internal and external assets
Define external assets
Positive developmental experiences resulting from the environment or the community
Define internal assets
Positive developmental experiences resulting from internalized skills and competencies
Define relaxed leisure activities
Activities that are enjoyable but not demanding in terms of effort
Define constructive leisure activities
Activities that require sustained effort toward the achievement of a clear goal
Define initiative
The ability to be motivated from within and to direct attention and effort toward a challenging goal over time
What are the 5Cs of positive youth development
Competence
Character
Connection
Confidence
Caring (compassion)
Cote suggests a 4Cs framework what is that
Competence
Confidence
Connection
Character
Define deliberate play
Sport activities designed to maximize enjoyment regulated by flexible rules
Define deliberate practice
Activities that require effort generate no immediate rewards and are motivational by the goal of improving performance
Define early specialization
Participation in one sport on a year round basis involving high amounts of deliberate practice and low amounts of deliberate play
Youth sport social influences
Coaches
Peers and siblings
Parents
Define coaching effectiveness
The consistent application of integrated professional interpersonal and intrapersonal knowledge to improve athletes competence confidence connection and character in specific coaching contexts
Define true competition
Competitive situations that serve the interests of all participants and focus their effort and concentration toward a particular goal
Define decompetition
Competitive situations that occur when athletes seek to demonstrate their superiority over opponents
Define under involved parents
Parents who show lack of involvement
Define moderately involved parents
Parents who show adequate levels of involvement
Define over involved parents
Parents who show excessive amounts of involvement
Define parental support
Involves parents facilitation of children’s self esteem, competence and achievement: can include emotional informational tangible and companionship support
Define emotional support
Comforting gestures during time of stress and anxiety
Define informational support
Provision of advice or guidance in problematic situations
Define tangible support
Provision of concrete assistance and resources to help cope with events
Define companionship
Network of relationships that enable an individual to engage positively in various activities
Define parental expectations
Parents sets of beliefs regarding their children’s behaviours
Define parental modelling
Parents serving as a behavioural or moral example to their children
What are the 8 features of positive development settings for youth
Physical and psychological safety
Appropriate structure
Supportive relationships
Opportunities to belong
Positive social norms
Support for efficacy and mattering
Opportunities for skill building
Integration of family school and community efforts
What is the developmental model of sport participation
4 trajectories
That integrates the developing person in its environment with objective processes and outcomes
What are the four trajectories of the developmental model of sport participation
Recreational participation through sampling
Elite performance through sampling
Elite performance through early specialization
Other trajectories
What are the five best practices for youth sport programs
Adopt an inclusive focus as opposed to an exclusive selection policy
Promote a true competition climate
Allow children and adolescents to take initiative in their learning and development of fundamental motor skills
Provide opportunities for young athletes to have fun and engage playfully in low organization games
Promote psychosocial development through sport
