Chapter 5

Question 1

What’s the main focus for providing sport to youths?

Answer 1

Participation

Question 2

What should the emphasis be for providing sport to youths?

Answer 2

Skill development. Participation. Fun.

Question 3

What’re some areas of concern when providing sport to youths?

Answer 3

Boredom. Feeling left out. Adults keeping winning in perspective. Not building self-esteem.

Question 4

During adolescence, which gender becomes faster and stronger, but lags about 2 years behind emotionally?

Answer 4

Males

Question 5

What’re some of the general (not developmental) benefits of sport participation for adolescents?

Answer 5

Avoiding drug use and alcohol addiction, improves well-being, lessens scurry and depression, and lessens behavioral problems.

Question 6

Which age group is the most aware of the immense intensity of sport experiences?

Answer 6

Adolescents

Question 7

Which age group feels the maximum impact of peer pressure?

Answer 7

Adolescents

Question 8

During what time period does an individual’s self-esteem tend to be lowest during the life span?

Answer 8

Early adolescence

Question 9

Which age group often seems demanding in terms of service expectations about the quality of recreational sport delivery?

Answer 9

40-65

Question 10

Which age group has had hundreds of studios showing that physical, cognitive social, and emotional health are highly associated with sustained participation in physical activity?

Answer 10

Ages 65+

Question 11

What’s the most common activity for older adults (65+)?

Answer 11

Walking

Question 12

Recreational Sport Managers should be vigilant of what aspects of older adults?

Answer 12

The potential for injury and what to do in an emergency situation

Question 13

What’re some common developmental experiences in all sports?

Answer 13

Learning how to handle winning and losing. Learning how to handle competition. Controlling ones aggressiveness. Having to learn and adjust to rules and regulations.

Question 14

Typically, are athletic or professional sports participants eligible to participate in intramural sport programs?

Answer 14

No. It’s a matter that promotes equitable participation.

Question 15

What percentage of children take place in some form of organized sport between the ages of 5 and 17?

Answer 15

90%

Question 16

What’re the 3 categories of youth despondent benefits described by Côte & Fraser-Thomas (2007)?

Answer 16

1) Opportunity to be physically active
2) Psychological benefits such as learning to be cooperative, lean discipline, leadership, and self-control
3) Learning skills that provide the foundation for adult sport participation

Question 17

Youth development can promote life skills. The “First Tee” program, “Right to Play”, and the “SUPER” workshops are examples of how life skills can be promoted. What are the 9 core values the “First Tee” program promotes?

Answer 17

Honesty
Integrity
Sportsmanship
Respect
Confidence
Responsibility
Perseverance
Courtesy
Judgement

Question 18

What’re the 4 areas of human development does sport contribute to?

Answer 18

Physical. Cognitive. Emotional. Social. (Moral and psycho-social too!)