concepts of physical activity and sport Flashcards
Sport
- Structured
- Specialist equipment
- Officials are present
- Strategies and tactics
- Rewards are received from success
- High skill level
- Commitment to training
- Serious and competitive
Physical recreation
- Self - officiated/regulated
- Fun , enjoyable , non-serious and informal nature
- Winning is not important
- Physically energetic
- Participation is a matter of choice
- ‘Participation level’ on the sport development continuum
- Flexible in nature
Physical education
- New sports
- Choose competitions
- Teacher led
- Compulsory
- Department of education
Foundation - bottom of triangle
Sport development continuum
- Children being introduced to sport
- Learning basic skills and a variety of activities
- Learning positive attitudes towards physical activity
Participation
Sport development continuum
- School or club participation
- Non-competitive , extra curricular activities
- Emphasises on enjoyment, health or friendship
Recretation
Performance
Sport development continuum
- More formal school or club participation
- Emphasises on competition and winning
- Fir skilled, committed performances who train regularly
- Keen to improve
- District, county or regional involvement
Excellence - top of triangle
Sport development continuum
- Highly skilled/elite
- National level
- High levels of coaching
- Sport science
- Fully committed
For an individual
Functions of physical recreation and sport
- Develop self-confidence via achievement
- Stress reduction
- Skill development
- Social skills are improved
- Sense of fun and enjoyment
for the society
Functions of physical recreation and sport
- Improved health and fitness reduces strain of the NHS
- Improve social interaction with different groups
- Economic benefits
- Positive use of free time
pe
triangular model of pe
- sport - extra curriculam comps , interhouse
- education - national curriculum
- recreation - extra curricular
Key characteristics of physical education
- Following the introduction of the national curriculum for physical education (NCPE) in 1988, the key characteristics are;
- It is compulsory
- Involves formally taught lessons
- Four key stages (aged 5-16)
- Begins in primary school (foundation level)
- Teachers are in charge
- During school time
aims for national curriculum of pe
- Leadership
- Physical skills
- Social skills
- Active leisure
- Health and fitness
- Self-esteem
- Mental skills
Characteristics of school sport
- Non compulsory
- Not formally taught
- Not during school hours
- Performance , excellence, participation
- Sport
Functions of school sport
- Increased activity level
- Improve fitness
- Improved skill levels
- Increase self- esteem
- New social groups
- Improved cognitive skills
Outdoor and adventurous activities (OAA) (functions and benefits)
- Awareness of safety - perceived risk only
- Teamwork
- social/communication skills
- Leadership skills
- self-discovery/self-esteem
- Knowledge of/respect for the natural environment
Issued faced for lack of participation of outdoor and adventurous activities (OAA)
- Lack of time
- A lack of money
- A lack of qualified or motivated staff
- Location
- Perceived risks
National partners to increase participation
- School sports partnerships
- Aims to decrease the percentage of pupils aged 5-16 taking part in less than 2 hours of high quality PE a week
- primary/junior schools working with secondary schools and higher education to increase these opportunities
- School games
- An initiative to increase participation in school sports both inter and intra school level through county and national level