CONCEPTS OF SPORT Flashcards
what is leisure?
Free time during which individuals can choose what to do
What is participation level?
An emphasis on taking part recreationally with enjoyment as a key motivator to participate.
What is outdoor education?
Activities which take place in the natural environment and utilize nature/geographical resources such as mountains, rivers and lakes.
What is perceived risk?
A challenge that stimulates a sense of danger and adventure for beginners or inexperienced performers in a safe environment, with danger minimized via safety measures.
What are school games?
Initiative to increase participation in school sport from intra/inter-school level through to county and national levels.
Explain the benefits to society of increasing participation in physical recreation.
Increased health and fitness decreases strain on the NHS and lowers obesity rates.
Increased social integration as individuals from different social communities join clubs and socially interact.
Increased employment/economic benefits result from more people using facilities and buying equipment to participate.
Increases social control and decreases crime statistics in a more socially inclusive society.
More individuals can progress through to the elite level.
List the characteristics of sport
It is serious/competitive.
Set rules e.g. time limits.
Involves specialist equipment and kit.
Officials to enforce rules, appointed by NGB’s.
Strategies and tactics to outwit opponents.
Rewards for success e.g. extrinsic including medals.
High skill levels.
Commitment, training involved.
Lots of people take part in sport to increase their health and fitness. Identify two functions of taking part in sport for an individual.
increases self-confidence as a result of skill improvement and success.
Provides more opportunities to communicate/socialise/make friends.
Develop positive sporting attitudes e.g. sportsmanship.
Identify three similarities and three differences between PE and physical recreation.
Both:
Develop physical skills, health and fitness and help individuals achieve intrinsic benefits/have fun.
Different:
Physical rec voluntary, PE compulsory.
Physical rec in free time, PE in school time.
Physical rec informal, PE formal and teacher present.
Physical rec self regulated, PE teacher in charge.
Physical rec participation level, PE foundation level.
Physical rec simple/limited organisational structure, PE highly structured.
Identify four differences between school sport and national curriculum PE.
PE in lesson time, school sport in free time.
PE compulsory, school sport has voluntary involvement.
PE for all, school sport for the chosen ‘elitist’.
PE emphasis on taking part, school sport emphasis on winning.
PE teacher-led, school sport coaches involved.
PE involves a wide variety of experience, School sport involves specialisms.
What are the functions of physical recreation for the individual?
Increases health and fitness and helps develop physical skills.
Provides a challenge, sense of achievement, increases confidence.
Stress relief from work, helps individual to relax.
Helps people socialise and meet up with friends.
Sense of fun/enjoyment.
Ensures participation well into later life.
Identify the benefits of participating in sport to society
Decreases strain on NHS as there are lower levels of obesity as health and fitness improves.
Increased social control as there is less crime as individuals make more positive use of free time.
Increased social integration, equal opportunities as different social and ethnic groups participate.
Increased national pride as a result of increased standards of performances.
Economic benefits such as higher employment and regeneration due to money invested.
Outline the functions of National Cirriculum PE in schools today.
Development of positive attitudes to lead to healthy lifestyles; increase in health and fitness.
Increased participation, developing skills.
Develop personal and social skills such as teamwork and leadership.
Develop positive ethics such as sportsmanship.
Experience and engage in competitive sports and activities outside school through community/club links.
Encourage life-long participation; habit for life
Identify the problems schools face in offering outdoor education within their school PE programmes.
Lack of time within curriculum.
Lack of money e.g. high costs of specialist equipment.
Lack of qualified or motivated staff.
Health and safety concerns
Cycling has enjoyed a recent increase in participation among all ability levels. Compare cycling when it is performed as a physical recreation activity with cycling when it is performed as a sporting activity.
Physical recreation: Available to all/voluntary. Emphasis on taking part. Limited commitment required. Self-officiated.
Sport: More selective. Emphasis on winning. Involves a high level of commitment e.g. training. External officials enforce rules.
