exam - youth sport development Flashcards
benefits children and young people get from participating in sport and PA
- physical = improved cardiovascular functioning, flexibility, coordination, stamina, strength (muscles and bones)
- psychological = improved self-esteem, teamwork, develop initiative
- intellectual = enhanced working memory, attention, better grades
- social = form peer/adult relationships, learn social skills
Gould 2019
8 issues in youth sports discussed
- physically based
- psychological
- access and structure
- culture
- significant others
- economic
- gov+legislation
- translational science+ programe evaluation
Gould 2019
why do be need to pay attention to the 8 issues in youth sports?
- to ensure that youth sport experience is positive
- study the critical issues and use translation science to disseminate to key stakeholders
- increases likelihood benefits will outweigh risks
Gould 2019
Holt et al. 2020
- positive youth development (PYD)
- develop youths potential through adults supervised programs
- create positive and sustain youth-adult relationships
- have activities to learn life skills and opportunities to apply them in their communities
- 5 C’s model
is youth sport development development through or of sport?
both!
Tuyckom 2016
- motivations of youth to participate in sporty and PA for all EU member states
- highest rankings was physical attributes - improving health and improving fitness
describe positive youth sport development - Lerner 2017
- asset-building approach to youth development research and practice
- enhance strength and developing potential in youth
what is Holt 2020’s 5 Cs in the model
- competence
- confidence
- connection
- character
- caring
describe PYD through sport
- facilitate YD via experiences and process enabling participants in adult-supervised programmes to gain personal and social life skills and physical competencies
- thrive and contribute to their communities now and in the future
PYD through sport - sport-based life skill model (pierce et al. 2017)
- model of life skills trader through sport
- physical behavioural and cognitive to deal with daily life challenges
- skills to be internalised and then transferred to life
- influenced by psychological factors e.g., confidence
barriers of youth to participate in sport and PA
- motivation
- no time
- expensive
- lack of accessibility
- disability
- no friends
explain how family affluence and social class is an issue in youth sport participation?
- socio-economic status of children and families
- 39% children in least affluent families do fewer than 30 min of activity a day
- inequalities due to family income
- fallen compared to pre-pandemic and stays constant in affluent families = widened gap
- all due to resources in family, parents professions, parents perception of their economic security
how is race and ethnicity an issue in youth sport participation?
- 36% do average of 60 min a day in 2020-21 black youth people active - least likely
- ethnic groups do not frequently express their sporting preferences in same way providers anticipate
- practice to tackle racism fail to address centrality of racism - tokenism
what is neoliberalism?
- 20th century, reappearance of 19th century ideas - free market capitalism
- essential beliefs in economics and politics
- now penetrated aspects of everyday life
- prides the right of the individual over all
- neoliberal believes gov policies e.g., taxation reduce freedom of individual
- neoliberal think competition improves business
- if one loses money or job its their own fault
what were Coakleys 2011,2016 critical points?
- facilitated idea of positive youth development
- foster personal growth and development