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Final exam Flashcards

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Child and youth issues factors

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  • Parents, coaches, and other adults impact
  • Emphasis on winning
  • Competitiveness
  • Specialization
  • Unequal access; impact of SES
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Leisure

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An attitude of freedom or release from the demands of ordinary life

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Play

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activity that is free separate, uncertain, economically unproductive, and governed by rules of make-believe

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Games

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Any form of playful competition where the outcome is determined by physical skill, strategy or chance employed singly or in combination

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Sport

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  • derived from play
  • has rituals, costumes, symbolic meanings, striving for perfection, a system of rules and a means of enforcing those rules.
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What components are involved in the institutionalization of sport?

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  • Codification of Rules
  • Role of Referee
  • Organizations
  • Importance of Records
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Codification of Rules

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development of common, codified rules

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Role of Referee

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need for referees (officials) to ensure fairness (the essence of sport!)

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Organizations

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emergence of sport organizations (e.g., local, state, national, international)

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Importance of Records

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tracking of records (standards of performance)

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Fair play

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how a sportsperson behaves not only during a contest but also before and after
- Opposite of ‘win-at-all-costs’

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Five trends in youth sports: Interscholastic issues factors

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  • Varsity model
  • Sport injuries
  • Specialization
  • Performance enhancing drugs/supplements
  • Pay-to-play
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Big business of sport factors

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  • Recruiting violations
  • Drug use
  • Economic differences
  • Pressure to win
  • Treatment of student-athletes
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Popular Arguments For Interscholastic Sports

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  • Increases interest in academic activities
  • Builds self-esteem, responsibility and teamwork skills
  • Fosters fitness and stimulates interest in physical activities
  • Generates spirit and unity
  • Promotes parental , alumni, and community support
  • Gives students opportunities to develop and display skill in activities valued in society
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Sports for individuals with disabilities

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Tremendous growth as a result of federal legislation (e.g., Rehabilitation Act of 1973)

More than 500MM with disabilities or 10% of population
Broad impact: Schools, recreation and sport involvement

A few states have targeted participation by students with disabilities in interscholastic sports

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Intercollegiate sports trends and governance

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  • Post–World War II – Dramatic growth of college sport
  • Formation of Athletic Conferences
  • Two National Governing bodies
  • US is still only country where sport and college or university education have become so completely linked
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Coaching trends

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  • Many fewer certified teachers now serve as coach; few have many have specific preparation for coaching
  • Demand for more coaches; growth of coaching programs
  • Number of women coaching interscholastic sport teams has declined dramatically since Title IX in 1972
  • 1995: NASPE develops national coaching standards; standards provide educational guidelines and evaluation protocols for administrators
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Interscholastic sport participation

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  • During 2009-10, 4.46MM boys and 3.17MM girls participated in sports; compared to 1971-72 when 3.67MM boys and 300K girls participated
  • Football accounts for 1.1MM boys (twice that of any other sport)
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What are the five ways youth participate in sport?

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Informal game and activity participation (pick-up)

Out-of-school sport programs sponsored by local community agencies or recreation departments

Fee-for-service, sport-specialization instructional programs

Sport-specific, fee-for-service organizations that provide instruction and age-graded competition including “select” teams that travel

Interscholastic sport sanctions by state associations

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What are the components of motor performance?

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  • agility
  • balance
  • coordination
  • power
  • reaction time
  • speed.
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What are the five health related fitness components?

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  • body composition
  • flexibility
  • muscular strength
  • muscular endurance
  • cardiorespiratory endurance
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Child and youth issues:

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  • 70-80% drop out by teenage years
  • most cited reasons for dropping out were adults, coaches, and parents
  • Most criticism is that it is too competitive
  • most experts suggest sports be known competitive for those under the age of 8
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Interscholastic issues:

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  • exclusion and the varsity model
  • youth and interscholastic sport injury
  • eligibility and pass-to-play rules
  • specialization
  • performance enhancing supplements
  • coaching issues
  • funding through pay to play plans and booster clubs
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Big business of sports:

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  • recruiting violations occur because the pressures to attract the best athletes are so strong
  • the pressures to have a winning program exist because of economic pressures
25
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What is the socioecological view?

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looks to the social contexts within which people live their lives as partial explanations for their levels of health and fitness

26
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What evidence supports the socioecological view?

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evidence showing that nations where income inequality id less, life expectancy is higher

27
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According to the socioecological view who is responsible for the poor levels of health and fitness?

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both individuals and social issues

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Fitness levels for adults:

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  • difficult to obtain this data for adults
  • the best data estimates that 20% of adults get sufficient health-fitness exercise, 40% get some but not sufficient benefits from exercise, and 40% is sedentary
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What are the reputable agencies for fitness certification programs?

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  • ACSM
  • NSCA
  • ACE
30
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Formation of Athletic Conferences:

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Governance of issues such as eligibility, organization of competition for the member institutions, including championships

31
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What are the two National Governing bodies?

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NCAA & NAIA

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Popular Arguments Against Interscholastic Sports

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  • Distracts students from academic activities
  • Dependence, conformity, and power performance orientation
  • Causes too many serious injuries
  • Creates sprit that is unrelated to education
  • Deprives education programs of resources
  • Creates pressure on athletes and supports hierarchal status system

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