Lecture 10 - Parental involvement

Question 1

What are the 3 roles of parents & provide 2 examples for each

Answer 1

Sampling - providing opportunities, encouraging multiple sports
Specializing - Support decisions and transitional periods
Investment - Emotional and financial support networks

Question 2

Name 4 positives and negatives of parental involvement

Answer 2

Positives - enable participation, enhance motivation, help reach athlete potential and facilitate good work ethic

Negatives - Pressure to perform, decreased enjoyment, anxiety and neglect / abuse

Question 3

Name 3 issues for coaches children and consequences each due to parental involvement

Answer 3

Coaches - Undermining, interfere with training, demand too much

Children - Criticize children, outcome approach and conditional love

consequences - Anxiety pressure burnout

Question 4

Due to the false dichotomy of parental actions- what are the 3 consequences of this?

Answer 4

Parents limit their own involvement and child’s involvement and coaches approach parents from a negative stand point

Question 5

Give 4 reasons as to why parenting styles are different.

Answer 5

Society, gender and birth order, own education and experiences.

Question 6

describe the 6 areas that allow us to understand parental involvement as stated by Knight

Answer 6

1. Select the appropriate sporting opportunities for their chld and provide necessary types of social support.
2. understand and apply an authoritative or autonomous supportive parenting lifestyle
3. Manage the emotional demands of the competition and serve as emotionally intelligent role models
4. Foster and maintain healthy relationships with significant others in the youth sport environment
5. manage the organisational and developmental demands placed upon them
6. adapt their involvement and support to different stages of their child’s athletic development.

Question 7

optimizing parental involvement

Answer 7

see notes

Question 8

what are the 6 areas that are going on for parents

Answer 8

1. Athletes needs and requirements
2. coaches needs and requirements
3. organisers needs and requirements
4. media portrayal
5. perceptions of social expections
6. general parenting requirements.