Lecture 22- Youth sport Flashcards
Number of youth/children involved with sport NZ, USA, UK
- NZ 500 (6-18 years) 1/6th
- USA 25million (6-18 years) 1/8th
- UK 7.5 million (5-15) 1/10th
Sport is important for youth children
New Zealand youth consistently rate sport as one of the most important activities in their lives (over academics)
why do children do sports 4 factors
-prestige of sport participation
-Social status, peer pressure
-Parental pressure/expectations
-Societal expectations
Youth/children participate in sport at a critical time: when??
During puberty and adolescence
During this critical time in youth/children it needs to be determines whether this influence is a
Positive or negative
Youth athletes have widely varied motives for participation in sport: how many consistent motives rated as important by NZ high school children
six consistent motives
what are the six consistent motives rated as important by NZ high school children
1- Improving skills/learning new skills
2- Having fun
3- being with friends/ make new friends
4- Thrills and excitement
5-Achieving success and winning
6-developing fitness
Young atheltes have multiple motives for participating
a personal combination of motives
Children have multiple motives for participating; and they will stay involved if these motives are
Fulfilled
drop out rates of sport for young people
25 to 30%
The major reason for dropping out of sport is
Conflicts of interest with other actvities
the major negative reasons for dropping out
-Lack of playing time
-Little success improvement
-Little skill improvement
-Boredom
-Excessive competitive stress
Competition of children under 9
Young children under 9 cannot and do not compete like adults
Cognitive readiness for competition
Young children (5-9 yrs) are NOT psychologically ready to fully participate in organised competitive sport
Children do not develop a mature understanding of competition until approx
10-12 yrs
children need a progressive….
intro of competition (kiwisport)
Untill 10-12 yrs it is unrealistic to have competitive reward structures and competitive relationships as the
Primary focus in the youth sport experience
Therefore ……. is an essential modification to childrens sport experience
Therefore kiwisport (modified games) is an essential modification to children’s sport experience
Kiwisport is a
Developmental/progressive intro of competition
