Paer 3 - Contemporary Issues In Physical Activity And Sport Flashcards
Define ethics
Ethics = The rules of behaviour that dictate an individual’s conduct (e.g. playing by the rules and in spirit of the game).
Define deviance
Deviance = Any behaviour that deviates from the norms of society.
Define legal supplements and examples
Legal Supplements: Freely availed for sports performers and coaches (e.g. creatine, caffeine, bicarbonate/nitrates, sports drinks/gels, vitamins/minerals)
+/- of legal supplements
+ No punishments
+ Can improve performance (increased endurance, help rehydrate, speed up muscle growth and aid recovery)
+ Safer than performance enhancing drugs
- Can be side effects (e.g. energy drinks = tooth decay)
- Less effective than performance enhancing drugs (PEDs)
- Some legal supplements have been found to have banned substances in them (need to look for approval on packaging by sports)
Define illegal supplements and examples
Illegal Supplements: Both blood doping and the illegal consumption of PEDs have been a feature in many sports and are an example of deviance (e.g. blood doping, anabolic steroids, EPO, beta blockers, human growth hormone)
Blood doping in depth & the process
A process that increases a persons red blood cell count. More RBCs = higher volume of haemoglobin. Extra oxygen can be transported to working muscles. Therefore allowing higher levels of performance.
1. Involves the removal of approximately 2 pints of blood
2. Blood is then frozen and stored for later use
3. Blood is re-injected into the athlete, prior to competition
Used by endurance athletes, for example runners or cyclists
Define anabolic steroids, beta blockers and stimulants
Anabolic Steroids = Enable athletes to train harder for longer, and often increase strength and aggression.
Beta Blockers = Help control heart rate and keep the athlete calm
Stimulants = Increase alertness for sports performance (e.g. amphetamines)
Social reasons why elite performers use doping and illegal drugs:
Win at all costs, pressure from coaches, ‘everyone else is doing it’, political pressure (e.g. Russian doping scandal)
Physiological reasons why elite performers use doping and illegal drugs:
Increase performance (e.g. increase strength via anabolic steroids
Personal reasons why elite performers use doping and illegal drugs:
High monetary rewards for winning and lucrative sponsorship deals
Consequences/Implications of using Drugs and Doping in Sport on sport
Law or ethics of sport broken (e.g. cycling), False/meaningless results and records (e.g. Lance Armstrong), Sports become ‘tainted’/interest in sport lowered, Loss of sponsorship (e.g. cycling losing deals with Oakley), Loss of participation and spectators
Consequences/Implications of using Drugs and Doping in Sport on performer
Banned/stripped of medals/loss of sponsorship (e.g. Lance Armstrong - Oakley, Nike, Trek), Severe danger to health and well-being (e.g. Lance Armstrong cancer could have contributed), Psychological damage
Consequences/Implications of using Drugs and Doping in Sport on society
Promotes ‘win at all costs society’ (e.g. society seen as corrupt and will do anything to be successful), Poor role modelling (e.g. young people encouraged to take PEDs)
Define WADA & UKAD
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is an independent international agency involved in identifying, monitoring and eliminating the use of banned substances by athletes.
UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) implements and manages anti-doping policy in the UK.
Strategies to prevent doping in sport : WADA & why strategy hasn’t work
World Anti-Doping Agency (& UKAD) - Coordinate the fight against doping.
win at all cost attitude remains
Strategies to prevent doping in sport : Life time bans & why strategy hasn’t worked
Lifetime Bans - To act as a deterrent.
court for Arbitration in sport overturns life bans (e.g. Dwayne Chambers)
Strategies to prevent doping in sport : testing methods (ADAMs initiative) & why strategy hasn’t worked
ADAMs Initiative - Testing in and out of competition, knowing athletes whereabouts 2 hours a day 24/7.
Athletes can miss 2 tests without punishment, State sponsored doping (e.g. Russia)
Strategies to prevent doping in sport : testing methods (retrospective testing) & why strategy hasn’t worked
Strategies to prevent doping in sport : testing methods (ADAMs initiative) & why strategy hasn’t worked
Cheated athletes lose sponsorship, delayed medals
Strategies to prevent doping in sport : testing methods (biological passport) & why strategy hasn’t worked
Biological Passport - To test for abnormalities (e.g. red blood cell count).
Undetectable drugs (e.g. THG in 1990s)
Strategies to prevent doping in sport : UKAD initiatives
UKAD Initiatives = 100% me, protect your sport, clean sport advisor, clean sport week.
Strategies to prevent doping in sport : Counter culture
Counter Culture (enhanced games) - Allow athletes doping to compete in a separate Olympics.
Define Violence
Violence - Physical force directed at harming another individual which might cause serious injury/death in extreme cases.
What are the 6 causes of player violence (& explain)
W : Win Ethic - Win at all costs
I : Importance - Local derby/final
N : Nature of the Sport - Rules of rugby encourage contact
N : NGBs - Too lenient with their punishments
E : Excitement/over arousal - Negative impact of PEDs = aggression
R : Referee - Poor decisions lead to frustration
4 Strategies to prevent player violence
Punishment - long term bans (red/yellow cards, sin bins)
Officials - better trained officials/more officials
Education - NGBs/clubs I still ethos of fair play/anger management classes
Technology - video playbacks to assist decisions
Define deviance, gamesmanship and sportsmanship
Deviance = Any behaviour that deviates from the norms of society.
Gamesmanship = Bending the rules to gain an unfair advantage.
Sportsmanship = Following the rules of the game and playing legally and fairly with good ethics.
Define hooligans in relation to spectators violence
Violence in Sport - Spectators
Spectator violence has been strongly associated with ‘football hooliganism’ in Britain, as well as across the world.
Hooligans = Groups who go to sporting events with the sole reason to create violence.
What are the 5 causes of spectator violence
Alcohol/drugs
Overcrowding
Hooligans
Mass culture
Violence on pitch
Causes of spectator violence : alcohol/drugs
Alcohol or Drugs - loss of inhibitions or become braver
Causes of spectator violence : overcrowding
Overcrowding - poor policing or stewarding
Causes of spectator violence : hooligans
Hooligans - looking for a fight
• Organised violence or fights
• Limited alternative outlets for energy
• e.g., football hooligans use matches as an arena for serious assault
Causes of spectator violence : mass culture
Mass Culture - tribal nature of event
• Peer pressure
• Deindividuation or diminished responsibility within a large group
Causes of spectator violence : violence on pitch
Violence on Pitch - copying violent behaviour of players
Define deindividuation
Deindividuation = When you lose your sense of being an individual, which can cause violent behaviour.