principal sport development chapter 4 Flashcards
– Adult supervised and controlled, Changing nature of families(2 parents working), women’s sport is highly visible, Technology (Kids passive, easily bored), Culture of materialism, Culture of entitlement,
Societal changes that have influenced youth sport
Major trends in youth sport
Professionalization, Privatization, Performance Based (Elite programs)
Current areas of concern within youth sport
Specialization, Keeping up with other parents, Increase cost/technology, Good parent, Increased facilities, Increased cost.
Make play spaces safer and more accessible to as many children as possible. Be sensitive to social class and gender patterns.
Recommendations for changing informal and alternative sports-
- Building and maintaining healthy relationships and having meaningful interactions with those around you.
Social Wellbeing
Activities in which you interact with others (Often in a relaxing way and usually an intentional act)
Socializing-
Process by which your attitudes, opinions, and values may be shaped.
Socialization-
2 major benefits of sport-
Sports as a socializing Agent and Sport as u unifier of people
3 key dimensions of sport and socialization-
- Socialization into sport, 2. Socialization through sport, 3. Socialization out of sport
- (Key groups, individuals, and organizations that influence people to get into sport, Nuclear family, extended family, schools, religious institutions, organizations, peer groups, mass media, Combination of factors, rarely just one person or one thing)
Socialization into sport
Refers to what happens as a result of participation
Socialization through sport-
(Drop out or aversion to sport, Sport as “degradation ceremony”, Due to role/importance of sport, such failure may impact other aspects of life)
Socialization out of sport-
a feeling that members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members’ needs will be met through commitment to be together.
Sense of community-
4 elements of sense of community-
Membership, influence, integration, and shared emotional connection
Feel to be an integral part and fit in the group
Sense of belonging-