social and cultural influences- access in sport

Question 1

what are the 5 factors affecting access?

Answer 1

age
gender
disability
social influences
cultural influences

Question 2

what is the affected group of age?

how does that affect access?

Answer 2

young children and older people

young children’s joints aren’t fully developed therefore they can’t weight train. older people don’t have strength; weaker bones

Question 3

what is the affected group of gender?

how does that affect access?

Answer 3

females

• organisations may restrict women from joining
• women might feel unwelcome
• they aren’t treated the same in terms of finance, sponsorship and development

Question 4

what is the affected group of disability?

how does that affect access?

Answer 4

disabled people

• can’t use some facilities without additional support
• lack of parking or disabled friendly transport for people who can’t get to facilities

Question 5

what is the affected group of social influences?

how does that affect access?

Answer 5

underprivileged families

they may not be able to meet the costs the sport demands

Question 6

what is the affected group of cultural influences?

how does that affect access?

Answer 6

religious groups

facilities may segregate based off religion
not being able to compete on holy days
faith could impose restriction on clothing