Spectator behaviour Flashcards
What are the advantages of spectators?
Creation of Atmosphere
Home-field advantade
What is a creation of atmosphere?
Big crows creates excitement,
this increases athletes motivation and interaction among fans. The more positive the experience is the more fans that attend and ultimately increase the profile and participation in a sport
What is a home-field advantage?
Teams and individual performers can gain advantage from being in familiar surroundings, with fan support and referee bias. It also lifts the motivation for players
What are the disadvantages of spectators?
- increased pressure
- safety costs / concerns
- negative effect on participation numbers among younger performers
- Potential for crowd trouble/ hooliganism
What does increased pressure do?
it can increase anxiety levels of a performer and become over aroused and the performance level to drop.
What do safety concerns do?
it is expensive to employ security staff and equipment, and to repair damages caused by audience behaviour
what does negative effect on participation numbers among younger performers do?
the poor reputation of a sport, due to audience behaviour can cause in the number of young people that are interested and therefore a loss in potential elite performers.
What does Potential for crowd trouble/ hooliganism do?
it my stop real fans from attending owing to potential for harm, leading to loss of ticket sales and support and sponsorship.
What are the reasons for hooliganism
- rivalries
- hype from the media
- fueled by alcohol / drugs
- gang culture
- frustration
- displays of masculinity
How do you prevent Hooliganism?
- bans
- fines
- prison
- increased security
- earlier kick offs
- all-seater stadia
- alcohol restrictions
- education
