Topic 10: Youth Regulation

Question 1

Objectives of Youth Sport

Answer 1

• Provide opportunities to be physically active to enhance physical health.
• Offer an environment to learn motor skills for sport participation and competition.
• Provide opportunities for healthy psychological development and to learn life skills.

Question 2

Features of Positive Developmental Settings

Answer 2

1. Physical and psychological safety
2. Appropriate structure
   
   • high # of sports
   • High play, low practice
   • parents initiates participation
   • Coaches are caring teachers
3. Supportive relationships
4. Opportunities to belong
5. Positive social norms
6. Support for efficacy and mattering
7. Opportunities for skill building
8. Integration of family, school & community

Question 3

Appropriate Program Structure: Deliberate Practice (low)

Answer 3

• highly structured
• directly targeted towards improving performance
• highly effortful
• no immediate rewards

Question 4

Appropriate Program Structure: Deliberate Play (high)

Answer 4

• Informal sporting activities
• Modified equipment
• Enjoyable
• Intrinsically motivating
• Immediate gratification

Question 5

Early specialization

Answer 5

• focus on primarily 1 sport (competitive)
• low play, high practices
• parents & coaches and changing roles