exam - mass + community sport development Flashcards
what is the difference in definitions of sport and PA?
- sport = focus of competitiveness and structured rules
- physical activity = any bodily movement produced by skeletal movement requiring energy expenditure
what is the role of PA?
- impacts everyone
- improves quality of life
- declining since 1960s
- participation improves health
what is the multiplier effect?
- more increase of sport and PA, more you find this to effect yourself, more likely to engage in other sport and PA
list benefits of sport and PA
1.cardiovascular function
2. Lower BP
3. fights obesity
4. increases social benefits and interactions
5. anti-depressant
6. improved sleep levels
7. fun
8. causal effect of PA improving health levels
how is physical inactivity linked to immortality?
- 4th leading risk factor for global mortality
- 6+ of deaths globally
how much PA should we be getting?
- adults = moderate intensity (150 mins/week), vigorous (75/week), build strength 2 days/week
- children = 60 mins per day/week
list the under-represented/priority groups
- disability
- gender
- age
- race
- social class
- low socioeconomic backgrounds
- disadvantaged communities
what are the current trends in this area?
- female pop steadily more inactive than male
- disabilities or long term illness more than 42% likely not to engage in PA
- white is active active ethnic group
- more educated individual = more active they are
5 barriers for these priority groups
- physical
- economic
- motivational
- cultural
- political
what are disabilities main barriers?
- person - health and energy
- environment - lack of opportunities, accessibility, transport
what are low socioeconomic groups main barriers?
- cost
- time
- awareness
- confidence
what are ethnic groups main barriers?
- social-cultural
- director and indirect racism
what are genders main barriers?
- lack of appropriate info
- lack of recreation provision
- lack of peer support
what are the 3 levels of barriers?
- individual level (prejudice, stereotyping)
- institutional level (lack of organised programmes, access to coaches, accessible facilities)
- societal level (public area obstructions, buildings, medial model of disability)
negative said of sport and PA from a psycho-social view
- depends on person to person
- individual personalities and motivations
- losing a game can be detrimental to mental wellbeing
- PA is intrinsic motivation