Week 7: Safeguarding in sport

Question 1

Significance of abuse issues in sport

Answer 1

-Long term damage on wellbeing
-nullifies benefits sport and PE can bring
-Be proactive in identifying risks to maximise benefits

Question 2

Child protection

Answer 2

Post management approach

Question 3

Safeguarding

Answer 3

Proactive and preventative
Protecting all participants & learners from any kinds of abuse and harm
(Kavangh et al, 2022)

Question 4

Physical Abuse

Answer 4

Non accidental trauma caused by punching, beating, kicking, biting, or otherwise harming an athlete.
- inappropriate training loads
- forced training on an injury
-training as a punishment
(Mountjoy et al, 2016)

Question 5

Psychological/ Emotional Abuse

Answer 5

Pattern of deliberate prolonged, repeated non contact behaviours in a power differentiated relationship.
- belittling, humiliating, shouting, isolating
(Mountjoy et al, 2016)

Question 6

Sexual Abuse

Answer 6

Any conduct of a sexual nature. Contact or non contact or penetrative. Coerced or manipulated concent
- non contact when i child is involved in a sexual conversation
(Mountjoy et al, 2016)

Question 7

Neglect

Answer 7

Faliure of parent, caregiver/ guardian to meet a young persons emotional needs. Failure to protect from danger
- overlooking concequences
- failure to prevent over training
- denying access to medical care
(Mountjoy et al, 2016)

Question 8

Bulling

Answer 8

Unwanted repeated intentional aggressive behaviour amongst peers
Real or perceived power imbalance
e.g. insults taunts physical intrusions humiliation
(Mountjoy et al, 2016)

Question 9

Hazing (Initiation rituals)

Answer 9

Normative requirement of joining a club or team ‘ rite of passage’
largely initiation at start/ end of the season celebrations.
Intended to increase commitment ‘’ price of team membership’’

Question 10

we focus too much on indivitual matters intervention limited to changing individuals behaviours

Answer 10

(Brackenridge & rhind 2014; roberts et al 2020)

Question 11

Tenses to sensitise ourselves to potential abuse

Answer 11

Individual
- Psycho- social factors
- personal/ relational character
Sociocultural
- Norms values in subculture
- hyper masculinity
Institutional
- rules and regulations in organisational systems
- reward punishment system

Question 12

Norms and Values in subculture (Roberts et al, 2020)

Answer 12

Win at all costs ethos
- Judging athletes according to competitive success
Hyper masculinity
- Aggressive
-Bullying and hazing
Over Conformity
- Playing Hurt, Taking Risks

Question 13

Sport Ethic

Answer 13

Emphasises sacrifice for the game seeking
distinction challenging limits
(Hughes and Coakley, 1991)

Question 14

Institutional Approach

Answer 14

Totalising nature of sports settings
Feature of elite performance sporting structure
3 different high performance settings
UK football academies - Parker and Manley 2017
US NCAA - Halteburg 2017
South Korea - Kim et al 2020

Question 15

Total Institutions

Answer 15

Sociological concept in Erving Koffmans asylum exercising total control over the members in order to achieve allowed goals of the organisations.

Question 16

Totalising Features of the sports setting

Answer 16

Secluded places:
- eating sleeping & working in one place. Communal living
Tight schedules:
- deprived of opportunities to be involved in non sporting activities
Hierarchy:
-order of relationships
- power imbalances
Rules and punishment
- strict in house rules
- harsh punishments

Question 17

8 children pillars of safeguarding

Answer 17

• Cultural sensitivity
• Holistic
• Incentive
• Leadership
• Dynamic
• Recourses
• Engaging Stakeholders
• Network
  (Rhind et al, 2017)

Question 18

Challenges of safeguarding

Answer 18

Fear of reporting (Newman et al, 2022)
Cultural differences (Hagiwara & Wolfson, 2013)