Youth Sport Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
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Program Objectives
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- Develop Physical Skills
- Develop Leadership
- Develop Physical Fitness
- Develop Self-concept
- Entertain Parents
- Encourage lifetime participation.
- Opportunity for Family involvement
- Provide a feeder system
- Develop self-responsibility
2
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History: Youth Sport…
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- Sport part of communities before arrival of the Europeans.
- Native community sport was to train youth for adult experiences
- Before 1800s, North Americans rarely engage in physical contests. Survival was necessary.
- Contests between citizens and towns.
3
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…History: Youth Sport
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- Early 1800s, sporting fraternities emerged in urban centers
- Curling, races
- Unorganized, unregulated.
- Voluntary sport clubs
1898 Canadian Amateur Athletic Union: laid structure for regulating sport
- improve experience
- 1961 fitness and amateur sport act coordinated sport systems
- desired on a local level but coordinated under national governing body
4
Q
Youth Sport
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- way to provide interactions, friendships and learning experiences
Begins in Preschool
- delivered through four main agencies:
1. Local Sports Clubs
2. Service Agencies
3. Special Interest Groups
4. School-Based Sports
5
Q
Participation Report Card
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- Sweat: moderate to vigorous physical activity
- Step: Light Physical activity
- Sleep
- Sit: sedentary behaviour
Active parent = active children
6
Q
Youth Sport
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- Risk of injury (overuse)
- Parental involvement in children’s sport
- Coaches’ influence in children’s sport
7
Q
Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport
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Increasing economic influence in youth sport (club level)
- Americanization of Sport
- Purpose to educate and build leaders VS. source of revenue and entertainment.
- Privatization of sport (community level)
- Specialization of Sport
8
Q
Management Areas
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- Attract and keep participants
- What types of sports
- What types of programs
- What cost
- Volunteer, paid OR both
- Training of leaders
9
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Program Philosophy
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- Guides action
- Objectives (what do you want to accomplish)
- Principles (from those established objectives)
- Policy
