APA 2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Motor Skill
10 Nov 2016
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**youth sport objectives: participation, personal development, performance. Positive: better weight, better cardiovascular health, lower risk of disease. Negative: stress, burnout, could contribute to lower self-esteem. Negative: neg. influences (i. e. aggression, assault), poor sportspersonship. External assets (support, empowerment, boundaries, expectations) internal assets (commitment to learning, positive values, social competencies, positive identity: constructive activities initiative: Relaxed leisure activities-enjoyable activities, minimal effort (watching tv, hanging out) Constructive leisure activities: enjoyable but require sustained effort towards goal achievement (sport, music, art: five c"s of pyd. Caring/compassion: considerations for youth sport programs. Deliberate practice: requires effort, no immediate rewards, motivated by the goal of improving performance. Early specialization: participation in 1 sport on a year-round basis-high amounts of deliberate practice, low amounts of deliberate play. Role of coaches: intrapersonal knowledge to improve athlete"s: Confidence: effectiveness in coaching depends on professional, interpersonal, and intrapersonal knowledge. Role of peers and siblings: true competition: common goal, decompetition: demonstrate superiority. Role of parents: range of involvement:
