Kinesiology 2250A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Vanier Cup, David Candy, Td Stadium
20 Dec 2017
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Interscholastic sports in canada: organized competitive sports between educational institutions (3 in canada): Intercollegiate sports (ccaa + 5 regional organizations) between colleges. Interuniversity sports (cis + 4 regional organizations) between universities (on, qu, atl, w) Interschool sports (ccsf + 10 provincial organizations) between high schools. Intramural sports: sports played within educational institutions, and organized in various ways (ex. Cira: cira provides leadership in school intramural sports. Involve students in activities: build self-esteem, enhance fitness and lifetime participation, generate spirit and unity, develop and reward values skills. Arguments against: distract attention from academics, create dependence, create superficial and transitory spirit, waste resources, create pressure and distort status system. Are athlete"s different: those who try out for, make, and stay on school sport teams often have unique traits, this makes it difficult to say if playing sports is a unique developmental experience. Interschool athletes may be treated differently by significant others.
