KIN 312M Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Association Football
2 Nov 2016
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Day 11 17/10/16: Ch 6 Sport for Community Development
Community
● What is it?
○ Geographic space (city)
○ Geographic subspace (neighborhood)
○ Group with shared interest (club)
● Community development: physical or social change and can occur either intentionally or
residually
● Goal: Creating behavior and action which contribute to the betterment of the community
by taking on social issues (decrease poverty/crime and increase safety)
○ Impact the community through design and implementation that helps us do that
● Community Development Organisation function to…
○ Provide for needs of children and adults
○ Fairly allocate goods and services
○ Foster relationships that promote cultural development, citizenship, and political
will (this is where sports fit in)
Community Sport in the US
● Non Profit / Sport Organization (YMCA, JCC, Boys and Girls Club)
● Municipal Parks and Recreation (City of Austin, Dunbar Community Center)
● School Sports (High School football)
● Clubs (AAA USA, travel clubs)
Community Sport Elsewhere (NOT US)
● Points of confusion (similar terms) but mean very different things
○ Shared origins but different trajectories
● Other countries the government run lotteries help fund sport organizations
● Vocab that are different
○ Clubs
■ USA: elite pay for play travel teams for the best / wealthiest players
■ Europe: community based sport and social organisation for all ages
○ School Sports
■ USA: elite interscholastic teams (try out and make team, tournament style
against other teams)
■ Europe: inclusive sport for all (intramural style)
○ Funding
■ USA: local taxes and fees
■ Europe: local taxes and fees and national lottery
○ System
■ USA: not part of coordinated system
■ Europe: Coordinates as part of system
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Document Summary
Day 11 17/10/16: ch 6 sport for community development. Community development: physical or social change and can occur either intentionally or residually. Goal: creating behavior and action which contribute to the betterment of the community by taking on social issues (decrease poverty/crime and increase safety) Impact the community through design and implementation that helps us do that. Provide for needs of children and adults. Foster relationships that promote cultural development, citizenship, and political will (this is where sports fit in) Non profit / sport organization (ymca, jcc, boys and girls club) Municipal parks and recreation (city of austin, dunbar community center) Points of confusion (similar terms) but mean very different things. Other countries the government run lotteries help fund sport organizations. Usa: elite pay for play travel teams for the best / wealthiest players. Europe: community based sport and social organisation for all ages. Usa: elite interscholastic teams (try out and make team, tournament style against other teams)
