Download or read book The Relationship Between Sport Specialization and Creativity and the Impact on Athletic Scholarship Opportunities written by Anthony J. Cevoli and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an estimated 40 million children participating in organized athletics, youth sports' rapid growth and expansion have generated controversy. Specifically, adolescent athletes tend to specialize in a single sport at an early age, producing debate regarding the motivations, risks, and effects of concentrating on specialized activity early. As postsecondary tuition skyrockets, young athletes and parents have sought athletic scholarships to finance higher education. Focusing on a sport at an early age may develop prowess. However, experts have unveiled early specialization increases injury risks, burnout, and lack of interest in adult athletes. The highly structured, rule-based environment of early, specialized athletics may negatively affect creativity. Rigid, deliberate practice schedules replace creativity-enhancing free time unstructured play promotes. This quantitative correlational study examined athletes participating in Division I and II collegiate athletic programs to understand the relationship between early sport specialization and creativity and how it impacts athletic scholarships. The research did not find a relationship between sport specialization patterns and creativity, nor did it observe creativity impacting athletic scholarships. Creativity differences between Division I and II athletes existed. Sport specialization patterns differed between men and women athletic program participants. Elementary sport diversification affected athletic scholarship and collegiate sports participation. These results will guide young athletes' and parents' approaches to youth sports.
Download or read book The Association Between Parental Beliefs about Sport Specialization and Athlete Sport Specialization Classification written by Henry J. Mercier and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Context: Previous research has demonstrated a high prevalence of extrinsic pressures among single sport athletes. The influence of parental beliefs on a high school student athlete's decision to participate in a single sport rather than multiple sports has yet to be determined. Objective: To estimate a student athlete's level of sport specialization from parental sport specialization beliefs and to investigate independent relationships of potential factors influencing the decision to pursue a single sport. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: High school athletics. Participants: Fifty-seven high school student athletes (25 females, 32 males; mean age 15.6 +/- 1.6 years) selected onto freshmen, junior varsity, or varsity teams of soccer, volleyball, or basketball and their parents (34 females, 23 males; mean age 46.9 +/- 5.2 years) of two large (mean enrollment 1,805 students) public suburban schools. Intervention: Modified versions of two surveys previously used in sport specialization research were distributed to student athletes and parents at the beginning of each sport's season. Results: Regression analyses demonstrated that student athlete sports specialization was not associated with parents' beliefs about specialization (level of agreement in sustaining an overuse injury: chi2 = 0.68, df = 2, p = 0.71 and whether early sports specialization is a problem: chi2 = 5.51, df = 2, p = 0.06. When a parent responded that early sport specialization was "a problem", the odds of a student athlete being classified as highly specialized was 3.22 times higher than if a parent responded that early sport specialization was "not a problem". Further, when a parent responded that they "agreed" with participating in one organized sport year-round increases their child's likelihood of sustaining an overuse injury, the odds of a student athlete being classified as highly specialized was 1.51 higher than if the parent responded they had "no opinion" on the matter. However, neither of these odds ratios were statistically significant. Significant non-parametric correlations were found between sport specialization and the following parent perceived influential factors in an athlete's decision to pursue a single sport: need to stay competitive with other children (rs = 0.636, p = 0.01), better chance to receive a scholarship/contract (rs = 0.501, p = 0.01). Conclusion: The analysis of the data did not support the hypothesis that parental beliefs were associated with student athlete sport specialization. As an athlete's specialization level increases, parents perceived that staying competitive with other children and a better chance to receive a scholarship/contract as more influential in an athlete's decision to pursue a single sport.
Download or read book Collegiate Coaches Perceptions Towards High School Sport Specialization written by Keri Elaine Jaworski and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sport Specialization is an issue that many high school coaches, athletic directors and athletes are facing today. Due to the high level of competition in high school sports, the question of whether an athlete should devote all of his or her time to one sport, or participate in multiple sports is one of major consideration. With the high demand and desire for a collegiate athletic scholarship, athletes must decide to what extent they are going to participate in a single sport. It has been perceived in past research that if an athlete wants to obtain a scholarship, specialization is necessary. The purpose of this study was to examine the collegiate coaches' perceptions toward high school sport specialization. Eighty Coaches of Women's Basketball, Volleyball and Soccer from the Big Sky Conference, Pacific Athletic Conference (PAC-10), and West Coast Conference, were sent a survey consisting often questions pertaining to sport specialization. 75 useable surveys were returned to the researcher. The survey demonstrated collegiate coaches do not believe that athletes who specialize have a better chance of receiving an athletic scholarship, despite exhibiting greater refined skills, than their multiple sport counterparts. In addition, the survey showed that collegiate coaches do not believe that athletes who participate in multiple sports decrease their chances of receiving an athletic scholarship due to lack of exposure in one sport. Of Great significance, however, is that there is a great inconsistency among coaches in different sports. Basketball coaches generally rejected the idea of specialization, whereas volleyball and soccer coaches tended to support specialization"--Document.
Download or read book A Study of Sport Specialization in Midwest High Schools and Perceptions of Coaches Regarding the Effects of Specialization on High School Athletes and Athletics Programs written by Grant Michael Hill and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effect of Sport Specialization on Adolescent Wellbeing and Secondary School Athletic Trainers Barriers to Treating Overuse Injuries written by Kevin M. Biese and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Youth sports have demonstrated the ability to improve short- and long-term health benefits such as improved physical, mental, and social health. However, one current trend in the American youth sport culture that may impact these benefits is youth sport specialization. Sport specialization has been widely studied in the high school population, but little information is known about the middle school population. There is reason to believe that sport specialization affects sport dropout and physical activity, and we know that middle school athletes are at a great risk for quitting sport and for decreases in physical activity as they transition to high school. Therefore, there is a need to understand how sport specialization affects sport motivation, physical activity, and how overuse injuries are being treated in this population. The primary purposes of this dissertation were 1) to determine the association of sport specialization with motivation metrics in middle school athletes, 2) to explore the association of physical activity measurements with sport specialization in middle school athletes, and 3) to describe the confidence, knowledge, and barriers athletic trainers have in treating adolescent overuse injuries. Study 1: 178 middle school athletes completed an anonymous questionnaire. The questionnaire contained demographic questions, sport participation and specialization questions, and the Youth Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire. Overall, sport specialization was not associated with different types of motivation. However, multisport athletes were more likely to have higher intrinsic motivation compared to single sport athletes. Study 2: 37 middle school athletes wore an accelerometer for at least 5 days and completed a self-reported log of physical activity. Several other factors were recorded such as household family income, parent physical activity, grade, sex, and sport specialization level. Physical activity measurements were not statistically significant between sport specialization groups. It is important to note that highly specialized athletes on average had higher levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity than low and moderately specialized athletes. Study 3: 430 athletic trainers in the secondary school setting completed an anonymous survey on their confidence, knowledge, and barriers to treating overuse injuries in adolescent athletes. Athletic trainers were extremely confident in their knowledge of treating overuse injuries but were less confident in their ability to execute their treatment plan. 82% of athletic trainers cited that a patient's reluctance to reduce sport activities was a "moderate" or "extreme" barrier to treating adolescent overuse injuries. About 30%-35% felt "very" to "extremely" knowledgeable about their ability to diagnose and treat these types of injuries. Most athletic trainers recognized that growth spurts affected sport-related injury risk; however, only 37% of athletic trainers felt confident in their ability to determine if an adolescent athlete was going through a growth spurt.
Download or read book Game On written by Tom Farrey and published by ESPN. This book was released on 2008-05-06 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating journey into a culture gone haywire, an Emmy-award winning reporter examines what's right and what's wrong with the fevered pursuit of excellence in youth sports.
Download or read book Innovation in Developmental Psychology Education Sports and Arts Advances in Research on Individuals and Groups written by Georgeta Panisoara and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-10-27 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to the expansion of knowledge around us we are “besieged” by a multitude of data that attracts our attention and pressures us to interact with it, motivating us to receive information, memorize, and form new skills. Children, adolescents, and adults’ social, emotional, intellectual, and psychomotor development need to be taken into account when determining their ability to meet the demands in education or in a given sport or arts. Growth and technological advances in the areas of educational psychology, sport, and art have changed considerably over time, such as in relation to students’ and athletes' preparation and performance. In this context, psychology often what makes the difference between good and great students (or athletes), between first and last place.
Download or read book An Ecological Exploration of Sport Specialization Pathways written by Justin S. DiSanti and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Youth sport specialization has been a sustained area of interest in academic and practical settings. Though preliminary findings of the relationship between athletes' pathways of sport participation and their sport outcomes posit early specialization in a single sport as potentially harmful to an athlete's physical and psychological well-being, concern that athletes are specializing earlier, and to a greater degree, than ever before remains pervasive. In analyzing potential explanations for this logical gap between recommendations and perceived behaviors, one notable gap of the literature is the lack of ecological, systems-based research that may better clarify what drives athletes to specialize in a single sport. In this study, a developmental, ecological, perception-based approach was used to explore youth athletes' pathways of sport participation (specifically, why they chose to specialize or play multiple sports) in relation to their ecological characteristics and subsequent sport experiences. To do so, a conceptual, ecological framework was developed to inform the design of this study, and the nature and strength of relationships between variables of this novel heuristic provided an initial understanding of the ecology of sport participation pathways. 132 current high school athletes participated in this study's testing battery, which surveyed elements of their sport participation, personal and contextual characteristics, their sport specialization behaviors and perceptions, and their expectations and subsequent experiences related to their chosen pathway. Results of this study highlighted several significant group differences and relationships between variables, and due to the exploratory nature of this study the non-significant findings also served as a hypothesis-generating mechanism for future research. Implications of these findings were explored in their relation to previous sport specialization literature and the study's guiding theoretical framework (i.e., the Developmental Model of Sport Participation and the Person-Process-Context-Time Ecological Model), and the results underscored the importance of accounting for the influence of context and competitive climate in understanding youth athletes' selected sport pathways and subsequent experiences.
Download or read book Bridging the Gap written by Shea Brgoch and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Youth sport is massive industry that is constantly growing and evolving. One of the more prominent aspects of the current sport environment is attention to athletic prowess and competitive success at a young age. In the pursuit of elite development, many young athletes opt to intensively play a single sport from a young age, known as early sport specialization. While there are positives to early specialization in terms of skills development, research from sport scholars and medical practitioners has reached a growing consensus that considerable physical, psychological, and sociological risk factors accompany sport specialization. As such, organizations such as the International Olympic Committee and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine have released statements with sport participation recommendations, but there is often a lack of adherence to these recommendations (McLeod et al., 2010) or they go unnoticed (Bell et al., 2020; Post et al., 2020). Such a disconnect between scholarly messaging and what is happening in practice demonstrates a research-practice gap. This is phenomenon is not specific to sport specialization, instead, research-practice gaps are lamented across a variety of fields. Evidence-based practice and implementation science are two approaches that work to combat these disconnects and bridge the gap. This study draws on concepts from evidence-based practice and implementation science to assess sport specialization recommendations. A scoping review of early sport specialization and diversification literature was conducted and analyzed using the i-PARIHS framework which posits that successful implementation of an innovation is predicated upon the interactions of recipients, context, and facilitation. In total, 37 articles were extracted from the review search. Findings indicated that sport specialization recommendations are produced from a variety of fields, but physical education and sport medicine were the most prominent. Articles that were categorized as narrative reviews had the highest representation in the study. There was also inconsistency in how the articles operationalized early sport specialization which may impact the effectiveness of implementation efforts. In terms of the i-PARIHS framework, athletes, parents and coaches were consistently identified as recipients of the recommendations, however, athletes were not always discussed in conjunction with another stakeholder which might suggested a lack of athlete autonomy. In the local context, high school physical education programs were suggested as an environment that could have an impact on curbing intensive participation in sport specialization. Entities in the external sport context – operationalized as the wider sport culture inclusive of collegiate and professional sports – often speak out against specialization, but recruitment and talent identification are counterproductive to these efforts. Facilitators were identified, but there was minimal consistency in who could ideally fill the role to translate specialization recommendations into practice.
Download or read book Longevity in Athletics written by Morgan Mason and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sport specialization is defined as intense, year-round training in a single sport with the exclusion of others (Jayanthi et al., 2012). Current research has shown that there has been a dramatic increase in youth sport participation over recent years, with a coexisting increase of early sport specialization (ESS). The overall effect of ESS on longevity in athletics is not yet fully understood. Studies in current academic literature have not definitively established that ESS is either beneficial or detrimental to an athlete’s physiological and psychological health (LaPrade et al., 2016; Mattson and Richards, 2010). However, some available evidence suggests active participation in ESS may lead to higher rates of physiological and psychological issues, including: overuse injuries, burnout, and emotional distress (DiFiori et al., 2014; Jayanthi et al., 2012; LaPrade et al., 2016). The objective of this research project is to provide an understanding of the factors that influence an athlete’s appeal to specialize (coaches, parents, school size, choice of sport, etc.) and to determine the effect ESS has on longevity in athletic participation. A survey was developed utilizing Qualtrics (2015, Provo, UT), and participants of the study included current students and student-athletes at a Midwest Division III college. This survey employed the use of multiple choice and open-ended questions. Results showed that a majority of participants specialized in sport (68.03%), with a majority beginning to specialize at age 11 or younger (23.49%). Participants who specialized reported high numbers of chronic injuries, yet they argue that specializing in sport was beneficial to their athletic success. With this information, recommendations can be made to the sporting public regarding early sport specialization."--Abstract.
Download or read book The Participation and Awareness of Sport Between Sport Specializers and Sport written by Morgan Foye and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awareness as an athlete is a crucial part of competing in organized sports. Widening the lens on sport specialization and sport sampling have many contributing factors to mental and physical burnout. Intense sports, much like football, soccer, and basketball, have the highest number of injuries, resulting in athletes peaking around 14-16 years old (Corso, 2018). Beginning sport sampling at a young age is beneficial to diversifying the skills of a young, developing body (Corso, 2018). This study aims to analyze the participation and awareness of sports among high school athletes who specialize in a sport, the “specializers,” or play multiple sports, otherwise known as the “samplers.” The measuring instrument used in this study was a questionnaire created in previous research by Hernandez et al. (2021). The questionnaire divided specializers and samplers into separate groups based on their participation levels in a primary sport. In conclusion, the specializers participated in their primary sport more often than the samplers did in their sports. While their activity levels may be higher than the samplers, there is no diversification of movements within their training regimen.
Download or read book Tennis Medicine written by Giovanni Di Giacomo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will serve as a key resource for all clinicians working in orthopedics, sports medicine, and rehabilitation for the sport of tennis. It provides clinically useful information on evaluation and treatment of the tennis player, covering the entire body and both general medical and orthopedic musculoskeletal topics. Individual sections focus on tennis-related injuries to the shoulder, the elbow, wrist, and hand, the lower extremities, and the core/spine, explaining treatment and rehabilitation approaches in detail. Furthermore, sufficient sport science information is presented to provide the clinical reader with extensive knowledge of tennis biomechanics and the physiological aspects of training and rehabilitation. Medical issues in tennis players, such as nutrition and hydration, are also discussed, and a closing section focuses on other key topics, including movement dysfunction, periodization, core training, and strength and conditioning specifics. The expansive list of worldwide contributors and experts coupled with the comprehensive and far-reaching chapter provision make this the highest-level tennis medicine book ever published.
Download or read book Nonlinear Pedagogy in Skill Acquisition written by Jia Yi Chow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonlinear pedagogy is a powerful paradigm for understanding human movement and for designing effective teaching, coaching and training programs in sport, exercise and physical education. It addresses the inherent complexity in the learning of movement skills, viewing the learner, the learning environment and the teacher or coach as a complex interacting system, with the constraints of individual practice tasks providing the platform for functional movement behaviours to emerge. This is the first book to explain this profoundly important new approach to skill acquisition, introducing key theoretical ideas and best practice for students, teachers and coaches. The first section of the book offers a general theoretical framework to explain processes of skill acquisition and the learning of movement skills. The book then defines nonlinear pedagogy, and outlines its key principles of practice. It offers a thorough and critical appraisal of the optimal use of instructional constraints and practice design, and discusses methods for creating challenging and supportive individualised learning environments at developmental, sub-elite and elite levels of performance. Every chapter contains cases and examples from sport and exercise contexts, providing guidance on practice activities and lessons. Nonlinear Pedagogy in Skill Acquisition is an essential companion for any degree level course in skill acquisition, motor learning, sport science, sport pedagogy, sports coaching practice, or pedagogy or curriculum design in physical education.
Download or read book The Elite Young Athlete written by Neil Armstrong and published by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A key resource for coaches, scientists and clinicians Sport is by its nature competitive and even during youth it is performed at different levels with elite young athletes at the top of the performance pyramid. A coordinated series of comprehensive, research-based reviews on factors underlying the performance of children and adolescents involved in competitive sport is presented in this volume. Leading exercise and sport scientists provide the latest information on the physiology of young elite athletes, the essential role of nutrition, and the effects of endurance, high-intensity and high-resistance training and overtraining as well as on the importance of laboratory and field-based monitoring of young athletes' performances. Further, thermoregulation and environmental factors that might affect performance are re-viewed. Finally, strategies for preventing sudden cardiac death and the diagnosis and management of common sport injuries in young athletes are discussed. The book provides up-to-date, evidence-based information for sports scientists, coaches, physiotherapists, pediatric sports medicine specialists, and other professionals involved in supporting elite young athletes.
Download or read book Positive Youth Development Through Sport written by Nicholas L. Holt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-09-12 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Positive Youth Development title to focus on the role of sport, this book brings together high profile contributors from diverse disciplines to critically examine the ways in which sport can be and has been used to promote youth development. Young people are too frequently looked upon as problems waiting to be solved. From the perspective of Positive Youth Development (PYD), young people are understood to embody potential, awaiting development. Involvement with sport provides a developmental context that has been associated with PYD, but negative outcomes can also arise from sport participation and school PE. Sport itself does not lead to PYD; rather, it is the manner in which sport is structured and delivered to children that influences their development. Positive Youth Development Through Sport fills a void in the literature by bringing together experts from diverse disciplines to critically examine the ways in which sport can be and has been used to promote youth development.
Download or read book The Athletic Skills Model written by René Wormhoudt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Athletic Skills Model offers an alternative to dominant talent development theories in the form of holistic broad-based movement education, focusing on health and wellbeing. It places the emphasis on ‘physical intelligence’ – including attributes such as agility, flexibility and stability – through adaptable and varied training programmes, creating a skilled athlete before introducing sport specialization. The book sets out the scientific underpinnings of the ASM before going on to offer practical guidance on the content of the programme, how to adapt and vary the programme, and how to apply the approach to different age groups and sports. The ASM’s application in the youth development programme at AFC Ajax is explored in depth, before a future of talent development with an emphasis on athletic, rather than sport-specific, expertise is imagined. The Athletic Skills Model introduces an important and timely challenge to conventional wisdom in talent development and is a fascinating read for any upper-level student or researcher interested in youth development, skill acquisition, motor learning or sports coaching, and any coaches wanting to refresh their approach to talent development.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education written by Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2008-10-29 with total page 1393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than any other field in education, the social and cultural foundations of education reflect many of the conflicts, tensions, and forces in American society. This is hardly surprising, since the area focuses on issues such as race, gender, socioeconomic class, the impact of technology on learning, what it means to be educated, and the role of teaching and learning in a societal context. The Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education provides a comprehensive introduction to the social and cultural foundations of education. With more than 400 entries, the three volumes of this indispensable resource offer a thorough and interdisciplinary view of the field for all those interested in issues involving schools and society. Key Features · Provides an interdisciplinary perspective from areas such as comparative education, educational anthropology, educational sociology, the history of education, and the philosophy of education · Presents essays on major movements in the field, including the Free School and Visual Instruction movements · Includes more than 130 biographical entries on important men and women in education · Offers interpretations of legal material including Brown v. Board of Education(1954) and the GI Bill of Rights · Explores theoretical debates fundamental to the field such as religion in the public school curriculum, rights of students and teachers, surveillance in schools, tracking and detracking, and many more · Contains a visual history of American education with nearly 350 images and an accompanying narrative Key Themes · Arts, Media, and Technology · Curriculum · Economic Issues · Equality and Social Stratification · Evaluation, Testing, and Research Methods · History of Education · Law and Public Policy · Literacy · Multiculturalism and Special Populations · Organizations, Schools, and Institutions · Religion and Social Values · School Governance · Sexuality and Gender · Teachers · Theories, Models, and Philosophical Perspectives · A Visual History of American Education
