Exam 9: Youth Involvement and Positive Development in Sport

According to Statistics Canada,how many Canadian children aged 5 to 14 regularly take part in organized sports?

Which of the following is not one of the five "best practices" that sport programmers and coaches should integrate into their programs?

Children's decisions to engage in particular activities,their intensity of effort expended in these activities,and their actual performance levels are often influenced by parental .

Which of the following would not be considered a positive physical health outcome of youth sport?

A ten- year- old female who solely participates in the sport of swimming and trains up to eighteen hours per week is complaining of muscle soreness and is frequently injured.From a health perspective,what type of training has there probably been too great an emphasis placed on?

A parent who provides firm parental direction for their child's choice of university sport experiences,but enough flexibility so that the athlete is given significant involvement in decision making,is an example of which of the following?

Describe the framework of positive youth development as proposed by Lerner,Fisher,and Weinberg (2000)by identifying and briefly commenting on the desired outcomes of youth development.

Which one of the following is considered to be an external developmental asset?

Which theory of model suggests that children's opinions of themselves and subsequent motivation for sport are influenced by the children's perceptions of what significant others,such as coaches or parents,think of them?

Identify at least three positive outcomes from each category of physical health,psychological development,and social development that could result from the involvement in youth sport.

The developmental model of sport participation emerged primarily from athletic data collected by what methodological approach?

Which of the following is not considered a constructive leisure activity?

A coach who provides quality technical instruction to athletes in a logical,sequential manner is helping influence what area of development?

Within the developmental model of sport participation,during the sampling years coaches are primarily _ .

Describe the three objectives of youth sport.

Which theory or model suggests that building a solid foundation of intrinsic motivation through involvement in activities that promote enjoyment (for example,deliberate play)is paramount in the development of highly motivated individuals?

A coach who trains his athletes to improve their aerobic capacity for future games and is concerned with athletes improving in each performance is displaying which aspect of youth sport?

A coach who teaches sport skills sequentially and logically and provides constructive feedback to the players is displaying which feature of positive development settings?

An athlete who has developed strong friendships through participating in youth sports has experienced which of the 5 C's of positive youth development?

Côté (2002)suggested coaches' influences on youth can be categorized into three main areas.Identify these areas and for each,give two examples (one positive,one negative)of coach behaviours.