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Causes of violence in youth athletics
Ideally, youth athletics should be exciting, contribute to their physical and mental well-being, help develop social skills, and create a desire to continue involvement with physical activity. ... Although there are not actual statistics pinpointing an increase in youth violence as far as athletics, but many people involved in sports are noticing a sudden increase.
Fred Engh, president of the National Alliance for youth Sports, which advises recreation programs around the country, says he is hearing of more and more cases all over the country. There has been a tremendous upsurge in violence in the last five years. ... His job includes first hand experience with youth violence. “Not only has the language gone more in the gutter, but we’ve also seen a rise in the number of incidences reported where physical violence has occurred. ... 1) Some questions are, what is the reason for these recent outbreaks of violence and what is causing these young athletes to do these violent acts on the playing field? ... 9 percent accepted on-field violence as part of the game, even though 56. ...
There are many factors that may cause youth athletes to create violent acts in sports. ... Whether the media is displaying violence or professional athletes are influencing their fans, something must change in the athletic world or the future of sports will ultimately decease. ...
According to sports officials, the case with Tony Limon and the official was not an isolated occurrence in youth sports. The amount of youth athletes who demonstrate aggressiveness through attitude or action is on the rise nation wide . Art Taylor, the associate director of the Center for Sports in Society at Northeastern University in Boston says, “We have a sportsmanship problem in youth sports. ...
A definition of violence in sports can be stated as follows: “behavior which causes harm, occurs outside of the rules of the sport, and is related to the competitive objectives of the sport. ... 1) This definition may seem to make violence in sports easy to see, react to and punish for. But what happens most of the time is that violence occurs out of instinct and some may argue that it is just how to play the game. ... Possibly, the most visible case of parental violence in recent years happened in Massachusetts on July 5, 2000.
Approximate Word count = 1872
Approximate Pages = 7.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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