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Friends in Youth Sport
Stress & Burnout
Children's Reasons for Participation and Nonparticipation
Coaching Practices
Role of Parents
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Who was the leading developmental psychologist that studied friendship and peer relationships in sport?
What is Maureen Weiss
100
High stress levels resulting from youth sport participation are relatively rare yet can affect how many children in specific situations?
What is 4.5 million.
100
Name 4 reasons why either boys or girls participate in school sports.
What is to have fun, improve my skills, get exercise, be part of a team, excitement of competition, do something their good at, team spirit or stay in shape.
100
Positive reinforcement is one of the most important things a coach can do for their athletes. True or false?
What is true
100
What is the most important thing a parent can do to support their child in youth sports?
What is positive reinforcement and feedback
200
________ is the major motive that children have for sport participation.
What is Affiliation Motive
200
What are 3 particular situations that can increase stress?
What is Defeat, Event importance, and Sport type.
200
For every 10 children who begin a sport season, how many discontinue before the start of the next season?
What is 3 to 4
200
Name two coaching guidelines from Smoll and Smith (1990) and Weiss (1991).
What is realistic expectations, rewards effort as much as outcome, positive feedback, be enthusiastic.
200
What is an example of a negative interference?
What is coaching from the side line, in ways that contradict the coach.
300
Name two of the positive dimensions that the researchers heard about in Maureen Weiss' study on friendship and peer relationships in sport.
What is companionship, pleasant play association, enhancement of self-esteem, loyalty, things in common or emotional support.
300
Burnout is a special case of sport withdrawal in which a young athlete discontinues sport involvement in response to _______?
What is chronic stress.
300
Name three reasons why children say they discontinued their involvement in youth sports?
What is "other things to do", "a change in interest", "boredom", "didn't like the coach", "wanted to play another sport", "didn't like the pressure".
300
What is the system used to assess coaches while they are coaching?
What is the Coaching Behavior Assessment System (CBAS).
300
Name a responsibility from the Sport Parent Code of Conduct
What is help your child set realistic goals
400
Weiss and Smith (1999) developed the Sport Friendship Quality Scale to measure six aspects of sport friendships, name 2 of these aspects.
What is loyalty and intimacy, things in common, self-esteem enhancement and supportiveness, companionship and pleasant play, conflict resolution, or conflict.
400
Name 2 factors which are associated with burnout in young athletes.
What is very high self-and other-imposed expectations, win-at-all-costs attitude, parental pressures, long repetitive practices with little variety, inconsistent coaching practices, excessive time demands, or high travel demands.
400
What is the age that youth sport participation peak at?
What is 12 years old
400
A coach's technical instruction, reinforcement, and mistake contingent encouragement correlate with a players self-esteem, motivation, and positive attitudes. True or false?
What is true.
400
What program developed the "Sport Parent Responsibilities and Code of Conduct"?
What is the American Sport Education Program.
500
What two techniques should be frequently used in the youth sport setting?
What is goal setting and group cohesion.
500
Name one stress management strategy to modify arousal regulation for children.
What is use concrete and physical strategies, use fun strategies, use simple strategies, vary approaches to the same exercise, individualize approaches in relation to the children's interests or remain positive and optimistic.
500
What is the number 1 reason why boys and girls participate in youth sports?
What is to have fun.
500
How many little league baseball players were interviewed by Smith, Smoll & Curtis in 1979?
What is 542 players
500
Is it appropriate to live your dream through your child?
What is NO!!!