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Social Reasons For Participation
  • INCREASED LEISURE TIME - people nowadays have
    much more leisure time than in the past.
  • Some people like to spend this time visiting
    health and fitness clubs whilst others prefer a
    walk in the countryside.
  • People are much more mobile now so a visit to the
    seaside for example is easy to access.
  • There are several reasons for this increase in
    leisure time.

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Various leisure pursuits
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  • THE SHORTER WORKING WEEK - in the UK today
    workers work 37 hours per week or less. During
    the 1960s it was common to work between 40 and
    44 hours.
  • TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES - technology has reduced
    the hours it used to take to do many jobs. There
    are also other benefits for example advances in
    medicine has meant people are living longer and
    therefore able to take part in leisure and
    sporting activities beyond retirement age.
  • EARLY RETIREMENT - more people now take an early
    retirement than ever before
  • UNEMPLOYMENT - unemployment gives people time to
    take part in sport and leisure activities.
    However money can be an issue.

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  • WHY PEOPLE PARTICIPATE
  • There are three general categories that can help
    us to understand why sport and recreation might
    be important to many people
  • HEALTH - people are becoming more concerned with
    their health and well being
  • LEISURE - many people like to participate in
    physical activity simply because they enjoy it.
    It also provides a great opportunity to socialise
    and make new friends
  • VOCATION - there are thousands of people who take
    part in sport ad physical activities simply
    because its their job .

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The Role of The School In Promoting Participation
  • SPORT IN SCHOOL - schools encourage participation
    in sport in a number of different ways such as a
    performer, organiser, coach, captain and there
    are many more.
  • This can lead to continued participation into
    adulthood, especially when links with sport clubs
    and leisure centres are established
  • Schools promote sport through PE and GAMES

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  • COMPULSORY LESSONS
  • National Curriculum (5-16 years)
  • Games
  • Gymnastics
  • Athletics
  • Dance
  • Swimming

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  • EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
  • Representative teams
  • Sport activity clubs
  • Residential Holidays
  • Visits to Leisure Clubs
  • Links with the Local Clubs
  • Specialist Coaching Clinics

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  • AWARDS AND EXAMS
  • Sport Specific Achievement Awards/Certificates
    e.g. BAGA, ASA
  • Sports Leaders Award
  • GCSE Level Exam
  • A Level Exam
  • GNVQ

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  • ACTIVITIES AVAILAVBLE FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN -
    depend on the following things
  • Facilities within a school
  • Facilities outside a school - links with sports
    clubs, leisure centres, etc.
  • Experience, expertise and enthusiasm of the
    teaching staff
  • Access to specialist coaching - links with clubs,
    sports governing bodies, development officer,
    award schemes
  • A schools specialisation - e.g. sports college

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Social Background
  • POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE INFLUECES ON PARTICIPATION
  • Everyone is subject to factors which may
    influence their participation in a sport or
    activity.
  • ACCESS
  • Depends on how near you live to a sports
    facility.

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  • AGE
  • Some sports or activities are more appropriate to
    certain age group
  • People may participate less as they get older
  • DISABILITY
  • This may limit the number and types of sport
    available and who can actually participate
  • Many sports are doing more to provide for
    disabled athletes
  • Athletes with disability - not disabled athletes
  • disability sport - not disabled sport!

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Disabled sport is getting more recognition, but
not as much as it should.
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  • EDUCATION
  • A positive school experience may lead to
    continued participation in later life.
  • Compulsory PE in state schools up to the age of
    16
  • ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE
  • top winter sports people tend to come from the
    cold, mountainous regions/environments
  • FAMILY
  • provide early introduction to activities
  • role models (parents and siblings)
  • encouragement and support

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  • GENDER
  • Male participation is higher than female
  • More sports and activities are available to males
  • Almost all professional sport award less prize
    money for womens events than mens
  • THE MEDIA
  • Can raise the awareness of sports, activities and
    healthy lifestyles
  • Promote role models
  • Increase the popularity of minority sports

15
Gender Media
  • Could the media make women's football as popular
    as the men's?

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  • PEER GROUP
  • Friends of similar age or background can be
    either active or non-active in sport. This could
    influence or place pressure on peers.
  • POLITICS
  • Government involvement on how much is spent on
    providing facilities for public use
  • The elite may receive special help to promote
    excellence and national pride.
  • In 1960 the western world began to see the
    emergence of athletes from eastern European
    countries that were almost unbeatable. This
    success was a result of state policy.

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  • POVERTY
  • Unemployment limits participation due to lack of
    money
  • Some sports are too expensive
  • Local communities or countries may be too poor to
    provide facilities
  • SPONSORSHIP
  • Sponsorship is a very big business in sport
  • A definition of sponsorship in sport might be
    that it is the funding of sporting activity
    for commercial gain
  • ( Institute of Sport Sponsorship, funded in 1985)

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  • RACE, TRADITION AND CULTURE
  • In some countries National Sports are more
    popular.
  • Sport is important with professional performers
    having a high profile
  • Womens sport is still disapproved of
  • Occasions in past when countries have been
    excluded from participation in international
    sporting events because of their discrimination
    against ethnic groups
  • Between 1964 and 1992 South Africa were banned
    from the Olympic Games as the culture of the
    white people who ruled the country would not
    accept that white and black people are equal
  • Under the policy of Apartheid black and white
    people were not allowed to mix.
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