Behaviors in Youth Sport
- Young athletes participate in and discontinue sport programs for a variety of reasons. Stress can also significantly affect a young athlete’s sport participation. Addictive behaviors can influence both participation and performance. In this activity, you’ll reflect on your childhood youth sport experiences and determine what factors played a role in your decision to participate in and/or discontinue participation in a youth sport program.
- Stress and addictive behaviors can have a significant impact on youth sport participants. To help them cope with stress and/or addictive behaviors, you can adapt and use several anxiety reduction techniques that are relevant for children. Identify and explain three.
- Why do some people act aggressively and others do not?
- What socially learned cues in sport signal the appropriateness of being aggressive?
- Identify and explain two methods you would use to help young athletes control their emotions?