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Sociology of Sport
Sports in society ch 5-8
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Undergraduate 3
02/26/2011

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Origin of orginized sports
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latter half of the 19th century. people in europe and north america began to realize the social envior. influences the charc. and behavior of kids.
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Early reasons for sports
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to teach boys from working class families how to work together, turn boys in middle upper class families intoo strong assertive competetive men. to counter balance what they called femenized values. and girls were given activities to make them good mothers and homemakers
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when did youth sports become really popular
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After WWII. the baby boomers generation. parents wanted thier sons charac. built through competitive sports
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5 main reasons for growth of participation of organized sports.
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1. the increase in 2 parents working households.
2.the idea of being a "good parent"
3.this belief leads adults to view children as threats to scoial order. so keeping them occupied with youth sports and activities
4. safe alternative to informal alternative sports
5.the high recognition for sports in our world today.
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Major trends in youth sports today that have an impact on whp participates
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1.increase in privitzed programs.
emphasis on performance ethic.
3.increase in number of elite sports facilities
4.parents are becoming more involved
5.participation in extreme and alternative sports have increased
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difference between orginized sports and alternative sports
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orginized sports are rule centered and adult controlled whereas informal alternative sports are action centered and player controlled
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a consequence of Adult control and orginization in youth sports
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the visible absence of arguments and overt displays of hostility from players from other teams.
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3 things u must do simultaneously to understand positions in sports
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1. mentally visualize the ever changing positions of everyone on the field
2. asses their relationships to each other and to the ball
3. and then decide where you belong
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third party perspective
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is one that goes beyond their own views and the view of any other person they know. they gradually emerge between 8-12
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the triple dellima children Face when participating in orginized sports
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if the quit they dad want love them as much
if the play but dont do as well, their parents will critize them. if they perform well they will be treated like little pros instead of children.
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what social factors infuence youth sports experiences
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parents, peers, and the general social and cultural context in which they live.
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Techno-Science
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emphasizes issues of controland skill development, rather than overall understanding of young people as human beings
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who had the most effeicent sports coaching program
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the germans, but they adopted the techno science approach
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4 problems faced with when studying deviance in sports
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1. the forms an causes of deviance are so diverse that no single theory can explain all of them
2. what is accepted in sports may be deviant in other societies
3. Deviance in sports often involves an unquestioned acceptance of norms rather than a rejection norms
4. training and peformance for sportds have become medicalized
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overconform
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accept the norms an expectations of sport but go beyond those measures for enhancment and performance( steriods)
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functionalist theory
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when they see actions that dont match cultural ideas, they see them as deviant.. social order is based on shared values... calls for a rejection of cultural norms
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conflict theory
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insist that the rules of the game reflect the interest of the owners, sponsors, and leauge, and not the players...This THEORY says. the people with the money make the rules. if you dont abide by the rules you are considered a deviant.
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what are the flaws in the functionlist and conflict theory.
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they ignore deviance that involves overconformity to rules and expectations. they do not take into account the norms in sports cultures and the ways in which athletes use those norms to evaluate themselves and others
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deviant underconformity
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consost of actions that involve rejecting or lack of awerenss of norms
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deviant overconformity
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actions that involve an uncritical acceptance of rules. pushed to an extreme would create conditions of fascism and blind faith
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sport ethic
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is a set of norms that many people in power and performance sports have accepted as the dominant criteria for defyning what it means to be an athlete
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4 norms that make up the core of sport ethic.
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1. an athlete makes sacrifices for the game
2.an athlete strives for distinction.
3. an athlete accepts risk and plays through pain.
4.accepts no limits in the pursuit of possibilities.
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3 main reason for Deviant behavior
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so they can continue playing as long as they can.
2. for the sponsors, so they can feel specail. high desire for acceptance.
certain personality types
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who is likley to participate in deviant behavior
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those with low self esteem, and eager for acceptance, those who feel sports are the only wat to scucced in life
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hubris
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being better than the community and everyone else
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3 things power and performance sports do
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1. bond athletes together in ways that encourage deviant overconformity.
2.seperate athletes from the restt of the community. but ant admiration from them..
3. lead athletes to develop hubris.
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why has substance abused been on the rise?
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personal vendors and entrepreneurs haave tied the development of performance enhancing substances to the general realm of "alternative medicine".
technoloy and how it can be used to push and exceed or limits. but slogans like be all you can be. " BE EXCELLENT"
the rationalization of the mind and the body.(using the mind to think away pain) seperating the mind from the body.
there is a growth interest in self medication.(word of mouth)
men and women both are trying to uphold the gender ideology and taking enhancements along the way to do so.
the orginization of power and performance sports encourage athletes to overconform to the norms of the ethic of the sport.
EVERYONE encourages this deviant overconformity
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arguments against drug testing
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athletes are generally one step ahead of the the leauge. requiring people to admit to drug test without cause violates privacy rules.
its expensive.
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arguments for drug testing
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1.protect the health of the athletes
2.to guarantee a level playing field
3. justified because those who use illegal substances behavior effects others therefore they can.
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interactionist and critcal theory
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the dynamics of sports participation are grounded in social worlds created around sports
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what is violence.
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the excesive phsical forcce which causes or has the potential to cause harm
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Aggression
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verbal or physical actions grounded in an intent to dominate or control or do harm to another person
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intimidation
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words, gestures and actions that threaten violence or aggression
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types of violence
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1.brutal body contact-collision hits, tackles, any form of physical contact
2.borderline violence- fights in hockey, hip bump in soccer to stop runner
3.quasi criminal violence-cheap shots, late hits, sucker punches
4. criminal violence- acts that clesarly break the law and prosecution is used
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general factors related to violence at sporting events
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1. the action in the sport event
2.the crowd dynamics and the sitation in which people watch the event
3. the historical and economic and political contexts in which the the event is played
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4 crowd characteristics
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Anonimity
impersoanl
socail contagion
suggestibility
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types of crowds
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acting crowd- highly emo. often illegal and unacceptable
casual crowd- laid back not action centered. no start and stop time
conventional crowd- standard,normal. it varies in emo. has a start time
expressive crowd. no start and end time. may have elements that that are unacceptable and illegal but its ok.
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5 reasons for increase in women participation in sports
Definition
more opportunities
gov. equal rights legisl. 1964
global women rights movement
health and fitness movement
increased focus in the media
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