Part 1: Effect of Sport Participation on Psych Development

• Effect of Sport Participation on Psychological Development 

  •  When people encourage their children to participate in sport, they assume that participation will automatically be positive!  (re psych development)
  • There is little evidence to support such a claim
  • WHY  ???
  • First, what are these supposed "positive" benefits?
• Effect of Sport Participation on Psychological Development 

  • When people encourage their children to participate in sport, they assume that participation will automatically be positive!  (re psych development)
  • There is little evidence to support such a claim
  • WHY  ???
  • First, what are these supposed "positive" benefits?
• Effect of Sport Participation on Psychological Development 

  • When people encourage their children to participate in sport, they assume that participation will automatically be positive!  (re psych development)
  • Sport is good for you, it builds character 
  • Very little evidence to support, is just assumed to be correct
  • There is little evidence to support such a claim
  • Doesn’t mean that bc/ we assume it does, that it will 
  • May be good for someone but doesn’t mean will be positive for someone else
• Effect of Sport Participation on Psychological Development 

  • First, what are these supposed positive benefits?
  • Same assumptions not made about technical skills, character left to chance