Youth Sporting Events and Social Impact on Children

The interactions teenagers have through sports can significantly impact the way they interpret appropriate behavior and motivation habits in the future encounters. Should I reflect back on all of my previous youth involvement in sports I could only appear to recall the experience with being on the team and dealing with others. I cannot vividly remember how successful we had been together when it comes to wins or losses, however i can remember the way i interacted with other people around me as well as the relationships which were established.

I observed a youth soccer game located at Queen Ann bowl and observed specific behaviors the coaching staff and parents displayed to determine a distinctive environment for your players. The aim orientation and positive reinforcement the staff and parents projected to the players reduced their state anxiety and improved their internal motivation.

One environmental component that the coaching staff had control of was your competition orientation from the team. From my observation, the top coach placed focus on goal orientation as well as the achievement of these goals. There was clearly no overwhelming level of importance which was put on the idea of winning, even though the coaches did positively and negatively reinforce behaviors that will indirectly result in the results of this game. One orientation which i noticed the coaching staff placed focus on was goal orientation. Goal orientation "is really a concentrate on personal performance standards" (Weinberg and Gould, 2007, p.107). The coach would typically individually identify an objective for many different players, while focusing on maintaining that activity through the entire entire game. Their defensive player's goal sometimes ended up being to attack the ball. Emphasizing goal orientation was combined with reinforcement.

The employees would consistently reinforce this by encouraging players to choose the ball once the opposing team charged along the field. Once they would complete this behavior he would positively acknowledge the behaviour, which appeared to encourage similar behaviors later on. Based on Weinberg and Gould "reinforcement is the usage of rewards and punishments that increase or reduce the probability of an identical response occurring later on" (Weinberg and Gould, 2007, p.126). Something to remember concerning the coaches usage of reinforcement was they rarely used any kind of negative reinforcement, that is when performing something leads to an unpleasant consequence. It was essential to see, particularly in younger individuals due to the effect these types of reinforcement might have on their own self confidence and perceived self worth. When observing players it became clear that whenever they produced a mistake, they frequently would seem to display a higher degree of anxiety, even if no negative reinforcement was given.

This appears to show the overwhelming occurrence of state anxiety in every one of their participation. State anxiety describes "the ever-changing mood component" and is described as an emotional state "described as subjective, consciously perceived feelings of apprehension and tension, combined with or related to activation or arousal from the autonomic central nervous system" (Weinberg and Gould, 2007, p.79). Something that sparked my intrigue was the participation from the parents at these periods. From your parents who had been attending this game, many would yell words of encouragement towards the player when they belonged towards the same team. It appeared as if this did aid in increasing the intrinsic motivation within the athlete to carry on playing to the very best of remarkable ability.

The motivational difference one of the players is was what intrigued me by far the most. After viewing the majority of the players take part in this game, it seemed as if there have been some who had endless energy and motivation to choose the ball and place forth a substantial amount of effort. However there have been a couple of who still seemed motivated to experience this game, but lacked the brilliant drive these other players had. This could be known as motivation and is described as "the direction and power of one's effort" (Weinberg and Gould, 2007, p.52). Each player might be examined depending on the trait-centered theory, the situational-theory, as well as the interactional view. It initiates the question of why these players are motivated so intensely and could be advantageous for your coaching staff to comprehend their internal motivation to lower the appearance of social loafing. Whether or not the player is motivated in many situations, most sport situations, or simply in soccer situations, it could be good knowledge for your coaching staff to find out.

One suggestion that could be helpful to the business and also to the participants will be to let the players that are not competing during the time, to become actively engaging their teammates with social support. This could add motivation towards the players that are around the field, increase team cohesion and unity, along with integrating participation towards the players that are not around the field. Being an athlete, this is among the most significant areas of playing on the team with other people. Using a social support system and motivation coming straight from your teammates will prove to add for their efficiency and positive athletic experience. The coaching staff of the team provided a highly effective leadership style that appeared to work effectively with the majority of the players and parents with little conflict. They appeared conscious of the good and bad impact they could have on these children, while managing a successful organization.