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Youth Sport
Content Framework for BOTH prompts:
Unlike many countries, the U.S. has no “Ministry of Sport” (Links to an external site.) – a government official/department that provides oversight in the delivery of sport services. In many cases, without oversight (and even simple direction), inequity, abuse, and adult-imposed expectations go unchecked in U.S. youth sport.
One critical element of oversight that perpetuates many of the issues in youth sports in the US is the lack of structured educational programs for coaches and parents. Many of the problems in youth sport could be remedied, or at least addressed, by changing the ideas and delivery dictated by the people who control youth sport: overwhelmingly parents and coaches.
Overarching Questions for both prompts:
If the U.S. were to put a Ministry of Sport in place, what recommendations would you make for its coach and parent education programs specific to youth athletes’ treatment and development of youth athletes? In other words, what issues do you think parents and coaches need to understand to change the abusive and exploitative nature (i.e., forcing children to play like adults) of youth sport?
Prompt 1
Answer the following prompt:
Introduce how the organization of youth sport dictates that its delivery is often misaligned with its purpose. In other words, explain how ideas about segregation, winning at all costs, professional pursuit through youth sport, etc., do not align with the purpose of youth sport: psychological and social development.
Minimum Word Count Requirement: 300
Prompt 2
Answer the following prompts:
- How to make change: What does every youth coach and every parent of a youth athlete, regardless of sport, need to know about ensuring the purpose of youth sport matches its delivery?
- What should every youth coach, regardless of sport, know about training their youth team and/or players.
- What should every parent of a youth athlete, regardless of sport, know about how to support their child in sport.
Minimum Word Count Requirement: 300
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