Is Winning Everything KIN 125
Youth Sports Agents Adults –Parents –Coaches Parents living vicariously through their kids
Achievement Motivation To excel in an activity for personal or intrinsic goals Fear of failure: to avoid negative feedback such as punishment or ridicule. To please others such as parents.
Winning According to Arthur Ashe, winning is rewarded. Utilization of extrinsic rewards. Outcome as a significant factor
Pee Wee football team 55 ten to eleven year old youth 30 remained have way through the season 10 cut 15 quit
Little League Program Meeting the motivation of youth: to have fun and learn the skills to play baseball Low key games Learning as a significant factor. Developmentally appropriate learning: –Examples:
What do youth want from their sport experience? According to Michigan State University Institute for Youth Sports: –Have Fun –To Learn skills and Find Something I am Good At –To Stay In Shape –To Be Part of a Team and make friends
Reasons for Drop Out Youth cite the following: –Was not fun –Did not learn skills –Coach played favoritisms to skilled members –Video:95% of kids surveyed want to have fun and 75% said they would rather play on a losing team than sit on the bench of a winning team.