THE MEANING OF SPORT

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THE MEANING OF SPORT

• Workshop linked to the Comenius Project Sport as
  means of integration
• School Year 2006-2007

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Presentation
        In the Comenius Project context,
teachers and pupils have worked on the subject
The meaning of sport.         Pointing out the
values of sport through activities and projects
has been the aim of the project.         Here
are the main targets 1.    being aware that
practising a sport means working hard to better
oneself 2.    trying ones strengths means
surpassing ones limits 3.    sport means
education to life so it must be a model 4.   
sport and social integration must be considered
synonymous 5.    the real personal growth and
the cultural improvement lie in accepting the
differences  
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School Survey

• Which sport is most practised among your
  friends of the same age (11-15 years)?
• Who has chosen that sport for them (parents,
  friends, teachers)?
•  If you had to choose a sport different from the
  one you are practising, which one would you
  choose? Why?

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Survey results

• 1. Most of the boys (about 78) practise football
  because their friends do it or because their
  parents advised to do it
• 2.  12 practises swimming
• 3.  10 practises various activities.
• The girls usually practise volleyball or
  swimming.
• 35 of them doesnt practise any sport
  because they prefer dancing or music.

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Do you know

• Do you know that sport often satisfies some
  psychological aspects?
• The most important are
• Ø     leadership, competition and aggressiveness
• Ø     self-accomplishment
• Ø     socialization
• Ø     narcissism, exhibitionism.
• People choose a sport according to different
  motivation which vary from person to person.

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Leadership, competition, aggressiveness

• Those aspects are particularly evident in
  athletics whose aim is to predominate on the
  opponents.
• In the athletics aggressiveness is sublimated in
  order to win.

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Self-accomplishment

• Practising a sport is a way to know oneself and
  ones limit, to acquire more self-control and
  self-confidence.
• Practising a sport moreover, can also be a way to
  compensate ones inferiority complex.

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Socialization

• Sport, especially the team one, allows contact
  among people. In this way communication,
  cooperation and mutual exchange are encouraged.
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Narcissism and exhibitionism

• In some sports activities such as gymnastics,
  body building and diving, visual aspect is very
  important.
• The performance becomes a real show when the
  athletes exhibit not only their abilities but
  also their bodies.
• Clothes and costumes the athletes wear are
  specially made to show off their well-shaped
  figures

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Social and economic aspects of sport

• Prestige and money are also important aspects an
  athlete takes into consideration when choosing a
  sport.
• Nowadays sex isnt a discriminant any more for
  choosing a sport as it was in the past.
• Cultural and ideological believes can affect the
  choice of a sport.
• Ecologists for example prefer open-air sports
  activities (sailing, trekking, climbing,
  underwater).
• Non-violent people prefer low aggressiveness
  sports such as track and field and gymnastics.

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Particular features in sport

• Sports can be divided into categories according
  to their features
•         Individual sports in which the winner is
  the one who beats the opponent (boxing)
•         Territory conquest sports the teams
  compete for the supremacy. You win when the ball
  is in the net for football, and in the basket for
  basketball
•         Endurance sports they are sports
  requiring a long lasting effort endurance and
  ability to husband the forces. Some examples of
  these sports are running, marching, skiing,
  swimming, cycling.

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Particular features in sport

•  Aestethics supremacy sports gymnastics,skating
  ,diving
• Physical supremacy sports. The aim is to
  demonstrate the superiority of an athlete over
  another one through physical performances linked
  to a particular bodily activity.
• Examples100 metres, high jumping, long
  jumping, weight-lifting.
• Destiny challenge sports. They are characterized
  by a high level of risk and danger. Examples car
  racing and motor racing.
• Nature sports in which nature plays an important
  role.
• Examplescanoeing,sailing,horse riding, climbing.
• performances linked to a particular bodily
  ability.