Organized youth sports in the United States were originally developed to teach lower-class boys how to work together peacefully and to help middle-class boys
counteract the "feminized" values they learned at home from their mothers.
Organized, adult-controlled youth sports have become prevalent in neoliberal societies. A neoliberal society is one in which
individualism is valued and public programs are decreased.
Which of the following is NOT among the five changes that have encouraged participation in organized youth sports?
Parents know that playing informal games will harm child development.
A negative consequences of the expectation that parents are responsible for the supervision of their children 24-hours a day, 7-days a week is that
parents without resources may be defined as irresponsible.
The trend toward privatization in organized youth sports has
made youth programs more selective and exclusive.
An emphasis on the performance ethic is most likely in programs sponsored by
private commercial clubs.
In organized youth sport programs that emphasize the performance ethic, there often is a corresponding emphasis on
sport specialization among children.
Different sponsors of youth sport programs have different goals. The programs that are most likely to be inclusive and emphasize overall participation are those
sponsored by public, tax-supported community recreation organizations.
Parental involvement in and concern about youth sports have increased because
parental moral worth is now associated with the success of children.
A sign that some children reject structured, adult-controlled sport programs is the
increased interest in alternative sports.
An overall comparison of informal sports and organized sports shows that
informal sports are action-centered while organized sports are rule-centered.
The author notes that sport development experts worldwide agree that
children under eight years old should not play highly organized sports.
The Youth Sports National Report Card created by a panel of youth sports and child development experts issued grades for existing organized sport programs in 2005. What was the approximate GPA across the five major topic areas?
C
The expert panel that developed the Youth Sports National Report Card also explained that youth sports in the United States
had lost its child-centered focus.
Eight-year-old children on organized soccer teams are usually "out of position" because
they don't have the cognitive abilities to understand team structure.
According to the conclusion at the close of the chapter, organized sport programs for children are worth the effort when the adults who control the programs
put the interests of children ahead of program needs.