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SOCIETY
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• ivetac Active
• acinvite Inative
• sutats Status
• ythleah Healthy
• wlaingk Walking
• ggingjo Jogging
• sprtos Sports
Why do people do sport?
SOCIALIZATION
• Is the process of learning to live in and understand a
culture or subcultures by utilizing its values, beliefs
attitudes and norms.

• It is also a process of learning the ways of one’s

society and becoming a functioning member of it
along with exhibting standards of behaviors in
accordance with its rules, laws and customs, which
have been formed due to our interaction in the
society.
• Socialization is the process by which people
become familiar with and adapt themselves to
the interpersonal relationships of their social
world.

• People develop ideas about themselves and

about those with whom they interact.

• It is a two way process that affects everyone to a

greater or lesser degree.
Sports Sociology
• Is an area of sociology that focuses on sports as a
social phenomenon.

• All social and cultural structures, patterns and

organizations are actively engaged in games and
sports festivals.

• Physical Education is perceived as an institution

were children can develop according to their
unique needs and capabillities.
• In most premodern societies, boys were encouraged
by their families to compete in sports, which were
presumed to prepare them for their adult roles as
warriors and workers.

• While girls were encouraged to continue to play

noncompetitive games that prepared them for
motherhood.

• The value of socialization through sports has long

been recognized, which is one reason for state
support of physical education in the schools and adult-
organized childrens’ sports programs.
 ELEMENTS OF SOCIALIZATION THROUGH
SPORTS
• STATUS
-important element in the socialization process
because it is associated with self image and self
esteem.

• SELF-IMAGE
-body-image is an important concept as well as
psychological one, the attitude and appreciation one
has towards one’s owns body affect behaviour and
personality.
• CO-OPERATION AND COMPETITION
-are two social processes that are highly related
to the area of games and sports, it motivates the
learners in both intellectual pursuits and motor
performance

• SPORTS AND PERSONALITY

-Personality is influenced by the activity that a
person chooses to participate, it is the best way
of helping the child to identify his self-image and
formulated his ideal self.
ROLE OF PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
• It is an integral part of the total education of
every child.
• Quality programs are needed to siocialize the
youth into the total education process
• Increase the physical competence, health-related
fitness, self responsibility and enjoyment of
physical activity.
• Physically active for a lifetime
• IMPROVE PHYSICAL FITNESS
-Improves muscular strength, flexibility, muscular
endurance, body composition and cardiovascular
endurance

• SKILL DEVELOPMENT
-Develops motor skills, which allow for safe,
successful and satisfying participation in physical
activities.

• STRENGTHENED PEER RELATIONSHIP

-Can help major force in helping a child socialize with
others successfully and provides opportunities to
learn positive people skills.
IMPORTANCE OF SOCIALIZATION
• Process of learning to participate in a group
• Begins at birth, continues through life
• Successful socialization enables people to fit into all
kinds of social groups
• Most important learning occurs early in life without
prolonged and intensive social contact, children don’t
learn basics like walking, talking and loving.
• Human infant without socialization can’t develop the set
of attitudes, beliefs, values and behaviors associated
with being an individual
“Not all sports can be considered to be
game and not all games can be
considered to be sport”
Games

• a form of play or sport, especially a

competitive one played according to rules
and decided by skill, strength, or luck for
entertainment
Characteristics of Games
• Number of players
• Rules
• Degrees of luck
• Skill
• Reward
• Effort
Sports
• an activity involving physical exertion and
skill in which an individual or team
competes against another or others.

• Sport is bound by certain rules and

regulations.
 Characteristics of Sports
• Consistency
• Being consistent means that whether a student is showing up to practice or
coming into the biggest game of the season in its final minutes, they will be
able to deliver the same level of results.
•  Impact
• This impact is about influencing the contest in a positive fashion, and it can
vary in what it looks like.
• Discipline
• Recognising their emotions allows them to make decisions based on what
is best for the team, rather than for how they feel in that moment.
Similarities Between Games and Sports   

• Both games and sports have a set of rules, which ensure

fair competition.

• They may involve teams or individual competitors.   

  
• People play games and sports for recreation and
amusement, but they also gain various skills and
knowledge through games and sports.
Difference Between Games and Sports        

• A game is an activity typically involving skill, knowledge,

or luck, in which you follow set of rules and try to win
against an opponent.

• Sports, on the other hand, refer to an activity involving

physical exertion and skill in which an individual or a
team competes against others.
Part of a Team
• Sports participation helps create a social identity

• High school youth participating in organized sports

activities viewed sports as providing a place to meet
other young people who had at least one shared interest (
Ann Rosewater, 2009 Team-Up for the Youth).

• Quality sports program can help to develop and maintain

healthy relationships amongst youth.
Boys and Girls
• Sports participation socializes boys into
traditional gender roles, while similar
participation socializes girls into non-traditional
social benefit for female student athlethes.

• Find a sports to be way to break gender

stereotypes, enhancing their sense of possibility.
Kids and Adults
• Youth sports can also help children learn to interact with
adults such as parents and their tecahers.

• Quality sports programs that can benefit interactions

between children may also benefit exchanges between
youth and adults (Wheelock/BSYI)

• Parents promote children’s social development and social

skills by enrolling them in programs (Rosewater).
Warning Signs
• Athletes might participate in unhealthy social activities
• Skipping school, cutting classes,
• having someone from home called to the school for
disciplinary purposes and being sent to the principal’s
office.
• Abuse of alcohol by adolescent who participate in
competitive sports is a social phenomenon.
• Some studies shows that teens participating in sports
event lower use of alcohol than those who are not
involved in sports activities.