Behaviors in Youth Sport

Part 1: Young athletes participate in and discontinue sport programs for a variety of reasons. Stress can also significantly affect a young athlete's sport participation. Addictive behaviors can influence both participation and performance. In this activity, you'll reflect on your childhood youth sport experiences and determine what factors played a role in your decision to participate in and discontinue participation in a youth sport program.

Part 2: Stress and addictive behaviors can have a significant impact on youth sport participants. To help them cope with stress and/or addictive behaviors, you can adapt and use several anxiety reduction techniques that are relevant for children. Identify and explain three.

Part 3: In frustrating sport situations, young people are particularly influenced by adult behavior.

Why do some people act aggressively and others do not?

What socially learned cues in sport signal the appropriateness of being aggressive?

Identify and explain two methods you would use to help young athletes control their emotions?