CLD 204 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Proquest, Cognitive Development
7 Oct 2018
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September 24th, 2018 week 3 facilitated discussion. Cld 204: fall 2018 children"s organized sports: a developmental perspective. Ex. getting awards, winning and pleasing others. Deci suggests, if you create a reward for an intrinsic intention this can either support or suppress a child"s motivation (brady, 2004, p. 36) Children comprehend competitive processes after the age of 12. Performance skills needs attention learning about the individual components of a sport need to be taught in a noncompetitive way. Coaches/instructors need to focus on enjoyment rather than the scoreboard. By doing so children develop a healthy attitude about competition. Questions: what are ways we can eliminate or manage. Children who are overworked by intense competition, coaches, over involved parents and experience a lack of fun. Extreme parental involvement may result in competitive anxiety, low enthusiasm or child abuse. Accomplished athletes have an unidimensional self-concept identity is shaped around the experiences, expectations and values of sports. All children have a unique ways of developing.
