| 837 | Saturday, April 29, 2006 |
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| 1:00 PM-2:15 PM | Convention Center:151G |
| NASPE/Sport Philosophy Academy |
endorsed by (also known as GWS) National Association for Girls and Women in Sport, Coaches Council, Youth Sports Coalition |
| Ethics and Issues in Youth and Interscholastic Sports |
| Sports build character say parents, educators, and others. A lack of evidence supports this claim, which may have been perpetuated because adults want to believe that children and youth participating in organized sports will learn cooperation, self-discipline, loyalty, sportsmanship, and teamwork. This presentation will discuss whether competitive sports in youth programs and schools are more negative than positive. If winning-at-all-costs is the expectation, then cheating, violence, overtraining, drug abuse, and a lack of civility toward competitors will be condoned? However, if coaches and parents teach and require high standards of behavior, then moral values can be taught to young athletes. |
Keyword(s): high school issues, standards and ethics, youth sports
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| Speaker: Angela Lumpkin, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS |