Specialized Movement Phase

Specialized Movement Skills  Specialized movement skills = task specific  FMS are not task specific  Proficiency barrier

Stages of the Specialized Movement Phase  Transition Stage (7-10 year olds) First attempts to refine/combine mature movement patterns Accuracy and skill in lead-up activities Skill and proficiency are still limited

 Application Stage (11-13 years olds) Aware of personal physical assets and limitations Individual focuses on certain types of sports Practice, practice, practice

 Lifelong Utilization Stage (14 and up) Selects a few activities to regularly participate in Fine tuning stage

Youth Sports  Activities taking place outside of school day  Youth sports involvement has increased  Y.S. are controversial in many aspects  WHY?

 Healthy Participation in YS Should:

Youth Sports  Youth Sport participation is exclusionary  How?

Benefits of Youth Sports?

Negative Aspects of Youth Sport Participation

Coaching Education  Developmental progressions related to specific sport  Certified in First Aid and CPR  Volunteer Coaches Appropriate role models Background consists of playing particular sport, but not teaching of particular sport Little formal preparation required “Coaching Code of Ethics” ( NAYS)

Parental Education  Parents Association for Youth Sports (from website) Stops negative parent behaviors before they happen Educates parents on their roles and responsibilities Enhances parent/league relationships Holds parents who are PAYS members accountable for their actions to a Parents' Code of EthicsParents' Code of Ethics

 Over possessive parents  Violent incidents at Youth Sport events  Over scheduling of children

Drop outs/ Burn outs in YSP  Reasons?

Programs   National Alliance for Youth Sport – “Smart Start”