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Is Winning Everything

Delve into the dynamics of youth sports motivation, from parents living vicariously through kids to intrinsic goals and fear of failure. Learn about the complexities of winning, the importance of fun, skill development, and team camaraderie, and reasons for dropouts.

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Is Winning Everything

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  1. Is Winning Everything KIN 125

  2. Youth Sports Agents • Adults • Parents • Coaches Parents living vicariously through their kids

  3. Achievement Motivation • To excel in an activity for personal or intrinsic goals • Fear of failure: to avoid negative feedback such as punishment or ridicule. To please others such as parents.

  4. Winning • According to Arthur Ashe, winning is rewarded. • Utilization of extrinsic rewards. • Outcome as a significant factor

  5. Pee Wee football team • 55 ten to eleven year old youth • 30 remained have way through the season • 10 cut • 15 quit

  6. Little League Program • Meeting the motivation of youth: to have fun and learn the skills to play baseball • Low key games • Learning as a significant factor. • Developmentally appropriate learning: • Examples:

  7. What do youth want from their sport experience? • According to Michigan State University Institute for Youth Sports: • Have Fun • To Learn skills and Find Something I am Good At • To Stay In Shape • To Be Part of a Team and make friends

  8. Reasons for Drop Out • Youth cite the following: • Was not fun • Did not learn skills • Coach played favoritisms to skilled members • Video:95% of kids surveyed want to have fun and 75% said they would rather play on a losing team than sit on the bench of a winning team.

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