Barriers to Participation in Sport
What has stopped you from participating
Identify the Barriers to participation
Explain the Barriers to participation
Women and participation
Disabled at Foundation
Minority Ethnics at performance
For P1, learners need to describe three examples of the sports development continuum, from three different sports.
This could be assessed as a multimedia presentation.
An extension of the same activity, with local and national examples on each tier of the pyramid could be used to provide evidence for M1.
Assignment 1: UK Sports Provision (P1, M1). Tutor introduces the assignment brief
The sports development continuum: presentation with pyramid contextualised to local landscape –
classroom discussion
P1 describe three examples
of the sports development
continuum, from three
different sports
M1 compare and contrast three
examples of the sports
development continuum,
from three different sports,
identifying strengths and
areas for improvement
Cultural
Historical and cultural
Religion
- Religion can prevent people from playing certain sports
Male domination
Economic and Educational
- Sports have dress codes that can inadvertently discriminate against religions
- Only 4% of sports coverage is dedicated to women's sport.
- Only three muslim countries had female representatives at the 2012 Olympic games
Funding
- Very few women make the headlines
- A lack of role models leads to women not wanting to participate.
- Sporting Equals Future Champions was set up to identify and support future stars from the BME groups.
- Women's sport attracts less funding for facilities.
- Girls teams tend to attract less sponsorship from local businesses because it is not as popular as male sport
Social and Historical
- Local clubs could promote their club in the media by contacting local newspapers, advertising their club, and posting results and timetables on facebook and twitter to attract attention.
- Women have bad experiences of PE in school and are not encouraged to play sport
Racism
Social and Economic
- Many sports still discriminate against black and minority ethnic communities
Childcare
- Women also get paid £559 less than men on average.
- The Women's sport trust aims to improve spectatorship, media coverage, participation and visibility of role models by offering grants to women in sport.
- Racism is not reported properly because players and coaches have a lack of confidence in the complaints procedure
- Many women have to dedicate their time to their children.
Educational
Economic
- Kick it Out works throughout the football, education and community sectors to challenge discrimination, encourage inclusive practices and work for positive change
Resources
- For this reason, they are reluctant to sign up to anything for an extended period of time
Equality
- Teaching disabled sports requires specialist coaches and equipment
- BME groups are over represented in unemployment and low paid jobs
- "Stars Gym and Creche" is one of a number of gyms offering cheaper sessions and use of creche facilities for newcomers
- Many mainstream schools do not have the awareness and understanding of how to include disabled people in sport
- Virgin Active and David Lloyd health clubs also have activities and creches for kids
- Schools and gymnasiums cannot afford the adapted and specialist equipment.
- Black men are 26 times more likely to be stopped and searched
- 13% Unemployment rate, double that of whites
- Playground to podium is aimed at helping young disabled people develop for PE and community sport to high level performance
- Black people are 44% more likely to be given a prison sentence for a driving offence
Economic
- Campaigns like Kick it out, and the increasing presence of BME groups on our TV screens are giving a message of hope
Social and Cultural
Funding
Psychological
- Few facilities with disabled access compared to non-disabled school sports halls and gymnasiums
- Many disabled people do not participate because they feel their disability excludes them
- Limited disabled access to transport affects them getting to the venue
- 93% of the 500,000 physically disabled people do not participate because of expenses, lack of support and lack of opportunity
- 38% of people believe disabled people are a burden on society
- Dream it believe it achieve it are an organization who raise money to change all this
- Channel 4 provided national coverage of the paralympics and made people more familiar with disability with comedy programme "The Last Leg"