A Descriptive Study of The Impact Youth Athletic Participation has on Childhood Development.
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2021-05
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to describe the effects of youth athletic participation on student
development. Development was broken down into three categories: Childhood development,
health, and confidence, and over-all wellbeing. Childhood development consists of academic,
athletic, emotional, social, and personal development. Health and confidence include mental and
physical health and self-confidence. Over-all being is split into competency and wellbeing.
Twenty-five youth lacrosse coaches from New Jersey were asked to fill out a questionnaire
asking for their coaching experience, a Likert scale to describe effects on development, and then
a short response to describe their personal perspective. All coaches responded that athletic
participation had a range of neutral to positive impact on student development. No coaches
responded that athletics had a negative effect on any area of student development. Research
should continue due to the small sample size of coaches limited to New Jersey and lacrosse.
Coaches from different areas and sports could see more negative or more positive effects on
student development.