Knes 350 Final Exam 3 Notes Risk taking in sport wont negatively impact your life most likely so is good to take risks assosiated with danger o o o o safety vs danger success vs failure gain vs lose life vs death individual to the person might not be a risk to someone else the way you handle it and the way you see it o types of risk athletes take bodily harm physical o o monetary if not healthy will suffer financial loses could lose the college scholarship because are injured pro athletes can have their career ended by bodily harm which obviously loses them money josh allen was a running back really fucking good tore a ligament in his knee lost all hope to go pro but is a positive person and now a fireman time o o social risks so much time invested to be an elite athlete yoiu find out who your actual friends are when you arent famous anymore because fake friends will leave you and real friends will stick around she tells college athletes to marry their highschool sweetheart because they knew you when you werent famous see other athletes cheating illegal drugs morally wrong etc o ethical risk examples of risk o o o stealing a base great way to take risk diving in swimming higher degree of difficulty vs doing it perfect swimming dive in training to dive exactly on whistle but if too early then get disqualified lebron james getting flack for not taking buzzer shots o o She tells a story about a tennis player being down on match point trying to get an ace for the win vs doing the smart play which was just to get it in o we have a need to do the kinds of risky things o acheivement motivation standpoint we are motivated to achieve success want to be the one that takes the risk and gets the success because of it study on motivated to not fail vs motivated to acheive o 3 bean bags had to toss it into a hoola hoop easy to make it one medium hard hoop to hit it one really hard thing to hit it o o the people who are motivated to avoid failure hit the easy one to not look stupid as well as the hard one because no one expects them to make it so dont feel bad if they miss the people who are motivated to succeed choose the middle one because there is just as good a chance that they wont make it as that they will make it so a challenge to themselves athletes found to be higher in acheivement need then non athletes they see sport as a situation to acheive this need love sport to satisfy need to compete stress o when you narrow the margin of safety in athletes they sought the narrower margin of safety take fear and turn it into enthusiasm because are excited to show off the training that they have done adrenalin rush cuts through nervousness distinguish between risk and danger o o nascar drivers narrow the margin of safety by going faster diving too you narrow the margin of safety with harder dives Factor E o agression Greg williams defense coordinator for the new orleans saints put bounties out on opposing players o if his player tackled the opposing player and the player got hurt and had to be taken out would pay his player that laid down the hit agression in sport social scientists say that agression in sport is a reflection of agression in society NHL NFL agression is copying the values of our western cutlure is agression in sport limited to only certain sports do sports provide an outlet for agression do sports teach aggression adored and praised by fans and coaches o definition of agression agression refers to an observable act that is intended to inflict physical or psycological harm on another person explanations hostile agression the primary reinforcement is seeing the pain or injury inflicted on another person coach at VT chuck cecil ordering a code red elbow to the throat of an opponent have to be nasty and physical to win a game those who cant see it wont be able to win particular play is labeled a thug play because the coach told him to do it and holds power over the player kid is under scholarship so is hard to decide whether to obey the coach or risk scholarship as a parent want to check out the coachs that your kids play under because dont want the coach to fuck them over little league football game in pennsylvania select football team playing a special needs football team the good team beat up on the special needs kids and coach let them totally fucked up free safety known for his relentless tackles crash test dummy around a telephone pole helmet flew off 5 yards away ripped through straps imitated boxing referee by counting down seconds until opponent got up kicked helmet laying on the ground known to love to inflict physical harm on the opponents most fined player in the NFL during his time hurting his team with all the fouls he would get eventually lead to no team wanting him cbs commentator randy cross said that is how a safety gets to the probowl several coaches said thats football hockey fight actually a brawl 3rd man rule is in effect 3rd man cant come in if two players are fighting because it would be unfair can be huge fine most modern hockey fights are between two players in youth sport handbook man who get in first punch usually has the advantage if going to fight be first to fight flicking glove in opponents face then hitting him is good work balance is crucial short jabs meaner you are better fighter you are nice guys finish last instrumental agression using it to make a play or get the money only will hurt someone if its needed to be able to complete the play first intent is to stop play and if opponent gets injured then so be it but no on purpose how to tell differance between two agressions reputation of the player reputation of the team their on ex Oakland raiders situations leading up to that particular play ex fight beforehand or cheap play o assertive behavior vs agressive behavior intent of the behavior assertive falls within rules of game Aggression Theory o Instinctive theory born with the level of aggression that we have if parents are aggressive than youl probably be agressive might just be that type of person o Expressive theory have these emotions bottled up inside you and a way to release these emotions is to let them out in sport which comes out in aggression o Fad theory frustration agressive displacement theory occurs as a result of frustration you are frustrated and so you let it out in an agressive action that could result in someone getting hurt Middle school teams coaches post who made the team on the wall parents are typically the first ones