To play or not to play, that’s the question – young people’s experiences of organized spontaneous sport

Högman, Johan; Augustsson, Christian

doi:10.1080/17430437.2016.1269080

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“…For example, future interventions may seek to adapt aspects of Högman's 'organised spontaneous sport' approach, which provided a supervised location for youth to engage in informal sports of their own choosing. 52 This strategy may be expanded to allow youth to engage in a wider variety of physical activities that may not be categorized as 'sports', such as playground games or parkour. This approach would benefit from additional research to provide a more detailed understanding of specific types of non-organized PA that are prone to decline.…”

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Participation in Domains of Physical Activity Among Australian Youth During the Transition From Childhood to Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study

Kemp¹,

Parrish²,

Batterham³

et al. 2020

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

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Background: Information about the domains of physical activity (PA) that are most prone to decline between late childhood (11 y), early adolescence (13 y), and mid-adolescence (15 y) may support more targeted health promotion strategies. This study explored longitudinal trends in nonorganized PA, organized PA, active transport and active chores/work between childhood and adolescence, and potential sociodemographic moderators of changes. Methods: Data were sourced from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (n = 4108). Participation in PA domains was extracted from youth time-use diaries. Potential moderators were sex, Indigenous status, language spoken at home, socioeconomic position, and geographical remoteness. Results: A large quadratic decline in nonorganized PA (−48 min/d, P < .001) was moderated by sex (β = 5.55, P = .047) and home language (β = 8.55, P = .047), with girls (−39 min/d) and those from a non-English speaking background (−46 min/d) declining more between 11 and 13 years. Active chores/work increased between 11 and 13 years (+4 min/d, P < .001) and then stabilized. Active transport increased among boys between 11 and 13 years (+6 min/d, P < .001) and then declined between 13 and 15 years (−4 min/d, P < .001). Organized PA remained stable. Conclusions: The longitudinal decline in PA participation may be lessened by targeting nonorganized PA between childhood and adolescence. Future interventions may target girls or those from non-English speaking backgrounds during this transition.

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Participation in Domains of Physical Activity Among Australian Youth During the Transition From Childhood to Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study

Kemp¹,

Parrish²,

Batterham³

et al. 2020

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

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“…The voices of youth themselves are of course instrumental to grasp how the rationalities of rule mapped out in this article materialize and form order among subjects and in society (cf. Foucault, 1982, 2009, 2010; Högman & Augustsson, 2017; Rose, 1999). And, most notably, this is a principal ambition in the continuing study of midnight football and sports-based interventions.…”

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“…Activities consist of organized, yet spontaneous (cf. Högman & Augustsson, 2017), five-a-side football, indoors Saturday nights from 20 to 24. Activities are organized in the sense that they are regular activities managed by the clubs and the foundation recurrently conducted at certain hours and at certain places, with coaches engaged and present, and spontaneous in the sense that participants are not necessarily members of the clubs conducting the activities and the youth do not announce presence or participation beforehand.…”

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A Model of Discipline: The Rule(s) of Midnight Football and the Production of Order in Subjects and Society

Ekholm

Dahlstedt

2020

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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This article explores the rationalities of social change of a sports-based intervention, midnight football, carried out on two sites in the suburban landscape of Sweden. Based on interviews with coaches and managers and on-site observations, we examine how rationalities and technologies of social change are promoted, how technologies of social change are assumed to operate within the intervention, and how the intervention objectives are formed in relation to the technologies promoted. The analysis is guided by a Foucauldian perspective on disciplinary and pastoral power. It displays how various conceptualizations of risk underpin the intervention, and, in particular, technologies of spatial and temporal diversion. Youth are (dis)located to perceived sites of order and rule, as midnight football is portrayed as a regulated arena in opposition to outside sites of disorder. To form and visualize the rules of law, coaches, ascribed the position of role-models and law-makers, have a particularly important role to play, embodying law, rule, and conduct. In addition, disciplinary power operates through normalizing sanctions, stressing the corrective influence of coaches and readjustment of youth conduct. The technologies promoted are underpinned by goals to form a certain order of subjects, where ideals of conduct can be transferred and proliferated to the world outside, forming order and security in society. Those deemed at-risk and in need of social change, are addressed by means of discipline and control. Conclusively, the technologies promoted appear more as a symptom of existing patterns of inequalities and segregation than as a solution to the challenges confronted.

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“…For example, Berstein and colleagues [43] described a lower-skilled student who enjoyed playing an improvised variation of the game of 'tag' that involved group strategy development. Such activities may be supported by loosely-facilitated PA sessions, similar to Högman and Augustsson's 'organized spontaneous sport' model [44]. In this approach, a supervised program may be developed that sets a 'safe' culture for youth to engage in freely-chosen, improvised games that suit their interests and motives [44].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such activities may be supported by loosely-facilitated PA sessions, similar to Högman and Augustsson's 'organized spontaneous sport' model [44]. In this approach, a supervised program may be developed that sets a 'safe' culture for youth to engage in freely-chosen, improvised games that suit their interests and motives [44]. This might enable youth to pursue forms of PA that provide extrinsic, affiliative benefits [42].…”

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confidence: 99%

‘Social screens’ and ‘the mainstream’: longitudinal competitors of non-organized physical activity in the transition from childhood to adolescence

Kemp

Parrish

Cliff

2020

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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Background: Physical activity (PA) tends to decline during late childhood and adolescence. In Australia, this decline has been shown to occur particularly in non-organized PA (e.g. active play and informal sport). Using a social marketing approach, segments of youth may be identified and targeted based on their profile of alternative activities that compete with non-organized PA during the transition to adolescence. The objectives of this study were to identify and describe segments of youth whose participation in non-organized PA declined between 11 and 13 years, based on changes in other potential competing activities during this period. Methods: Data were sourced from Waves 4 and 5 of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Participation in non-organized PA and thirteen alternative activities (e.g. video games, homework, sleep) were measured using 24-h time-use diaries. Analyses were limited to participants whose non-organized PA had declined between 11 and 13 years (n = 1043). Two-stage cluster analysis was conducted and segments were described using chi-square and ttests. Results: Among the analytic sample, average non-organized PA participation declined by 87 min/day between 11y and 13y (p < 0.001). Two segments were identified (κ = 0.66). The 'Social Screens' segment (n = 143) had large increases in texting, emailing and social media use (+ 56 min/day, p < 0.001) and other internet use (+ 32 min/day, p < 0.001). Conversely, 'the Mainstream' segment (n = 900) had smaller increases in a wider range of activities, including other PA (organized PA, active transport, active chores/work) (+ 16.0 min/day, p < 0.001), homework/study (+ 9.5 min/day, p < 0.001) and electronic gaming (+ 6.7 min/day, p < 0.05). 'Social Screens' were more likely to attend public school, live in urban areas and have more advanced pubertal development (girls only). 'The Mainstream' were more likely to participate in PA and out-of-school activities. Conclusions: The 'Social Screens' segment had a much larger increase in texting, emailing, social media and other internet use, and lower participation in overall PA and out-of-school activities, compared with 'the Mainstream'. Future research may trial PA promotion strategies to replace benefits that this segment may seek in competing activities (e.g. social PA apps).

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To play or not to play, that’s the question – young people’s experiences of organized spontaneous sport

Cited by 14 publications

References 12 publications

Participation in Domains of Physical Activity Among Australian Youth During the Transition From Childhood to Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study

Participation in Domains of Physical Activity Among Australian Youth During the Transition From Childhood to Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study

A Model of Discipline: The Rule(s) of Midnight Football and the Production of Order in Subjects and Society

‘Social screens’ and ‘the mainstream’: longitudinal competitors of non-organized physical activity in the transition from childhood to adolescence

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