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welcome
Russell, J. S. (2007). Children and Dangerous Sport and Recreation.
Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 34(2), 176-193.
+About me…
Ryan Aubin ( hi )
Director for the Town of Griswold
I OverseeThe Park & Recreation Dept.
Along with The Youth & Family Services Dept.
Only a rookie, I have 7 years experienceas a Director.
I have a staff of 40+ during summerand nine during fall/winter.
I am responsible for eight parks,two budgets & a youth center.
+About me…
I work for the Town I grew up in.
I love my job.
I work too much.
I get paid too little.
Working with kids each day,
makes all the stress worth it.
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If you limit risk of injury, from your
children’s sports and activities…
An article by J.S. Russell
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are you also preventing
opportunities of personal
growth…
An article by J.S. Russell
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which is critical to the process of
adolescences to adulthood?
An article by J.S. Russell
+Huh?
If you limit risk of injury, from your children’s sports
and activities…
are you also preventing opportunities of personal
growth…
which is critical to the process of adolescences to
adulthood?
+In Relation to Sport…
P.E. Teachers?
What Sport are You Unable to Have Your Students Participate in?
?
+In Relation to Sport…
?
Dodgeball has been outlawed
by some school districts in
New York, Texas, Utah and
Virginia.
How About
Connecticut?
But Removed
From Many
School Districts
by Board of
Education
Requests.
NO
+In Dodgeball…
According to
Russell, by
removing your
children from sports
/ activities with a
higher element of
risk….
That loss
opportunity will have
a long term affect on
your child
throughout his/her
life.
+Russell’s article explores
these questions by
classifying two
perspectives.
1. The Common Sense View
2. The Uncommon Sense View
+The Common Sense View
Highlighted by a fabrication of eliminating all
risk, by the oversight of the “Danger Averting
Devices,”
comically titled:
“DADs” for short.
D.A.D.
+The Common Sense View
The DAD would protect a child or adult in any
situation of risk.
Though the suggestion of the device is imaginative,
the DAD would remove all risk for any situation,
ever.
The DAD system gives the reader a perspective
of a world without accidents and injuries thus
removing the child’s likelihood to confront or
experience risk firsthand.
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Please consider, with the well-known human
necessity of pushing limits purely for the thrill
of the experience…
A world
without
risk…
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• Wouldn’t the daily interference of the DAD
oversight increase the urge a certain type of
youth/adults to perform riskier behaviors?
A world
without
risk…
+Is Risk a Good Thing?
Physical fear and pain, experienced in dangerous
sports or activities, inform our moral imagination of
what it is like to be suffering?
Therefore reinforces empathy upon other humans
leading to positive actions to assist those who need
us.
+Risk & Danger…
Offers the participant a chance to make:
good choices,
encourage confidence
to live healthier based on knowledge from prior
experiences.
For example, in baseball, if you are standing too close
to plate the ball may hit you.
- You will learn from your mistakes.
+The Uncommon Sense View
Focuses on the value of self-affirmation
DEFINITION: SELF – AFFIRMATION
The theory of self-
affirmation is a
psychological theory
that was first
proposed by Claudia
Steele (1988) with the
premise that people
are motivated to
maintain the integrity
of the self.
+The Uncommon Sense View
As a youth challenging him/herself to test limits of
one’s being, the boy/girl will have a chance:
to face danger
to manage the situation and
absorb the benefit of learning virtues (like courage,
pride, self-sufficiency and perseverance from the
experience.)
+ Focus on
Childhood
Development
A Child’s world is
filled with thought-
producing hurdles that
expand the limits of
their being:
Physically
Intellectually
Emotionally.
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Confronting a
challenging physical
dangerous situation
creates a unique
situation to approach,
attempt, fail or
overcoming the
obstacles.
This leads to creating
and discovering oneself and
understanding your mortal limits.
Focus on
Childhood
Development
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More
importantly,
it is the driving
force for those
trying to master
a sport or
personal goal.
TONY
Focus on
Childhood
Development
+ This author
expresses two points
of views and
creatively argues
against the cultural
pursuit of removing
all risk from sport
and recreational
settings.
J.S. Russell
+Removing Risk will…
Have a negative affect on the youth
participants and their journey into adulthood.
Understandably, games like two-hand touch
football, tag, baseball and etc…
“have an element of risk, but they also
have positive factors learned from the
experience of risk.”
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It is up to the facilitator… (i.e. league, town, city, board and/or organization)
to have a fundamental concentration of
limiting the risk of injury, at all
opportunities…
while allowing the participant to have
his/her own learning experience.
+Coaches & Instructors must…
Systematically introduce the participants to
the risk and properly describe how to
advert danger, ultimately better preparing
them for the experience.
For example, when teaching skateboarding,
the first lesson is how to fall
properly to protect you
from injury.
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It did have its flaws….
Though the
article was an
outstanding
opinioned piece
of work…
+Flaws…
Why was there no
study/experiment to prove the
statements?
Why the tunnel vision
perspective discounting youth’s
with disabilities?
+No study or experiment…
Just opinion…
I would recommend a mixed method study with a
case study design of two groups.
One group = sheltered from two identified “dangerous”
sports.
Other Group = children who participated
in the same two “dangerous” sports.
+No study or experiment…
Just opinion…
Both groups of five subjects
Observed / Surveyed at:
5 years old
16 years old
27 years old.
+How About…
Questioning could reflect their opinions and personal
milestones related to topics:
Pride,
Leadership,
Empathy
self-awareness, at each stage of their lives along with
their guardian’s perspective.
+Youth involved in risky sports
would show characteristics of…
Courage Leadership Empathy
In Their Adult Occupations
+What about Disabilities?
The last argument, which is reality but is not
mentioned within the article, are those who have
disabilities from birth like Cystic Fibrosis, Type 1
Disabilities, Brittle Bone Disease and etc.
Would the author still demonstrate an unenthusiastic
scrutiny on playground risk-sanitation if a child could
be tragically injured, paralyzed or worst by
participating?
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Why did
I pick
this
article?
+ Why did
I pick
this
article?• In 2007, sitting on my office desk
was an envelope from a private
group, within Connecticut.
• They were citing an article about
East Shore Middle School, of Milford,
banning high-fives, hugging and
horseplay from their district.
They were risky behaviors…
+ Why did
I pick
this
article?
• Their group wanted my department
to sign a petition to ban what they
consider are risky activities, like
dodge ball, red rover, lacrosse and
etc.
• This article brilliantly expressed
opinions that I hold but could not
describe at that point in my career.
+ Why did
I pick
this
article?
• My opinion is that as long as
there are those who think
government intervention is
necessary on every aspect of our
lives…
+ Why did
I pick
this
article?
• Even simple backyard games like
freeze tag and red rover will to be
banned from non-profit/municipal
camps and programming…
• My opinion is that this will
undoubtedly impair generations to
come.
=
GENERATION WUSSY?
+ Why did
I pick
this
article?
• Nevertheless, that petition sat
comfortably in my trashcan.
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Class
Activity
1 2
3 4• I Will Display 4 “Risky” Sports, One at a Time.
• Please Identify:
• What is a Risk Related?
• What Positive Benefit is Learned from this Risk?
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1 2
3 4
THE
GAME
OF TAG
• Per Sport:
•What is a Risk Related?
•What Positive Benefit is Learned from this Risk?
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1 2
3 4
SKATE
BOARDING
• Per Sport:
•What is a Risk Related?
•What Positive Benefit is Learned from this Risk?
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1 2
3 4
DODGE
- BALL
• Per Sport:
•What is a Risk Related?
•What Positive Benefit is Learned from this Risk?
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1 2
3 4KARATE
• Per Sport:
•What is a Risk Related?
•What Positive Benefit is Learned from this Risk?
Thank you for listening….
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