PST312M ASSIGNMENT 2 MEMO -2021
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, 1. Which factors influence the modern era of sport?
• Secularism: Nowadays material values play a bigger role than religious
beliefs as in the past.
• Equality for all: Both men and women can partake in sport.
• Specialisation: Athletes specialises at a young age.
• Rationalisation and rules: Sport is managed and monitored by strategies
and rules.
• Bureaucratisation: Sport consist of a compound structure namely; local,
regional and national.
2. Changes in body proportions affect how skills are performed. Explain
why this is so
• The comparative size of the head during early childhood impacts the balance
of the body trough movement.
• The comparative shortness of legs in young children reduce their running
ability.
• Long arms and legs at the start of puberty allow learners to run better and it
grants them potential to get speed resulting in running faster.
• Rapid growth result in clumsiness.
• The extra weight that girls obtain during puberty and their body posture
changes has an impact on the speed they can move at.
• To change the running distance from short to long is suggested because girls
run slower during puberty.
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UNIQUE NUMBER: 605674
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, 1. Which factors influence the modern era of sport?
• Secularism: Nowadays material values play a bigger role than religious
beliefs as in the past.
• Equality for all: Both men and women can partake in sport.
• Specialisation: Athletes specialises at a young age.
• Rationalisation and rules: Sport is managed and monitored by strategies
and rules.
• Bureaucratisation: Sport consist of a compound structure namely; local,
regional and national.
2. Changes in body proportions affect how skills are performed. Explain
why this is so
• The comparative size of the head during early childhood impacts the balance
of the body trough movement.
• The comparative shortness of legs in young children reduce their running
ability.
• Long arms and legs at the start of puberty allow learners to run better and it
grants them potential to get speed resulting in running faster.
• Rapid growth result in clumsiness.
• The extra weight that girls obtain during puberty and their body posture
changes has an impact on the speed they can move at.
• To change the running distance from short to long is suggested because girls
run slower during puberty.
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