Sports And Aggressive Behavior
Sport and aggressive behavior, Do sports create aggressive behavior, or
simply attract people who are already aggressive? Aggression and sport have
gone together as long as sports have been around, be it the players
themselves, to the parents, coaches, or spectators, they just seem to be an
inseparable part of each other. The term violence is defined as physical
assault based on total disregard for the well being of self and others, or the
intent to injure another person ( 2. Coakley). Intimidation usually does not
cause physical harm, but often is designed to produce psychological
consequences, enabling one person to physically over power or dominate
another. These statements as defined by the author, Jay J. Coakley, is what
people today have made a must part on sport. Pleasure and participation
sports absolutely cannot be grouped with power and performance sports
when in relation to aggression.Pleasure sports are simply played for pleasure.
Score is usually not kept. The athletes participating are usually on occasion
doing it for fun and exercise. A majority of athletes who have been playing
sports since they were little, have probably been pounded into their heads
that to be successful in sport, you need to be aggressive, and at some times,
unnecessary. Also that to get what you want, you have to go at it with all
force. Not that this is wrong but, this attitude in today's...
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