Different barriers:
Social - This is a barrier that applies to a number of people, this is more common in younger people. It is basically when someone does not have the social skills to allow them to just participate in sport or join a new sports team. If someone does not feel comfortable with mixing with others they will struggle to participate in sport. Making friends is a vital part of joining a sports team so this will restrict a person with this issue when they decide to try and get involved. Another thing that contributes to this is what others in your peer group do, if they don't like what you want to do they may peer pressure you into not doing it. A social barrier for young people at the foundation stage would be if they have low self esteem, lack of confidence or possibly getting bullied, the other two factors may arise due to a young person being bullied so they link together, this would damage their confidence thus hindering their desire to play sports. Black and ethnic groups may also feel a social barrier as there are obviously some communities that so not accept other ethnic groups which could prove to be an issue when trying to get involved at a foundation level, racism is a big issue in sport as it can leave the victims feeling intimidated and reluctant to start playing a sport at basic levels thus restricting their desire to get involved at a later age. A side product of this would be that they may have bad social skills which would restrict them from actually joining a new sports team at participation level as they do not have the capacity to make new friends as a result of the tough time they get from other kids. A disability can be a huge influence on an individual's social skills and willingness to involve themselves with others and get active, they may feel self conscious about their body and feel as if they are not as good as the people they are competing with if they are able-bodied.
One idea to overcome this barrier would be to improve sport facilities in schools to the extent that the kids would be able to take part in sport and have a good quality session, if the kids learn to play together and enjoy sport at this young age it will not only improve confidence but it will also encourage healthy relationships amongst everyone. This would obviously need funding which could be acquired from the council but this would be the only problem which would be faced as im sure schools would be happy to have high quality sport facilities. Another way of overcoming social barriers would be to install sports facilities for disabled sports which is accessible for people locally, it would allow disabled people to stay active but would need funding from the council. It is for a very good cause and it is vital that disabled people are not deprived of the opportunity to engage in physical activity. Another way of overcoming social barriers could be to simply allow the participants to get to know each other or even just play fun games to start with to get everyone in the session friendly with each other and break the ice with everyone, it will help the more socially awkward people in the group feel more at ease and it will not cost any extra money so it will not be a problem.
Cultural - In a multi race country such as England there will obviously be different sports that are popular within different cultures throughout the country. For example, korfball is a sport that originated in the Netherlands, however it is not a very well known sport at all in England and this as well as other sports that seem obscure to us may not be nationally recognised, there is a very limited amount of exposure to young peoplewithin this sport which creates a small amount of participants throughout the nation. Because of this there may not be any opportunities to play the sport as there are not many other players as well as the fact that there will probably not be any coaches and clubs available. People of other ethnics that are a part of a community which makes them a minority may have a sport that they have a passion for but is not a sport that the community that is not partaken in by others within it, this obviously restricts the opportunity to actually play this sport, especially if this person has grown up playing a particular sport in another country that they have grown up in and then moved away it will be more frustrating, there needs to be initiatives in place for young people to do sports in general that are just a bit different, this will encourage more a cultural acceptance throughout the country if young people of mixing with kids of other ethnic backgrounds which will result in multicultural acceptance. Women may also face this barrier as in some cultures it is frowned upon for women to play and compete in certain sports, of course this will restrict them to very little time where they can actually get involved in this sport. Older people would also struggle with this barrier as they are sometimes not given the opportunity to play certain sports within some cultures as they are seen to just be people who sit around all day, this restricts the amount of exposure and pooprtunities that they are given. This may leave them to doubt their own ability leading to them not staying active. A way of overcoming this is to introduce sessions of sports that come from different cultures within local communities as it will allow people to give different sports a chance and this may lead to wider participation in other sports of different cultures thus giving people who actually want to play it the opportunity to do so. It would need some but not a lot of funding so it should not be too much of a problem to make something like this happen.
Economic - This entails issues based around money, there will be a lot of areas of the country that have to face this issue as its biggest obstacle when it comes to promoting sport and actually getting people involved in sport in order to create a healthy lifestyle within the small community. Individuals may also face this issue, a low income is just one of the examples of ways people are affected in this way; they may not be able to afford the correct equipment to play the sport e.g. shin pads and boots for football. If they play for a school team and need to pay for the bus fare for away games and cannot pay this will obviously cause a barrier for them as it will limit the amount they can play. Older people may face this problem as a lot of them to don't actually work leaving them having to watch how they spend their money, if they have to pay to use local sport facilities they must prioritise where they put their money leaving them to not get involved in sport, having to mange money especially when they are already with a limited budget adding a certain amount onto how much they spend each week just on sport is sometimes not sustainable on top of buying all the equipment. It is for this reason that deals and discounts need to be in place of older people to take advantage of. Young people who come from unprivileged backgrounds will not be able to afford proper equipment in some cases like shinpads or even kit which is a big issue and discourages them to get involved in sport which may follow them into adult life, of course it is vital for participants to be able to acquire this type of equipment simply for safety reasons, it is not safe to participate in certain sports without the required equipment such as shinpads in football.. Disabled people face similar issues as if their disability does not allow them to work then, obviously, their income will be at a minimum and some equipment that is required in some disability sports may cost a bit extra than it normally would meaning sport for some is not an option, disability sports are in a minority already without the economic barrier, overcoming this is so important as we need to restrict the barriers that are presented to disabled people in order to minimalist the amount of disabled people who want to get into sport but just cannot do so because of the barriers that face them. Introducing free-to-use facilities would obviously be one of the better ways to go about overcoming this barrier. Something like a little caged football area or something along those lines allows people with not that much money to still be able to go out and engage in physical activity, it would cost a bit of money to build but it is worth it as small communities do need something like this in order stay active especially in areas that are known to have a lot of people with not a lot of money as without one of these it is the whole community that will miss out. Another way of doing this would be to focus on young people, in particular ones that play in school teams as for away games normally a small fee is required for the bus but some kids wont actually be able to pay for that so introducing a system where it is possible for kids to have free transport to away games. It could be something as simple as the school paying the child's fee or to just let the kid on without having to pay. Something along these lines is vital in order to keep the number of young people playing sports at a maximum.
Historical - There is a historical element to sport in this country and how it is played. Traditionally, a lot of sports are male-dominated especially contact sports which limits women nowadays to how regularly they can take part in sport, because of this and the way kids are brought up to think that some sports are just for males it creates a sense of not fiiting in for women who want to get involved with a certain sport, initiatives specifically for girls must be introduced in order to overcome this barrier.. Because of the fact that, historically, women have often been somewhat excluded from contact sports such as rugby which now limits the amount of women actually play now that it is more acceptable for women to play sports like this. This means that when there is a woman that actually wants to get involved in rugby they will struggle to do so because of either lack of other women whom are local to this specific person or just plainly due to the fact that there are no local women's rugby clubs available for them to join. Women, up until recently, have been massively hindered when it comes to sport, to say even rights for women were not a thing up until recently it shows how new the idea of women being equally seen in sports at the moment is in the process, we need to carry on improving the ways availabe to get women involved in sport to get to the point where sometime in the fute women may be seen equally. In the past they haven't been able to participate in sport, and still it is considered that women sport is still rather unpopular when compared to men, this means that there is not as much advertisement for the game for women resulting in there still only being a minority of women that play sports. Older people, throughout time, have been pushed out of sport as it is mainly targeted at younger people, because of this older people may feel inadequate, however more exposure to sport and tafgetting older people for sport sessions will encourage a more active lifestyle among more elderly people.. This results in a lack of clubs that facilitate older people, or at least encourages them to get involved, resulting in them feeling that physical activity is not for them. Many disabled people are also faced with such issues, historically disabled sport has been in a minority as it has never been advertised well and it is portrayed through the media that sport is for able-bodied people which does not encourage disabled people to start sport from a young age.
Educational - A lot of young people are first introduced to sport at school through PE, because of this PE is also where they first encounter their weaknesses and this shapes their self-consciousness, if they start to feel bad about their shape and size at a young age because of PE this will follow them throughout their childhood and school life and possibly even into their adult life, it is down to the teacher to encourage the kids and try and make them feel better about themselves but at the end of the day this is a very difficult task to do to a whole class of kids, which shows how young people face this barrier. More factors of the educational barrier are lack of facilities which will not spur young people on to get involved in sport outside of school, facilities and leisure centres must be made more accessible for young people if they are to pursue sports competitively as accessible facilities are the first step into creating young athletes. Disabled children are often just allowed to sit out of PE rather than being encouraged to join in which portrays the idea that they are not supposed to get involved which is not the case, however this follows them throughout life and their mindset just never changes, teachers must adapt sessions in order to overcome this barrier in a way that can get the disabled person involved in the session, this could be something as simple as making the session easier with the skills that are going to be practiced.. Women also face this to some extent, they are not taught how to play sports like rugby is PE unlike the boys are which, from an early age, almost brainwashes them into thinking there are some sports that they are not supposed to get involved in thus restricting them from doing so later on as they enter adult life. Specialty sessions for girls in sports such as rugby should be encouraged in order to make girls realise how they can in fact get involved in these types of sport, keeping them away from these sports will only discourage them which will not do anything towards making this barrier any easier to overcome.
Social - This is a barrier that applies to a number of people, this is more common in younger people. It is basically when someone does not have the social skills to allow them to just participate in sport or join a new sports team. If someone does not feel comfortable with mixing with others they will struggle to participate in sport. Making friends is a vital part of joining a sports team so this will restrict a person with this issue when they decide to try and get involved. Another thing that contributes to this is what others in your peer group do, if they don't like what you want to do they may peer pressure you into not doing it. A social barrier for young people at the foundation stage would be if they have low self esteem, lack of confidence or possibly getting bullied, the other two factors may arise due to a young person being bullied so they link together, this would damage their confidence thus hindering their desire to play sports. Black and ethnic groups may also feel a social barrier as there are obviously some communities that so not accept other ethnic groups which could prove to be an issue when trying to get involved at a foundation level, racism is a big issue in sport as it can leave the victims feeling intimidated and reluctant to start playing a sport at basic levels thus restricting their desire to get involved at a later age. A side product of this would be that they may have bad social skills which would restrict them from actually joining a new sports team at participation level as they do not have the capacity to make new friends as a result of the tough time they get from other kids. A disability can be a huge influence on an individual's social skills and willingness to involve themselves with others and get active, they may feel self conscious about their body and feel as if they are not as good as the people they are competing with if they are able-bodied.
One idea to overcome this barrier would be to improve sport facilities in schools to the extent that the kids would be able to take part in sport and have a good quality session, if the kids learn to play together and enjoy sport at this young age it will not only improve confidence but it will also encourage healthy relationships amongst everyone. This would obviously need funding which could be acquired from the council but this would be the only problem which would be faced as im sure schools would be happy to have high quality sport facilities. Another way of overcoming social barriers would be to install sports facilities for disabled sports which is accessible for people locally, it would allow disabled people to stay active but would need funding from the council. It is for a very good cause and it is vital that disabled people are not deprived of the opportunity to engage in physical activity. Another way of overcoming social barriers could be to simply allow the participants to get to know each other or even just play fun games to start with to get everyone in the session friendly with each other and break the ice with everyone, it will help the more socially awkward people in the group feel more at ease and it will not cost any extra money so it will not be a problem.
Cultural - In a multi race country such as England there will obviously be different sports that are popular within different cultures throughout the country. For example, korfball is a sport that originated in the Netherlands, however it is not a very well known sport at all in England and this as well as other sports that seem obscure to us may not be nationally recognised, there is a very limited amount of exposure to young peoplewithin this sport which creates a small amount of participants throughout the nation. Because of this there may not be any opportunities to play the sport as there are not many other players as well as the fact that there will probably not be any coaches and clubs available. People of other ethnics that are a part of a community which makes them a minority may have a sport that they have a passion for but is not a sport that the community that is not partaken in by others within it, this obviously restricts the opportunity to actually play this sport, especially if this person has grown up playing a particular sport in another country that they have grown up in and then moved away it will be more frustrating, there needs to be initiatives in place for young people to do sports in general that are just a bit different, this will encourage more a cultural acceptance throughout the country if young people of mixing with kids of other ethnic backgrounds which will result in multicultural acceptance. Women may also face this barrier as in some cultures it is frowned upon for women to play and compete in certain sports, of course this will restrict them to very little time where they can actually get involved in this sport. Older people would also struggle with this barrier as they are sometimes not given the opportunity to play certain sports within some cultures as they are seen to just be people who sit around all day, this restricts the amount of exposure and pooprtunities that they are given. This may leave them to doubt their own ability leading to them not staying active. A way of overcoming this is to introduce sessions of sports that come from different cultures within local communities as it will allow people to give different sports a chance and this may lead to wider participation in other sports of different cultures thus giving people who actually want to play it the opportunity to do so. It would need some but not a lot of funding so it should not be too much of a problem to make something like this happen.
Economic - This entails issues based around money, there will be a lot of areas of the country that have to face this issue as its biggest obstacle when it comes to promoting sport and actually getting people involved in sport in order to create a healthy lifestyle within the small community. Individuals may also face this issue, a low income is just one of the examples of ways people are affected in this way; they may not be able to afford the correct equipment to play the sport e.g. shin pads and boots for football. If they play for a school team and need to pay for the bus fare for away games and cannot pay this will obviously cause a barrier for them as it will limit the amount they can play. Older people may face this problem as a lot of them to don't actually work leaving them having to watch how they spend their money, if they have to pay to use local sport facilities they must prioritise where they put their money leaving them to not get involved in sport, having to mange money especially when they are already with a limited budget adding a certain amount onto how much they spend each week just on sport is sometimes not sustainable on top of buying all the equipment. It is for this reason that deals and discounts need to be in place of older people to take advantage of. Young people who come from unprivileged backgrounds will not be able to afford proper equipment in some cases like shinpads or even kit which is a big issue and discourages them to get involved in sport which may follow them into adult life, of course it is vital for participants to be able to acquire this type of equipment simply for safety reasons, it is not safe to participate in certain sports without the required equipment such as shinpads in football.. Disabled people face similar issues as if their disability does not allow them to work then, obviously, their income will be at a minimum and some equipment that is required in some disability sports may cost a bit extra than it normally would meaning sport for some is not an option, disability sports are in a minority already without the economic barrier, overcoming this is so important as we need to restrict the barriers that are presented to disabled people in order to minimalist the amount of disabled people who want to get into sport but just cannot do so because of the barriers that face them. Introducing free-to-use facilities would obviously be one of the better ways to go about overcoming this barrier. Something like a little caged football area or something along those lines allows people with not that much money to still be able to go out and engage in physical activity, it would cost a bit of money to build but it is worth it as small communities do need something like this in order stay active especially in areas that are known to have a lot of people with not a lot of money as without one of these it is the whole community that will miss out. Another way of doing this would be to focus on young people, in particular ones that play in school teams as for away games normally a small fee is required for the bus but some kids wont actually be able to pay for that so introducing a system where it is possible for kids to have free transport to away games. It could be something as simple as the school paying the child's fee or to just let the kid on without having to pay. Something along these lines is vital in order to keep the number of young people playing sports at a maximum.
Historical - There is a historical element to sport in this country and how it is played. Traditionally, a lot of sports are male-dominated especially contact sports which limits women nowadays to how regularly they can take part in sport, because of this and the way kids are brought up to think that some sports are just for males it creates a sense of not fiiting in for women who want to get involved with a certain sport, initiatives specifically for girls must be introduced in order to overcome this barrier.. Because of the fact that, historically, women have often been somewhat excluded from contact sports such as rugby which now limits the amount of women actually play now that it is more acceptable for women to play sports like this. This means that when there is a woman that actually wants to get involved in rugby they will struggle to do so because of either lack of other women whom are local to this specific person or just plainly due to the fact that there are no local women's rugby clubs available for them to join. Women, up until recently, have been massively hindered when it comes to sport, to say even rights for women were not a thing up until recently it shows how new the idea of women being equally seen in sports at the moment is in the process, we need to carry on improving the ways availabe to get women involved in sport to get to the point where sometime in the fute women may be seen equally. In the past they haven't been able to participate in sport, and still it is considered that women sport is still rather unpopular when compared to men, this means that there is not as much advertisement for the game for women resulting in there still only being a minority of women that play sports. Older people, throughout time, have been pushed out of sport as it is mainly targeted at younger people, because of this older people may feel inadequate, however more exposure to sport and tafgetting older people for sport sessions will encourage a more active lifestyle among more elderly people.. This results in a lack of clubs that facilitate older people, or at least encourages them to get involved, resulting in them feeling that physical activity is not for them. Many disabled people are also faced with such issues, historically disabled sport has been in a minority as it has never been advertised well and it is portrayed through the media that sport is for able-bodied people which does not encourage disabled people to start sport from a young age.
Educational - A lot of young people are first introduced to sport at school through PE, because of this PE is also where they first encounter their weaknesses and this shapes their self-consciousness, if they start to feel bad about their shape and size at a young age because of PE this will follow them throughout their childhood and school life and possibly even into their adult life, it is down to the teacher to encourage the kids and try and make them feel better about themselves but at the end of the day this is a very difficult task to do to a whole class of kids, which shows how young people face this barrier. More factors of the educational barrier are lack of facilities which will not spur young people on to get involved in sport outside of school, facilities and leisure centres must be made more accessible for young people if they are to pursue sports competitively as accessible facilities are the first step into creating young athletes. Disabled children are often just allowed to sit out of PE rather than being encouraged to join in which portrays the idea that they are not supposed to get involved which is not the case, however this follows them throughout life and their mindset just never changes, teachers must adapt sessions in order to overcome this barrier in a way that can get the disabled person involved in the session, this could be something as simple as making the session easier with the skills that are going to be practiced.. Women also face this to some extent, they are not taught how to play sports like rugby is PE unlike the boys are which, from an early age, almost brainwashes them into thinking there are some sports that they are not supposed to get involved in thus restricting them from doing so later on as they enter adult life. Specialty sessions for girls in sports such as rugby should be encouraged in order to make girls realise how they can in fact get involved in these types of sport, keeping them away from these sports will only discourage them which will not do anything towards making this barrier any easier to overcome.
your first group within social is excellent and clear distinction level, however this needs to be replicated throughout
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