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Jay Coakley: Sport Sociology Phenomena Revealed
Jay Coakley: Sport Sociology Phenomena Revealed
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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Nov 1, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
**Listen in as Positive Coaching Alliance goes 1-on-1 in interviews with top pro and college players, coaches, executives and other major sports figures who provide tips, tools, information and inspiration for youth and high school sports coaches, parents and student-athletes.**
This 1-on-1 interview features PCA National Advisory Board Member Jay Coakley ([@SiSCoakley](https://twitter.com/SiSCoakley)), Professor Emeritus of sociology at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He has done 40 years of research on connections between sports, culture and society, much of that focused on the play, games and sport participation of young people. His *Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies*(11th edition) is the world's most widely used sports sociology text.
Jim Thompson ([@JimThompson18](https://twitter.com/JimThompson18)), PCA Founder and CEO, talks to Coakley about phenomena of sports sociology. Coakley discusses how public support for a team, or an individual team member's behavior, is more accepted when that team is winning. He also talks about how unfair it is to put children on a traveling team and compel specialization at a young age, when they haven’t even developed or discovered if they want to play the sport at that level. Specialization can be truly damaging to a kid, and it also creates a culture where there isn’t a place for kids who don’t want to specialize. Coakley urges parents to consider how to best involve their child in sports for their development. Here's where you'll find Coakley talking about featured topics:
- **Specialization**- 20:30, 23:50
- **Injury**- 26:10
- **Mistakes**- 18:18, 31:40
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This 1-on-1 interview features PCA National Advisory Board Member Jay Coakley ([@SiSCoakley](https://twitter.com/SiSCoakley)), Professor Emeritus of sociology at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He has done 40 years of research on connections between sports, culture and society, much of that focused on the play, games and sport participation of young people. His *Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies*(11th edition) is the world's most widely used sports sociology text.
Jim Thompson ([@JimThompson18](https://twitter.com/JimThompson18)), PCA Founder and CEO, talks to Coakley about phenomena of sports sociology. Coakley discusses how public support for a team, or an individual team member's behavior, is more accepted when that team is winning. He also talks about how unfair it is to put children on a traveling team and compel specialization at a young age, when they haven’t even developed or discovered if they want to play the sport at that level. Specialization can be truly damaging to a kid, and it also creates a culture where there isn’t a place for kids who don’t want to specialize. Coakley urges parents to consider how to best involve their child in sports for their development. Here's where you'll find Coakley talking about featured topics:
- **Specialization**- 20:30, 23:50
- **Injury**- 26:10
- **Mistakes**- 18:18, 31:40
Like what you hear? To subscribe to our podcast in iTunes, [click here](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pca-development-zone/id952838976?mt=2)
Released:
Nov 1, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (43)
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