Year 11 - Physical education
Hooliganism
Socio-cultural influences: ethics and behaviour
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Unit Summary
This unit will examine socio-cultural factors concerned with sportsmanship, gamesmanship and deviance in sport to understand the choices made by some sportspeople and spectators.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to identify the causes of hooliganism and evaluate strategies used to combat it, including their effectiveness.
Key Notes
- Hooliganism can be caused by rivalries, hype, alcohol/drugs, gang culture and frustration with officials.
- Strategies to combat hooliganism include early kick-offs, creating all-seater stadiums and segregating fans.
- Improved security measures, alcohol restrictions and travel restrictions/banning orders can address hooliganism.
- Education, promotional activities, campaigns, and high-profile endorsements can help reduce hooliganism.
Vocabulary To Learn
- spectator: a person who watches a sports event and can influence the atmosphere
- hooliganism: disorderly, aggressive and often violent behaviour by spectators at sporting events
- segregation: in sport: act of separating groups of rival fans
- alcohol restrictions: limiting when and where alcohol can be purchased and consumed
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Students might mistakenly believe hooliganism is limited to football.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Hooliganism can be caused by rivalries, hype, alcohol/drugs, gang culture and frustration with officials. Strategies to combat hooliganism include early kick-offs, creating all-seater stadiums and segregating fans.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'spectator'
a person who watches a sports event and can influence the atmosphere.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Students might mistakenly believe hooliganism is limited to football. Correction: Hooliganism can happen in other sports and activities but is it most widely known in football.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Conduct of performers Study Guide
- Drugs in sport Study Guide
- Interpretation and analysis of data and graphs related to socio-cultural issues Study Guide
- Prohibited substances and methods Study Guide
- Spectator behaviour Study Guide
- Sportsmanship, gamesmanship and conduct of performers Study Guide
- Sportsmanship, gamesmanship and deviance Study Guide
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