Professional Sports Person
In this assignment I am going to explore the appropriate behaviour that is acceptable in a range of sporting situations.
A professional sports person is someone who competes in a sport as a living.
4 different sporting situations that can influence professional sports persons behaviour.
- Home life – This can influence a professional sports persons behaviour, as they might have a lack of sleep, and not eat and drink the correct things. If a professional sports person doesn’t get the correct amount of sleep then their body is not fully restored and they won’t be able to perform for a long period of time as normally, they are also not mentally prepared for the task in hand. If they have an alcoholic drink then there body will become dehydrated affecting their performance and behaviour dramatically. They may become aggressive towards their team mates, coach or officials and even their fans portraying a bad role model. If their diet is poor and they don’t eat the correct types of food then they will become tired and sluggish and maybe even put weight on.
- Media - Professional sports persons have to be on their best behaviour when in front of cameras, because they are seen as good role models for younger children, and have to promote their team and sponsor. They also have to behave when they are out on social events (clubbing) if not this shows bad publicity to the club, player and his or her fans. This can lead to disciplinary within their club. The media has a good effect on the professional sports persons performance by making the players status higher and team more favourable, but can also have a bad effect by intruding on their personal life and also on them selves and their team mates.
- During competition – This can affect the performer as they are under a lot of pressure and sometimes out of their normal environment. When a team plays away in a tournament they may have to stay in a hotel, they don’t have many of their home comforts and therefore will have to find other ways of amusing themselves, they have to be careful whilst doing this because there will always be someone watching them whilst they are out or maybe even when they are at their hotel, so again they have to be on their best behaviour. Also because they are away they are representing their club and even country this is huge pressure to do well which can then lead to stress meaning their performance may fall.
- Professional Scene – The professional sports person has to display a good sense of sportsmanship being a good role model when in play, as this 9is the place where they are most seen by the most amounts of people. If there is bad traits by a player then kids will easily follow in their example (for example when Eric Cantona got sent off from a football match he walked over to a fan in the crowd and kicked him) People change when they are on the pitch, you see their competitive side rather than their everyday side and in some cases this could be bad because it could be too competitive which could lead to fights etc and again if kids see this they will think its ok because their idols are doing it and they can do no wrong in their eyes.
