Development Of The Physical Self

Our society is so preoccupied with how people look that it has seeped into every aspect of our culture. Someone’s height, weight, and gender, in our culture seems to dictate what people think of them. Specifically in the sporting world, a person’s physical attributes play a major

Athletic identity has been defined as the extent to which a person identifies with his or her athletic role (Brewer, Van Raalte, & Linder, 1993). In addition, it has been recognized as a significant determinant of adjustment to

Infancy is from the ages 0-3 years old. It’s a time of rapid growth. During this period of time most changes occur. At this age children develop physical, intellectual, emotional and social skills. When a baby is born they are helpless and depend on their carer in order for them to survive.

iii. From this we can see that participating in sports helps to build self- esteem which builds self-confidence.

Chalabaev, A., Sarrazin, P., Fontayne, P., Boiché, J., & Clément-Guillotin, C. (2013). The influence of sex stereotypes and gender roles on participation and performance in sport and exercise: Review and future directions. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14(2), 136-144.

Adolescence, for Bonnie was not a tumultuous time. Rather, confusion was not overwhelming for her. She developed a clear sense of who she is and, as she says, “I’m comfortable with it” (B. Yost, personal communication, July 19, 2016). Having a stronger sense of herself, peer pressure did not weigh heavily during this time of life. She was active in gymnastics and developed numerous friends, however, she resisted the “in crowd” because the manipulation and social climbing that was involved in that group was not attractive to her. Although, she recalls one of her peers commenting to her that he felt like she was “stuck up” since she rather ignored them. She had not realized how others perceived her and tried not to be so dismissive thereafter.

During the week of John Marshall's Spring Break, my friend Maddie and I walked around normal places with high heels. Both of us being quite tall girls without them, I believed that two borderline six foot girls walking around places like Walmart and the public library would illicit some sort of a response, although regrettably not as big as some other things one could do. After expressing these thoughts to her, she responded with, "If people don't look at you because you're tall, they'll look at you because you're falling." So, on a Wednesday afternoon we both semi dressed up, neither of our outfits were anything out of the ordinary except for the much taller than normal shoes we both wore, and headed out. Our first stop was the bank, as Maddie

First, high schools do have cliques that unify students by groups. However, that doesn’t mean students confine in the groups they are “assigned” to, as shown in most movies representing cliques. In the movie The Breakfast Club, the five main characters used to represent the school all come from different crowds, which ultimately results in showing how they can still get along even though they don’t necessarily hang out with the same people. The characters are defined as “a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.” These labels divide the characters into

Perceiving myself as a 5 footer resulted from my disappointing comparisons with other students, my opponents for a spot in a college I desire. My classmates were qualified to volunteer at animal shelters,

The classmate in this poem is a metaphor for society and how through puberty both sexes go through changes and become more aware of one another as well as pass judgment between both sexes, particularly more in women. The girl realizes that standards have been set for her and she needs to look a certain way to be beautiful. However, according to society she is just a girl with “ a great big nose and fat legs” and thus affecting her emotionally which has negative effects on her self-esteem and putting pressure on her emotionally ( Piercy 791).

A bit later, however, she was the one getting made fun of. After she had a growth spurt, her classmates began poking fun at her unusual height. In retrospect, she is glad this happened to her because it showed her the importance of being kind of others.

I couldn’t continue to be defined by my size and made to feel lesser because of it. I was tired of the hurtful teasing and stinging comments. I wanted to change. However, simply changing the way you feel about something is much easier said than done. The first thing I did was learn to accept myself for who I was by embracing my size and my dorkiness. After that, I began to learn how to turn insults around into jokes that would make people laugh. I would poke fun at myself and if someone said something rude, I would laugh and just go on with my day. I came to realize if someone thinks that their insult hurts you they will keep going and going, but if it doesn’t seem to affect you, they will just leave it alone. By the summer after 9th grade I had saved up enough money for a gym membership. I started going and I went every single day that summer. In addition, that summer nature kicked in and I shot up practically doubling my height. When marching band season rolled around in August, I showed up completely changed. I’d left school a scrawny little kid and went back a stout 6 foot young adult with some muscle for the first time in my life. I remember several people mentioning it, but I pretended not to know what they were talking about. Internally, I was beaming with unadulterated

By the time Ann was four years old she was only wearing leg braces at night. The braces helped quite a bit to correct the way her ankles and feet pointed, but she was still pigeon-toed. Ann remembers one time at church a lady stopped her mother and asked what was wrong with her daughter’s legs and why they have not be fixed. Ann was not sure what she was feeling at that time, but to this day she does not like when people point out she is pigeon-toed. At the age of five, Ann attended a Catholic school down the street from her house, and she knew from day one she did not fit in at school. She did not know any of the games other kids were playing or how to talk with other kids. She could not cope with all the kids and was afraid of socializing

The correlation of playing competitive sports at college level and self esteem are measured. Subjects were given the Barksdale self esteem questionnaire to fill out and levels of self esteem are measured by scores out of one hundred. The subjects are then separated into categories determined by gender and whether they played sports at the college level. The results indicated that the elite athletes have a higher self esteem than non athletes. The survey also revealed that women have a slightly higher self esteem than men. These findings agree with our hypothesis that athletes will have a higher level of self esteem than non athletes will.

Children who participate in sports are developing rapidly in sports skills, sportsmanship, and psychologically, but does this come from organized sports are just nature’s process. Children develop emotional and social benefits from participating in sports. Children experience character and leadership development through peer relations leading to an increase in self-esteem and a decrease in anxiety levels. Children will get opportunities to experience positive and negative emotions throughout their practice and games trials. It is important for the coach to understand the “psychology of youth sports and physical activity participation” (Weinberg & Gould, 2011 p.516).