SMGT 504 - Sport Outreach Plan - Comprehensive Draft Assignment

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SPORT OUTREACH PLAN 1

TARGET POPULATION 2

Sports Outreach Plan – Target Population Assignment

Chet L. Walker

Liberty University

SMGT 504 – Foundations of Sports Outreach

31 January 2021

Abstract

This is a plan designed to provide sporting activities to a specific group in society. It aims to make sure that those who engage themselves in sports get advantaged in one way or another. The target problems affecting the group get reduced. In this sports outreach plan, the target group is the youth. This plan targets the youth who are especially in rural areas. This is because there are inadequate employment opportunities in the rural areas, making the youth engage in illegal activities. Reaching the youth through sports would provide education to them and make them occupied to not engage in stealing, drug abuse, and irresponsible sex, which cause unwanted pregnancies. Both girls and boys benefit from sports.

Rationale Why Youths Are the Appropriate Group

Participating in Sports help youth to gain several benefits:

i. Increase in Physical Health and Activity

The youth get motivated and encouraged to participate in sports, and they develop healthy habits. Exercise is very beneficial to a person's growth (Howie, Daniels & Guagliano, 2020). It lowers fat and makes the body muscles and bones stronger. It also reduces the risk of contracting cardiac diseases. When the youth participate in sports, the body can function well, which is healthy for a person's growth.

ii. Strong Community and Social Bonds

When the youth come together and participate in sports, they make new friends. They can know each other as the same local area members, which helps develop a sense of caring for each other (Rogol, Cumming & Malina, 2018). This helps in reducing crime rates in rural areas. Bonds that have been established increase the level of trust between the youth players and their coaches, who act as their role models. The act of volunteering to help one another develops and contributes positively to the community. They create a sense of helping each other and wanting the best for the members of the club.

iii. Improved Academic Potential

Youths who engage in sports possess a high self-concept and way of setting goals. They are well organized in the classroom since a strong link exists between academic success and youth sports (Appelqvist-Schmidlechner et al., 2018). A large percentage of youth athletes perform exemplary in school.

iv. Ability to Overcome Challenges

This means that the benefits of sports extend beyond the playing ground. The youths who play sports can make decisions well and work together (Rogol, Cumming & Malina, 2018). When discomfort arises, they can rely on their teammates. The challenging experiences that youths encounter in sports help them to gain resilience until adulthood.

v. Ability to build a Lifelong Health Foundation

When youths participate in sports, they develop healthy habits that they use in their lifetime. Those who take sports as a routine can gain new skills, contributing to self-improvement (Appelqvist-Schmidlechner et al., 2018). Engaging in sports help the youth to become active adults when they grow old. Those who take part between 9-18 years are six times more active into adulthood.

Biblical Justification

In the Bible, God used the youth such as Josiah, Joseph, Mary, John, Timothy, and Mark. This means that God works with the young people and ensures that they walk in the right ways. Jesus chose his twelve disciples and trained them to spread the gospel. Deuteronomy 6 shows how God made it possible for his word to be known from one generation to another. This means that God used the youth because he had a promising future for them and those who will come after them. Involving the youth in activities like sports will act to model them to be future successful leaders. It is according to God's expectations to engage the youths in activities that bring them benefits and success.

References

Appelqvist-Schmidlechner, K., Vaara, J., Häkkinen, A., Vasankari, T., Mäkinen, J., Mäntysaari, M., & Kyröläinen, H. (2018). Relationships between youth sports participation and mental health in young adulthood among Finnish males. American journal of health promotion32(7), 1502-1509.

Howie, E. K., Daniels, B. T., & Guagliano, J. M. (2020). Promoting physical activity through youth sports programs: It’s social. American journal of lifestyle medicine14(1), 78-88.

Rogol, A. D., Cumming, S. P., & Malina, R. M. (2018). Biobanking: a new paradigm for youth sports and training. Pediatrics142(5).