Explain Two Barriers To Participation In The Elderly
Another barrier to participation within the elderly is health related issues, this may be down to age related problems or previous injuries. This affects all of the sections on the sports development pyramid but mostly at the performance/elite stage as the competitions are important and intensity levels rise, more injuries are likely to occur which with the elderly, may be harder to recover from as their bones are more brittle and joints become tighter due to arthritis. A solution to this barrier is to promote the health benefits to the public so the participation levels increase at the foundation stage, which will then lead onto the improvement of the participation and performance level. Another solution could be to have the elderly take part
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This can range from a decrease in concentration levels to being set in their ways, which makes them unlikely to change or adapt to new things, which could be a problem in the participation levels when new skills are needed to be learnt. Also if an elderly person has been playing a sport for a long period of time, they often think they know everything about that sport, making them a good competitor, but also may be hard to work with as they are unlikely to listen to the new latest tactics or equipment which will help them improve their game. Elderly people can often lose certain skills such as stamina, speed, balance and concentration levels which may knock their confidence and decrease participation. The solutions to these barriers is to promote the sports that suit the needs for elderly people, also to promote the health benefits so that it makes elderly people feel achievement when exercising. The benefits being that it will boost self-esteem and raise participation levels, also to draw attention to certain sports so that it can get the funding for the clubs to keep on running. A disadvantage to this is that some elderly people are unlikely to change and may not be in the right frame of mind to compete in these sports without causing or creating
This can range from a decrease in concentration levels to being set in their ways, which makes them unlikely to change or adapt to new things, which could be a problem in the participation levels when new skills are needed to be learnt. Also if an elderly person has been playing a sport for a long period of time, they often think they know everything about that sport, making them a good competitor, but also may be hard to work with as they are unlikely to listen to the new latest tactics or equipment which will help them improve their game. Elderly people can often lose certain skills such as stamina, speed, balance and concentration levels which may knock their confidence and decrease participation. The solutions to these barriers is to promote the sports that suit the needs for elderly people, also to promote the health benefits so that it makes elderly people feel achievement when exercising. The benefits being that it will boost self-esteem and raise participation levels, also to draw attention to certain sports so that it can get the funding for the clubs to keep on running. A disadvantage to this is that some elderly people are unlikely to change and may not be in the right frame of mind to compete in these sports without causing or creating