Year 11 Physical Education
Participation in Physical Activity – Badminton
Written by Valeria Ponzin
Badminton and Figueroa’s Framework
Introduction
The purpose of this research is to connect Figueroa’s Framework to my decision to join or not a badminton club. After close examination I choose the 2 levels that for me have the most significant impact on people’s decision on sports and describe them linking with badminton.
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their opponents' half of the court.
Figueroa’s Framework
Professor Peter Figueroa developed a tool to investigate the issues surrounding access, equity and equality in sport and physical activity. Constructed over five separate levels: individual, interpersonal, institutional, structural and cultural, these areas are used to investigate the ways in which inequities challenge the area of sport and physical activity.
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Each of the levels contained within Figueroa’s framework connect with the others and they all contribute to shaping the overall joint effect. They show the different functions that reinforce, create, remove and eliminate barriers and inequities within sport and physical activity.
This framework will be used to analyse and discuss my possible involvement in a badminton club.
(http://12peboard.weebly.com/figueroas-framework.html)
In my opinion the most important levels are the Individual and the Interpersonal because for me are the levels that influence you more than the others.
The Individual Level is involved with our personality, attitudes, beliefs and values. All the personal needs, satisfaction, motivation, self-esteem are included in this level, so