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Scaling junior sport competition: A body-scaling approach?
Nathan Broadbent1,2, Tim Buszard1,2, Damian Farrow1
1Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Footscray, VIC, Australia.
Journal of Sports Sciences
|August 4, 2021
Summary
Junior sports guidelines are often unsuitable, with most ball sports using oversized conditions for children. This study offers a method for sports authorities to systematically assess and improve junior sport scaling for better child engagement.
Area of Science:
- Sports Science
- Pediatric Sports Medicine
- Youth Sports Development
Background:
- Junior sport design significantly impacts child recruitment and retention.
- Existing guidelines for junior sport design lack critical scrutiny.
- A systematic method is needed for sports authorities to evaluate guideline suitability.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide sports authorities with a method for systematically assessing junior sport guidelines.
- To evaluate the suitability of task constraints in popular Australian junior ball sports.
- To compare scaled task constraints with children's physical maturation and performance.
Main Methods:
- Assessment of task constraint scaling in Australian junior ball sports.
- Comparison of scaled constraints with children's physical maturation and performance data.
- Calculation and categorization of pi ratios to classify constraints as undersized, appropriately sized, or oversized.
Main Results:
- Most junior ball sports feature oversized conditions, especially for ages 9-12 and in boys' competitions.
- Match duration and goal size were the most appropriately scaled task constraints.
- Ball size and field length showed the highest proportion of oversized pi ratios.
Conclusions:
- A systematic approach using pi ratios is essential for sports authorities to understand and address scaling issues in junior sport.
- Optimizing task constraint scaling can enhance the suitability of the junior sport environment.
- Addressing oversized conditions is crucial for retaining children in lifelong sport participation.
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