Sport in Society

Synopsis: Examines the socio-cultural nature of sports activity in modern society: how individuals progress from early childhood play as a means of socialisation to more organised games and then to more competitive sport in early adolescence; how sport provides a sense of community, entertainment, health, competition and career opportunities; socio-cultural factors and motivational factors that influence participation in physical activity; reasons why people withdraw from physical activity as they grow older; how lack of exercise can cause heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, dperesion and stress; increasing opportunities for sport and exercise; benefits to society of increased sport and physical activity; changing attitudes to sport, gender, race and disabilities.
Language: English
Country: Australia
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min.
Year of production: 1997
Availability: Sale; 2001 sale: £35.00 (+VAT +p&p) Coachwise
Subjects: Sports science
Keywords: physical fitness; sports psychology

Name: Boulton-Hawker Films Ltd
Email: sales@boultonhawker.co.uk
Web: http://www.boultonhawker.co.uk/ External site opens in new window
Phone: 01449 616 200
Fax: 01449 677 600
Address: Combs Tannery
Stowmarket
Suffolk
IP14 2EN
Notes: Distributor of over 400 DVDs and videos for use in teaching at GCSE level and above. Particularly strong in science-based subjects which the company used to produce themselves, but now sources from the USA, Canada and Australasia. Titles cover the subject areas of biology, business studies, careers, chemistry, child development & the family, citizenship, design & technology/food technology, English, geography/ecology, home economics, ICT, maths, media studies, PE/sport studies, physics and PSHE. Sale with free preview.

Name: Coachwise Ltd
Web: http://www.1st4sport.com External site opens in new window
Phone: 0113 231 1310
Fax: 0113 231 9606
Address: Units 2/3 Chelsea Close
Armley
Leeds
LS12 4HW
Notes: Specialists in sports coaching, fitness training and physical education, selling videos, DVDs and CD-ROMs.

This record has been viewed 319 times.

British Universities Film & Video Council