Citation

Pilz GA. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2005; 48(8): 881-890.

Vernacular Title

Erziehung zum Fairplay im Wettkampfsport. Ergebnisse aus Untersuchungen im

Affiliation

Universitat Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00103-005-1107-5

PMID

16086199

Abstract

Apologists of sports praise them as an ideal way to prevent addiction and violence. Sports critics see it rather as a socialization authority on the morals of the fair foul. This contradiction was investigated based on an examination of fairness behaviour and fairness education in youth soccer as well as the question of the connection between sports and violence and the preventive possibilities of sports. Our results point to differences in understanding fairness according to age, sex and primarily performance/success orientation. Teenagers learn already at the latest in the C youth that it is important and right in the interest of success to break rules. Thus it applies that the more distinctive the success orientation, the more in formal and formal fair play degenerate into fictitious action morals of competitive sport and make way for morals of the "fair foul". The coaches play an important, even quite obviously the central role as socialization agents. Instead of learning fairness, the opposite is often conveyed to many young people in the organizations. However, our examinations also show that coaches can positively influence both fairness understanding and fairness behaviour of young footballers. Coaches are thus challenged as role models to exemplify fair play by their own actions.