sports

5. What is Sports?
A group of contests in which victor and vanquished are
selected by the participants' physical prowess in accordance
with a predetermined set of guidelines. According to
sociologists, for anything to qualify as a sport, it has to have:
• Assuming a Certain Set of Rules to be Followed
• Ability in the physical realm
• Competition

6. Sports as a social institution
There are six ways in which modern culture
recognizes athletics as a social institution (like the
family, religion, education, the media, and
politics)
1. Secularization
2. Equality
3. Rationalization
4. Specialization
5. Bureaucratization
6. Quantification

7. Secularization
• The secularization of sports signifies a shift
away from the religious significance of sports
(non. religious).
• A separate institution from religion, modern
sports have no spiritual roots.
• In spite of this, it is possible for it to retain a
religious dimension.

8. Equality
• Transformation of sports involvement from a
given attribute to an earned one.
• Athletes participate in games not because of
their socioeconomic standing, but rather because
they have earned the privilege to do so.
• Everyone plays under the same set of rules (for
the most part).

9. Rationalization
• Today's sports are governed by metrics and
protocols designed to ensure fair play and a level
playing field.
• As a result, leagues have formed and regulations
have become formal and regulated.
• This ensures uniformity and paves the way for
the cross-cultural dissemination of sports
throughout the world.

10. Specialization
• Compared to the past, today's sporting events
are highly sophisticated.
• Certain positions within certain sports are quite
specialized.
• Caused by the pressures of modern society to
succeed.
• Teams have roles, and individuals have
specializations, in sports.

11. Bureaucratization
• Just as rationalization (the setting up of rules,
leagues, and uniformity) ORGANIZES these
factors, so does this.
• Once again, it ensures responsibility and
continuity.

12. Quantification
• Indicators used in athletic contests.
• For the sake of consistency and "fair play.
Examples:
Timers
Measurements
Weights

13. Socialization
"The process through which an individual, starting in
infancy, is educated and trained to acquire the habits,
beliefs, and accumulated knowledge of society,"

14. Role of Sports in Socialization
• Young athletes' interactions with their peers
and adults, as well as the broader
community, may benefit or suffer from the
influence of sports, according to studies.
• Studies have also shown that sports provide
distinct socializing functions for males and
females.

15. Team Player: Sports are a great way to meet new
people and develop your sense of self.
Young Men and Women: Boys who participate in
sports are more likely to internalize conventional
gender norms, whereas females who do the same
are more likely to internalize alternative gender
roles.
Young and Old: Quality sports programmed that
help youngsters get along better with one another
may also help "youth and adult" communication.