University assignment of how physical activity can help Bullying.

1. Coaching Pedagogy
Presentation
Tom Shepherd
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Alleviating Bullying via Physical Activity

2. Bullying:Background
• Bullying is described as aggressive behavior normally characterized by
repetition and imbalance of power (P.K. Smith, P Brain 2000)
• is the use of force or coercion to abuse or intimidate others. The
behaviour can be habitual and involve an imbalance of social or physical
power (E Bennet 2006)
• Bullying is when a person is “exposed, repeatedly and over time, to
negative actions on the part of one or more other persons.

3. Types of Bullying
• Physical
• Verbal
• Emotional
• Sexual
• Racial

4. Cyber Bullying
• Cyber bullying" is when a child, preteen Where it occurs?
or teen is tormented, threatened, -Social Media Websites
harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or -Cell Phones
otherwise targeted by another child, -Emails
preteen or teen using the Internet, -Home phone calls
interactive and digital technologies or
mobile phones.
• Trend was noticed when “i-generation”
“cyber bullying can occur
started, strongly associated with social
24hrs in comparison to
media programs such as Myspace,
school hour
Facebook, Msn
bullying, there is no
escaping it for some
victims”

5. Effects of Bullying
• Psychological: Stress, Severe anxiety
- Mood swings
- Irritability
- Panic attacks
- Loss of self-esteem
- Depression
- Suicidal thoughts
• In some circumstances,
prolonged victimization of
bullying can lead to extreme
mental effects and fatal
events such as Columbine
and other American School
Shootings.

6. Dealing with Bullies
• School Based Plans
- Whole School student
contracts outlining positive
behaviours towards others
with consequences if
breached. Zero tolerance is
critical
- Guests Speakers/Assemblies
- Courses of Anti-bullying
techniques taught to the
teachers.

7. P.E.A.C.E
• KidsMatter Primary is P: Preparation
underpinned by decades of E: Education
solid research about mental A: Action
C: Coping
health and wellbeing and
E: Evaluate
the benefits of social and
emotional learning in
schools
• Program put in by Australian
Government to try and
reduce incidents of bullying
and Violence.

8. Ways of dealing with Bullying: The
Bully
• Why they Bully?
How to change a Bully?
- Need of power/Social
-Research shows that “bullies”
dominance
can meet their needs in more
- Rewarded with attention positive ways. Creating
and popularity amongst opportunities for Bully to be
other peers powerful in positive ways.
- Satisfaction from
physical hurting others. - Provide the bully with an
opportunity to “captain/lead” in
a sport game

9. Changing the Bully
• “The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not
weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but
not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly”
Ralph Walder Emerson
• Recent studies have shown altering the environment in which a “bully”
can receive their needs. Sport activities can achieve this by using the need
of power of the bully, to lead or captain in a game, they can learn how to
use the need of power in a “team” orientated environment and still feel
the satisfaction of being powerful.

10. Changing the Bully Cont’d
• Behavioural Changes Karate is a prime example of a
from Playing Sport sport that can help diffuse
bullying.
- Teamwork skills
- Decision making
- Communication
Through sport, a bully can effectively
change his/her bullying ways to
more positive leadership skills. With
the dramatic change in the bully, the
development of these critical life
skills can help them become
successful in their career latter in
life.

11. Ways of dealing with bullying: The
victim
• Why they are Bullied? How Physical activity can help?
Physical activity can generally
- Kids are generally bullied
help people who are suffer from
due to the fact that they
depression, anxiety and stress of
are different in some kind all ages.
of way. (Physically,
Ethnicity, Religion,
illnesses)
- How to deal with it?
- Counselling, approaching
adults such as teachers,
parents or other adult
figures in their life.

12. Dealing with bullying: The victim
Cont’d
• How Physical activity can Victims of bullying can engage
help alleviate bullying? in regular physical activity, to
help ease the pain. Studies
- Mood enhancement
have proven that pre teens and
- Releasesendorphins teenagers suffering from
- Activation of muscles, helps bullying can help enhance
trigger release of endorphins moods, self esteem and
thoughts.
in brain
- Alters brain focus off feeling
isolation, depression and
fear

13. What us as teachers/coaches can do
• Teacher/coaches based Plans
- Create Positive Environment!!!
- Reinforce Positive behaviours
- Be a Positive Role model
• Try to have adult figure around at times when bullying is most likely.
• Teach other kids to be a positive bystander/witness
• Educate about the risks of social media and cyberbullying
• Lastly a ZERO TOLERANCE FOR BULLYING!

14. References
• Websites
- Carruthes, C. (2006). Psychological effects of Exercise. Retrieved April 2, 2013, from
http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=734
- Boggle, J. (n.d.). Forms of bullying. Retrieved April 2, 2013, from
http://www.hartdistrict.org/ranchopico/counseling/rancho%20pico%20website_files/page00
24.htm
- Slee, P. (2010). The PEACE pack. Retrieved 3 April 2013, from
http://www.kidsmatter.edu.au/primary/programs/peace-pack
• Journals
• - Wier, K. (2011). The exercise effect. American Pyschological Association, 42(11), 48.
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• Duggan, T. (septem 2011). Do Sports help Improve Leadership. Sports and
Recreation, 12(6), 35-37
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• Forgione, M. (september 22, 2010). Why Kids benefit from playing sport. Los Angeles
Times