1.4 Body Image

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1.4 Body Image

• Explore how the body is portrayed in physical
  activity

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Sporting uniforms

• What is the uniform of the following sports and
  why is it the uniform?
• cricket tennis basketball rugby
• volleyball swimming triathlon
• cross country skiing netball skating
• beach volleyball cycling snooker
• Are you more likely to watch a sport based on
  what the players are wearing?

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Negative body image

• Happens when a person believes they are the
  wrong size/shape and compares themselves to what
  is considered normal
• What is the normal body image?
• Men
• Woman

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Body Image

• Normal
• Men tall, muscular, good looking, play rugby e.g
  Dan Carter
• Woman slim, good looking, toned
• e.g Maria Sharapova
• Models are the extreme end of the body
  continuum, most people are not this slim and it
  would be unhealthy to be so.

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Body Types

• Endomorph shorter with high body fat e.g rugby
  prop
• Ectomorph taller with low body fat
• e.g high jumper
• Mesomorph high muscle mass
• e.g gymnasts

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Sporting Body Types

• Put the following sporting positions in the
  triangle
• Mesomorph
• Ectomorph
  Endomorph
• cricketer 100m sprinter swimmer
• sumo gymnast jockey dancer
• wrestler rugby prop high jumper
• basketball volleyball

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S.P.E.E.C.H

• How do these factors influence body image
  during physical activity?
• Social
• Political
• Economic
• Environmental
• Cultural
• Historical

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S.P.E.E.C.H

• Social how our friends/family influence our body
  and what activity we do
• Political how the government influence us (money
  given to certain sports)
• Economic the cost of exercise and clothing
• Environmental where we live, what activities are
  available in our area
• Cultural influence of NZ society on activity, NZ
  supposed sporty/outdoor country
• Historical how peoples attitudes to activity
  have changed. Women in olympics

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Age and Exercise

• What is the difference between young and old
  people and exercise?
• Flexibility, injury, team vs individual sports,
  competition vs participation,
• Medical vs challenge, parental influence vs
  personal influence
• Is it ok for elderly people to wear tight
  clothing when playing?

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Age and exercise

• Are these sports for old or young people? Why is
  there this stereotype?
• Bowls, golf, hiking, swimming, cycling, Rugby,
  netball, hockey, marathon running, gymnastics,
  tennis, cricket

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Male vs Female

• physical differences
• Testosterone, estrogen, aggressive, faster and
  stronger, higher percent of body fat, smaller
  shoulders for better flexibility, wider hips
  allow for better rotation, higher pain threshold,
  sweat less so conserve energy better

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Male vs Female

• Which sport are men and women the closest in
  terms of ability?
• Endurance swimming and Gymnastics (flexibility
  and agility)
• (body fat gives flotation, flexible shoulder and
  hips, good endurance, technique not strength)
• Aesthetic sports (dance, skating)

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Body types
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Body Types

• What sport do you think best caters for all body
  types?
• Netball GK endo, centre meso,
• GS endo
• Rugby Prop endo, first 5 meso,
• lock ecto
• Think of 2 more yourself

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Sexuality in Sport

• violence, aggression, beauty, hide emotions,
  cheerleading , professional,
• contact sports, drinking beer, supporting,
  amateur, dance/gymnastics, show emotions
• Put all of the above words in a table under the
  heading Male or female

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Spectatorship

• Girls are you more likely to watch a sport where
  the boys show their bodies like in aussie rules,
  swimming, athletics, triathlon, boxing
• Boys are you more likely to watch a sport where
  the girls show their bodies like in Beach
  volleyball, swimming, triathlon, tennis,
  athletics
• This is why the media tries to sell sport by
  using good looking action shots

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Feminine/Masculine

• Netball, Dance, Ice skating, Horseriding,
  Rugby, Volleyball, Boxing, Golf, Swimming,
  Cricket
• Put the above sports on the continuum
• Feminine Neutral Masculine

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Violence in Sport

• What sports are the most violent?
• Combat Boxing, martial arts (judo, taekwando,
  karate), wrestling
• Team Rugby, rugby league, aussie rules, gridiron
• Most watched sports in the world Football,
  Olympics, Basketball, Amercian Football (why are
  they?)

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Emotions in sport

• What emotions are shown in sport?
• happy, sad, anger, frustration, celebration,
  concentration, focus, determination, calmness,
  relaxed
• Are certain sports more likely to show specific
  emotions? Think of 10.
• e.g Soccer faking an injury

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Developing a healthy body image

• listen to your body, eat when you are hungry
• be realistic about the size you are likely to be
  and what sports will suit you
• exercise regularly (daily) in a way you enjoy
  regardless of body shape
• elite athletes and models are a very small
  minority of our population
• Get support from friends, team mates

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Body Image and the Media

• The body is used in many ways by the media
• A symbol of glamour (tall, elegant models used
  to sell products
• As a sex object (models in seductive poses)
• Which 3 male and female sports stars get the most
  sponsorship, why?

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Body Image and the Media

• David Beckham- very high profile
• Tiger Woods- how has infidelity affected his
  image
• Le Bron James basketball NBA
• Maria Sharapova (tennis)
• Serena Williams (tennis)

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NZ participation numbers

• Auckland marathon 12,000
• Round taupo cycle 10,000
• Rugby 145,000
• Soccer 135,000
• Netball 135,000
• Cricket 100,000
• Hockey 70,000
• Individual vs Team sports
• (participate vs competition)

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