Impact of Youth Sport Programs and Physical Education in Fostering Positive Development and Promoting Social Values among Youth

Abstract

-Concerns have raised over the time regarding the increased in youth problem behaviours
(e.g. delinquency, drug use) which led to increased interest among scholars of how best to foster
positive youth development and promote the socially desirable and acceptable values among them.
Thereby, there has been an upsurge in contemporary research to explore and examine the role that
physical education and sport activities can play in stimulating positive growth and development
among adolescents. Taken an account, this study addresses this issue by highlighting the impact of
youth sport programs and physical education to foster positive development and promote social
values among the adolescents, while reducing the behaviours’ deemed problematic and risky.
Reviewed literature shed light on the impact of youth sport and physical education on both the mind
and the body of youth as well as developing a supportive kind of socio-parental relationships.
Moreover, this research also encourages the positive development and social values among youth
that help them to develop good social relations with their community and society. Finally, for an
effective academic learning, educating youth regarding the benefits of sport programs and physical
education should be incorporated both in-school and out of school sessions.