The Influence Of Genders In Sports

To further research this topic, I decided to do an experiment with a few of my friends. One day after school, I gathered about ten students of each gender, a total of twenty students, and I had them play a number of sports for me. We would first begin by playing a short five minute game of soccer, while the genders were separate, and then once that match was over, I mixed the two genders together on the same team, and made them play another five minute match. I continued to do this with two other sports, hockey, and then volleyball. I used my, as well as my sister’s camera to film the whole experiment to further analyze their play styles.
When I got home to watch the videos I took, I looked at a number of things that was different in their …show more content…
- I looked at how intense and aggressive they were when they played, and how involved they were during the matches.
- I looked at how many times they would pass or shoot a ball, to see if maybe it affects their confidence while with the ball.
- I looked at how close they would play to one another; if they were aggressive no matter who their opponent was, or if they kept their distance and were more …show more content…
While some of them said that playing with the opposite gender doesn’t matter to them, others said they prefer playing with only their respected gender because they feel more comfortable, and others said they prefer mixed genders because it was more of a challenge.
In conclusion, there are many different outcomes of mixing genders, and some factors that affect the outcomes could be how athletic the person is, and also the age of the person. I feel that mixing genders in sports at a young age is a very good thing because it allows the children to learn to appreciate and be more comfortable with the opposite genders. This eliminated gender stereotypes, and also allows for a more variety of friendships.
As the children become older, a lot of tings may differ from their play style. For women, depending on how comfortable she is, she can learn to take advantage of the situation by making it more of a challenge for her, and improve on her skills, or it can be intimidating and she will be more reserved when playing with a man. For a man, it can prove to not be as fun for them because they are being more careful towards the women, or they can treat them like just another player. An interesting thing that can happen is a man can improve his skill by trying harder so he can impress the woman with more masculinity, or on the opposite side, a woman can make it seem as if she isn’t as good as she actually is to seem more feminine. Both