What do you anticipate in the future with respect to sports in your life, and how is that future connected with your past or present experiences, and what may be occurring in your life in the future?

The goal of this assignment is to see and describe your early observations/experiences of sport in a
way that enables you to put them in a broader social context, not just in terms of your individual life.
Be assured that you are in no way required to be athletic in order to enjoy and succeed in this class!
If any of the prompts below are not applicable to you, just note that and keep going with whatever is
relevant to you. If you did not have experiences of playing physical games or sports, write about what
you observed at sporting events that you saw in person, or on television.
Instructions: Write an essay that runs about 2 pages (12 point font, double spaced, 1 inch margins all
around).
When children first play sports (or do not play sports) they do so in connection with ideas about
themselves, about their bodies, and about the meanings of their experiences or observations. Along
these lines, what do you recall from your first exposure to watching or participating in sport?
Opportunities to play sports, and the character of sport experiences, often are different for boys and
girls and for children from different racial or ethnic groups and social class backgrounds. Write about
how gender, race/ethnicity, and/or social class may have influenced the sports for you as a child.
Many young adults say that without their parents, they never would have had the opportunity to play
sports as a child or adolescent. Explain the ways that your parent[s]/caregivers encouraged/facilitated
of discouraged/interfered with your sport exposure or participation.
What do you anticipate in the future with respect to sports in your life, and how is that future
connected with your past or present experiences, and what may be occurring in your life in the future?