An evaluation of the "white card" as a resource for promoting an educational sports competition

Abstract

. (2016). An evaluation of the "white card" as a resource for promoting an educational sports competition. J. Hum. Sport Exerc., 11(1),[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] Competitive sport is one of the key contexts in the development of values through sport, given the very significant ambivalences and contradictions involved within sport. Since the 2008-09 season the Real Madrid Foundation has launched in its basketball schools an educational project of transmission of values called "For a REAL Education: Values and Sport", which has led to the development of different teaching materials including the "White Card" program, an educational resource that tries to encourage good sportsmanship and moral development of participants. The aim of this work is to analyze how useful the program is to both trainers and families. The program has been applied to 338, 356 and 334 players aged between 8 and 17, by 16, 15 and 18 teachers in 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons respectively. The methodology used in intervention has been action research and the instruments used for data collection were group discussion, questionnaire, survey and our own white cards given to players in tournaments. The assessment of this resource has been very positive from the coaches, and a high percentage, of parents of the young athletes.

Competitive Anxiety in Young Basketball Players from the Real Madrid Foundation

“…Nowadays, there are new sports models that contribute to the promotion of values [38,39] and that seek, among other issues, to facilitate the reduction of competitive anxiety [40]. In this sense, the aims of the present study were to find out the levels of competitive anxiety of the sportsmen and women who practice basketball in the Socio-Sports Schools of the Real Madrid Foundation (RMF), to analyse if there are differences in relation to anxiety in the different subscales, taking into account gender, and the basketball modalities (mini basketball/basketball) in which the sportsmen and women participate.…”

Effects of an educational intervention regarding fair play on sports team coaches

“…Furthermore, there are also interesting educational initiatives, such as the White Letter (Carta Blanca) programme in the study of Ortega et al (2015) where personal and fair play values are sought to be fostered, opening the door to an innovative interpretation of competition and new training strategies for coaches and educators. This paper presents the work of the Ponemos Valores al Deporte (Putting Values into Sport) programme, which aims to raise awareness of the importance of the role of coaches and trainers in different sport disciplines, football, basketball and volleyball, the importance of which must lead to the improvement of prosocial values in sport (enjoyment) and to the reduction of antisocial values (gamesmanship, hard play and cheating).…”

Las preferencias de interacción social en las Escuelas Sociodeportivas de Baloncesto de la Fundación Real Madrid (The preferences of social interaction in the Basketball Socio-sport Schools of the Real Madrid Foundation)

“…En la misma línea, según Harvey, Kirk, y O'Donovan (2014), el deporte en sí no va a proporcionar al joven unos valores éticos mediante el mero hecho de participar. Éstos valores deben ser planificados, ya que, adecuadamente conducido, el deporte puede otorgar a los jóvenes serias experiencias éticas (Ortega et al, 2016;Twietmeyer, 2007).…”