Sport and aggressive behavior, Do sports create aggressive behavior, or simply attract
people who are already aggressive? Aggression and sport have gone together as long as
sports have been around, be it the players themselves, to the parents, coaches, or
spectators, they just seem to be an inseparable part of each other. The term violence is
defined as physical assault based on total disregard for the well being of self and others, or
the intent to injure another person ( 2. Coakley). Intimidation usually does not cause
physical harm, but often is designed to produce psychological consequences, enabling one
person to physically over power or dominate another. These statements as defined by the
author, Jay J. Coakley, is what people today have made a must part on sport. Pleasure and
participation sports absolutely cannot be grouped with power and performance sports
when in relation to aggression.Pleasure sports are simply played for pleasure. Score is
usually not kept. The athletes participating are usually on occasion doing it for fun and
exercise. A majority of athletes who have been playing sports since they were little, have
probably been pounded into their heads that to be successful in sport, you need to be
aggressive, and at some times, unnecessary. Also that to get what you want, you have to
go at it with all force. Not that this is wrong but, this attitude in today's society has been a
major problem factor to the athletes when they get older, to get into trouble with the law.
Those long-term effects of so called discipline, patterns develops these destructive
behaviors. (9. Montague) Although some people are still in belief that aggressive
behaviors in all forms, are grounded into instincts, but they also relate these actions to
sports. Their parents played, who were known for their aggressive behavior, so the child
feels that they have to live up to that expectation.( 6. Storr) A...