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Page 20, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, December 14, 1983 The Rise and Fall of Youth Sport Organizations spo ts Anyone who becomes involved in amateur sport sees the growth and development of young athletes, and fre- quently also . observes the decline and self- destruction of athletic: organizations. Studies show three stages of sport organizations: Stage One consists of primary recreational play - sport as play - true sport. Stage Two consists of stable amateur sport - -games - sport as work- high sport. Forest Management wins award A film produced by the governments of Canada and Ontario on a. shared programme for forest renewal, has won an Ontario Government Communications award. The film, "Greening of the North - the Forest Management Sub- Agreement," was jud- ged best in the under $35,000 film and audio- visual category at the Ontario Communicator's Conference in Toronto recently. "Greening of the North" shows the con- tributions made to On- tario's forest manage- ment activities. by the $71.5 million federal- provincial agreement. It was chosen from among 17 other films or audio- visual productions. en- tered in the annual _ awards programme. The film was produced by M&M Film Productions of Toronto for distribu- tion to elementary and secondary schools roughout Ontario. "Greening of the North" has already won plaudits from the forest industry and the media. Jim Coats, executive vice-president of the On- tario Forestry Associa- tion calls it "one of the best forestry films we have ever seen." The CBC has expressed interest in showing the film, as has a Swedish television network. "'Greening of the North" focuses on the six main programmes funded under the five- year Canada/Ontario Forest Management Subsidiary Agree- ment. These are the con- struction of forest ac- cess roads, silviculture camps, tree nursery ex- pansion, soil surveys, hardwood utilization studies and applied re- search and -develop- ment. The agreement is funded jointly by the federal Department of the Environment's Canadian Forestry Ser- vice and the Ontario Ministry of Northern Af- fairs. All work under the agreement is imple- mented by Ontario's Ministry of Natural Re- sources. Copies of the film can be ordered in French or English from City Films, 542 Gordon Baker Road, Willowdale, Ontario, M2H 3B4. Telephone Stage Three is the professional athletic content - sport as ca- reer - big time sport. In Stage One, people with common needs and interests form teams to provide competition. for their children. In the . early stages, the level of technical skill is unim- portant. Coaches need not be master strate- gists. Kids and adults have fun and feel im- portant regardless of skill level. In Stage Two, a man- agerial and maintenance subsystem is formed by the adults to serve their own needs and promote consistent performance. The coaches, execu- tives, parents and spon- sors become identified with the success of the team. Emphasis shifts from players to coaches, managers, sponsors, or owners, and most sig- nificantly to the con- sumer (parents, spon- sors or spectators). In this stage, those invol- ved begin to contrast "'play for fun behind the scholl" as opposed to '"'working to win in the organized league ath- letic games". At this stage, "all-star teams" link community image with team success and divert large -- of the organization's re- sources to serve a limit- ed segment of the over- all membership. Emo- tions are mixed as re- sources are funnelled into athletics for the above-average. stars at the expense of the aver- age and below-average players. Stage Three neces- sitates a system to ad- judicate conflict within the organization, the boundary problem as- sociated with talent re- sources and public re- lations. Some adults and kids become disen- chanted as more money and time are devoted to the elite athletes. The cycle of conflict seems to go from tech- nical problems in the initial stages to a gold- en era of revitalization, reorganization and growing achievement, ultimately reaching a peak, after which the or- ganization weakens and experiences increasing difficulties. At this point, it either dis- solves, is absorbed into a super-organization, or becomes rejuvenated and starts a new cycle. Ironically, it is the majority who.convert the amateur sports or- ganization into a pro- fessional athletics model. This usually oc- curs through a series of small decisions taken with good intentions without realistic assess- ment of their implica- tions. An annual eval- uation of a sports or- ganization's policies is essential to prevent the evolution from Stage One to Stage Three. The trends can be inter- cepted, though usually not without some con- flict. This effort is un- questionably worth- while as it has the best interests and welfare of the children as its ulti- mate objective. Prize: ZAXXON ARCADE GAME CHRISTMAS HOURS: Monday Dec. 19 - 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday Dec. 20 - 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday Dec. 21 - 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Thursday Dec. 22 - 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Friday Dec. 23 - 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday Dec. 24 - 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Come ou hide! Weet you at the Cay! the 95 ay Kids | HEY KIDS! Do your Christma shopping at the Ba - and you'll get 0% OFF *2 all day Saturday Dec. 17, 1983. Offer applies to children 14 years and under. 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