The Impact of Parental support and Influences in Children’s Participation in Sport

Parents are very important in the youth movement as they support children's participation and progress (Horn & Horn, 2007; Wuerth, Lee & Alfermann, 2004). Parental interventions often create rights consciousness. In other words, by having children take over and participate in parents' favorite sports, they may lead to parental intervention or negative experience from a child's point of view. Parents' involvement may be the main reason most athletes will participate in organized sports first, examples of which are Andy Murray and Tiger Woods.

Background Recently the number of children participating in sports has declined (Smoll, Cumming, & Smith, 2011). Most scholars acknowledge that parents have the greatest influence on children's involvement in sports (Dorsch & Smith, 2016). Parents can imitate children's behavior and give positive guidance. Parents affect the discovery and recognition of children's talent, the enjoyment of children's participation in sports activities, their perception of outstanding sports, competitive anxiety, stress management experience and mental skill development (Holt & Knight, 2014). The purpose of this study was to investigate parents' experiences in adolescent sports and to understand their personal life experiences. Method 8 young sports parents participated in a semi-structured interview (8 interviews in total). Data were analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis. Consequently, the conclusion

The youth movement is an organized sport for children under the age of 18. Researchers in this field are concerned about the strengths and weaknesses of participation in youth sports and how their parents affect children's sports experience. In this era, more and more young people are influenced by sports idols that they see on TV. Therefore, it is not uncommon to watch a 7-year-old game in a soccer game. It is influenced by the social influence seen on TV.

Many studies are investigating the effects of physical activity on the physical and psychosocial health of children and adolescents. Studies have shown that adolescent sports participants generally have higher levels of physical activity and have a positive impact on puberty and subsequent physical and mental health. The average score of the academic grades / high school students is higher than the average score of the non-athletes, the number of players participating on average increases as the number of participating sports teams increases, and the participation rate of high school sports increases as the graduation rate rises And the dropout rate is reduced. And likely to go to college