Figueroa's Framework
Australia competes and does well in a wide variety of sports, because of this, improving access and equity in sports is a big issue for Australians. One level of Figueroa’s framework that impacts my access, opportunity, participation and overall enjoyment of volleyball at BSHS are the individual and institutional level. 3 factors from the individual level that impact me the most are; ability, confidence and time. Professor Peter Figueroa created “Figueroa’s Framework” to help people evaluate everything that might prevent athletes from performing at their best. There are 5 levels to the framework; individual, interpersonal, institutional, structural and cultural [1]. 2 of the levels that I have chosen to improve my experience with BSHS volleyball are the institutional and individual.
The individual level of Figueroa’s Framework impacts me because I believe that I need to improve my own personal ability. By improving my individual ability I will be able to access more opportunities to play volleyball. To improve my performance I would first need to improve my self confidence. Studies have shown that by improving confidence you also improve you performance. [2] By improving my performance I will then become more willing to make more time to play volleyball as I will enjoy it more. This will impact on my participation and enjoyment of volleyball because I will be more willing to participate because I will have more confidence, I will also enjoy volleyball more as I will have improved my skills. Improving my individual ability will not only impact on the individual level of Figueroa’s Framework, but will also improve the cultural and institutional because I will want to give other people the same experience as me by giving them my recommendations on the individual level.
The recommendations that I have made within the institutional level to improve everyone’s BSHS volleyball experience better is to have coaching and mini –games run by students for students at lunch
The individual level of Figueroa’s Framework impacts me because I believe that I need to improve my own personal ability. By improving my individual ability I will be able to access more opportunities to play volleyball. To improve my performance I would first need to improve my self confidence. Studies have shown that by improving confidence you also improve you performance. [2] By improving my performance I will then become more willing to make more time to play volleyball as I will enjoy it more. This will impact on my participation and enjoyment of volleyball because I will be more willing to participate because I will have more confidence, I will also enjoy volleyball more as I will have improved my skills. Improving my individual ability will not only impact on the individual level of Figueroa’s Framework, but will also improve the cultural and institutional because I will want to give other people the same experience as me by giving them my recommendations on the individual level.
The recommendations that I have made within the institutional level to improve everyone’s BSHS volleyball experience better is to have coaching and mini –games run by students for students at lunch