Analyzing Martens Stages

2. First stage of Martens’ model of competition is Objective Competitive Situation: This means that without a witness or another person present then you cannot have proper competition. An example of this would be you running a mile at the track and you want to run this mile under 5 min. You have a friend there recording your time and you tell him you want to run under 5 min. This would be considered competition based on Martens’ thought on Objective Competitive Situation. Second in Martens’ stages is Subjective Competitive Situation: This is how the person who is in the objective competitive situation perceives the situation at hand. For example a pitcher might live to pitch in game 7 of the World Series and another pitcher might dread the thought. Third in Martens’ stages is Response: Response is how you respond to the competition. First you could respond to it by competing against someone a lot better than you or someone worse. A different type of response is on a physiological level. Your hands could get sweaty and your heart could start beating faster. Other things can affect the response, things like your confidence, and motivation. Fourth in Martens’ stage is Consequences: These are measured by
I think that organized and unorganized sports both have pros and cons. Organized sports give kids competition and can help accelerate drive. But they can also make some games not fun for some kids and if they don’t enjoy it more than likely they won’t play it. Unorganized sports can tend to be more fun and normally and a bunch of friends or acquaintances playing. So they can tend to be more relaxed and fun with no bad consequences really. But with no real competition a child really can see the world for in my opinion what it really is and that is one big competition. I would always have my child play organized sports because with a competition and learning opportunities that come with a competitive organized sport. I child also needs to learn to