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Sport: Swimming
Agents: Mum encouraged swimming lessons early on, later influenced by competitive friends in club.
Learned behaviours: Discipline, time management, and the idea that effort = worth.
Insight: “It stopped being fun when I realised performance mattered more than participation.”
Impact: Now avoids structured sport but still swims for fitness.
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Interviewing DS

Around the age of 5- SOCCER. Father and uncle and other family members played- amateur level, introduced by the family- combination of both ( expected and encouraged). As I got older, I started to enjoy playing soccer.

Enjoyed the Team environment and the socialising aspect of Soccer. Grandparents loved/ proud to discuss Dean’s soccer playing with friends and other family members. Friends in Dean social circle played soccer, so no real negative comments made that he was playing soccer and not AFL( Australian expected sport). Cultural expectation with European background- soccer is the national football sport.

Dean started taking soccer training seriously at the age of 9, prior was once a week training. 3 training sessions and a game on Sundays. If you wanted to make it to a professional level it was expected to be train more, change clubs ( considered professional level). Only ending last year.

Dean’s focus was always soccer as he felt he wasn’t (potentially) great at other sports ( never tried) – main influence of remaining focused on soccer.

Deam learnt teamwork- relating life scenarios. Taught you to think on your feet to be able to troubleshoot scenarios on the field and in life. Health- soccer keeps you fit, socialising ( important to building relationships and expand friend groups. Club dean was affiliated with was predominately results based, especially as you age within soccer progressed. Division success was critical to the club’s reputation.

Taking a break but sees himself getting back into the sport.

1. Around the ages of 8-9

2. Gymnastics, soccer, athletics, tennis and still participate in athletics.

3. PE teacher and family.

4. Enjoy: Making friends, going training with friends from school, looking forward to it after school, trying all the events and having fun.

Disliked: Seeing other parents yelling at their kids – ruins environment.

5. Started training in year 7 around 12-13. After school training.

6. Yes, still run and do athletics and distance running.

7. Learnt to be independent using these values into the real world.

8. Yes, brought up into the sport into an easy and positive way and seeing others give up or lose their spark for the sport so she can see herself as a 'lifelong' participant.

Agents: Grew up in a big family who were always active and encouraged to go outside and do any active/play with family and friends instead of staying inside. 

Learned behaviours: started to understand what burnout is and understanding their body. Originally was going to the gym 7 days a week. Was able to know when they were feeling burnt out and structure their week better to fit gym in. 

Insight: From being within an active family they were able to feel comfortable going to the gym with her brother and not feel nervous or intimidated being in a male dominated gym or area of the gym. Another gym goer mentioned to her that she was the first girl they’ve seen use the weights area and she didn’t feel intimidated to use the area. She went to the gym to do what she wanted without fear.

Impact: still goes to the gym to stay fit and healthy, and because she enjoys it. 

Sport: Basketball, from the age of 7

How did you get involved?:

Wanted to try something different because family was very football orientated - family was supportive in decision, as long as they were participating in something active. Also influenced by following the NBA and playing basketball video games

What did you enjoy about?:

• Brother was head coach - so a familiar face helped with longevity 

• Basketball team stayed together for the whole time through 12-17 years old, growing friendships outside of school friends

• Competition not as much as a factor, more so just enjoying the sport with friends

Will you be a lifelong participant?:

• Still passionately follows the professional sport

• Will continually to casually play and play in organised if time commitments permit

what made you interested in sport?

the enjoyment side of it and social side of making friends.

How did you get into this sport?

Being with friends so they could be involved more with them.

Can you remember what you enjoyed about it?

talking with friends and having a joke

How did training become important for this sport?

To see the improvement from when starting

Did you imagine this being something you wanted to go down?

No because of other hobbies but did it to be with friends.

What do you want to come out from this sport?

Staying active and moving more throughout the day

Sport: Netball

How: Parents

Enjoy: Competitiveness, social benefits, staying active

Training: No

Specialised: No

Lifelong: Yes

2 - Footy

3 - through family mates and school

4 - competitiveness

5 - As soon as I was able to play the sport, after training, before training

6 - I learnt all different traits such as resilience, triumph humbly.

7 - Yes, because you will be a lifelong benefit within the club

sport: AFL and then basketball

how: family saw potential

enjoyment: always enjoyed and still enjoy today. Early socialization was a benefit because of regularly changing schools

training: training and games have always been a part of both sports

differences between sports: basketball is very much turn up and go home. AFL is more of a community

lifelong: Some form of AFL engagement will always be in the future because they can see the physical and psychological benefits

2 - soccer

3 - dad played both

4 - enjoyed the competitve nature of it

5 - started training at 7

6 - specialised within the sport to be a defender

7 - yes, currently still playing with non intention of stopping

Sport:Powerlifting

Reason of Involvement:Friends

What you enjoyed about the sport:Feeling of getting the weight up

Started training to improve performance:19 years old

Do you specialise in the sport?, what has this sport taught you?:Yes, Powerlifting has taught me to be patient

Do you see yourself as a lifelong participant?:No as it can cause injuries

Agents: A combination of parental encouragement and wanting to play sport with school friends

Norms, Values or Behaviours: Learned about participation and how to be a good teammate. Over time, it became more about skill and the fact that being talented meant you were worth more. It then continued on to discipline, putting in effort and performing well. Body preparation and health became a large focus, including the 'ideal body'

Insight: "I stopped playing when it started to feel like a chore. I realised that I didn't love the game anymore. Time away led me to coming back at a social setting."

Impact: Basketball helped to form good habits in life and time away from the game helped me to develop my identity as a person. It led to the developments in discipline, resilience and leadership but lost themselves in the game. Time away led to the development of their own identity as basketball had taken over their whole life (work, fun, school, free time).

2 - mum push to start

3 - netball

4 - enjoyed it, it was to socalise was nt serious

5 - 2 hours a week

6 - still playing

7 - yes still involved