Drugs In Sport

Drugs In Sport

Reasons for Use
1. Psychological Reasons
  1. Steady Nerves
  2. Increase Aggression
  3. Increase Motivation
2. Physiological Reasons
  1. Mask Injury
  2. Increase Energy
  3. Build Muscle
3. Social
  1. Pressure to win from coaches, peers & media
  2. Fear of not winning
  3. Belief everyone else is doing it!
Consequences
1. Stricter, more rigorous out of season testing
2. More severe punishment
3. Role models to reinforce their 'no drugs' position
4. Education programmes for athletes & coaches to highlight issues
Possible Solutions
1. Morality
  1. Unfair Advantage
  2. Undermines true spirit of sport
  3. Reflects badly on others
2. Health/Well-being
  1. Addictive
  2. Lower life expectancy
  3. Liver/Heart diseases
3. Role Modelling
  1. Gives a bad example to others, especially young people, who may copy.
  2. Gives a bad image to sport and lowers its status
4. Legality
  1. Against the laws of the land
  2. Against the laws of sport

Resource summary

	Created by Nathan Wren over 7 years ago