Dr Amanda Visek is a researcher from George Washington University in the U.S as well as being an active sports coach and someone who is passionate about the role that sport can play to improve children's lives. Her research provides a fascinating look into what makes sport fun for children and the results will surprise you.
In this super interesting conversation we delve into the way that she gathered the information and then used 'concept mapping' techniques to provide a visual reference as to the key elements of fun for children. She then shares some of her latest unpublished research that compares how parents and coaches rank certain elements and how this is not necessarily aligned to the way children rank things!!
The research can be found here
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4201634/A presentation on the fun maps with visuals can be found here
https://appliedsportpsych.org/site/assets/files/14874/visek.pdfI hope you enjoy the conversation
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