Values and models in sport. Socio educational reflections

Sport can be studied as a lens onto social turns, as it underlines lifestyles and behavioural patterns. Sporting activity can be identified as a social product and an instrument of culture.Sport therefore expresses a clear ethical and moral value, as is also shown by the results of research we conducted in 2011 with a representative statistical sample of 3,169 students from Piedmont (Italy) aged between 9 and 11 years. Sports activities can therefore significantly contribute to the education of children and adolescents, encouraging the socialization process through experiences that involve peer groups in particular.