2016 Volume 39 Issue 2 Pages 91-102
It has been pointed out that “weakened empathetic sentiment towards others” may well be a background factor in juvenile violence. Based on the results of the teaching sessions with “sumo wrestling” and “kabaddi” as physical contact sports, the authors infer that physical contact sports may generate “empathy towards opponents” with the result of suppressing “the venting of aggressive emotion” For the purpose of this study, sessions consisting of touch football as a physical contact sport were conducted and its educational effects were analysed using the viewpoint of “suppression of the venting of aggressive emotion”, “awareness of the body” and “ability to control muscle output” as in “sumo wrestling” and “kabaddi”. The results of this analysis indicate that touch football enhances the pupils’ “ability to control their muscle output” and “awareness of the body” and also tends to suppress “the venting of aggressive emotion”. However, these educational effects were not as strong as those of “sumo wrestling”. It is inferred that such differences in effects are attributable to the different manner of physical contact.