Gym Observation

On October 6, 2017 at 4:30pm, I attended St. Lorenz Lutheran 5th grade and 6th girls and boys basketball game in Frankenmuth. There I observed the things that make up this cultural group. These things include their cultural setting, Christian identity, communication patterns, and their sports identity.
As I walked into the school, I was welcomed with smiling faces and warm greetings. Upon entering the gym I noticed the yellow and white walls with a blue stripe of paint circling the gym walls to separate the two colors. On each end of the gym there were blue and yellow mats to protect players from injury. This turns out to be their school colors I quickly realized once I saw the home team’s jerseys. Both the wall and the center circle of the …show more content…
This means that age ranges were anywhere from toddlers who are three or four to grandparents who are in their fifty’s and sixty’s. There was roughly forty fans, twenty-five players, two referees, four coaches, and three scoreboard keepers during each game. Most of the people attending, except for the referees and the opposing team, seemed to be members of the St. Lorenz Lutheran church. This is significant to this cultural group because the location is both a school and a church. The opponents were also Lutheran church members, but from a different churches. Therefore, this group, particularly the fans and players, can be considered a cultural group because they have separate attitudes, beliefs, and customs that separate them from an ordinary audience or player in a basketball game. Rather than separating their religion from their school sports, they make sure to incorporate it. They do this with religious banners, Christian music during warm ups, and team and spectator prayer before the game starts. There are three different cultural themes specific to this …show more content…
In a much lesser form, the St. Lorenz gym is just like that. Just like before any sporting event, the starting players are announced to the crowd as they entered the court. Just like most schools in the 5th and 6th grade level, coaches are made up of volunteering parents or teachers. As the players warmed up for their game, I noticed they had warm up shirts with their team’s mascot and name on the front. After warm ups, the players and spectators then stand for the flag in honor of our national anthem. The audience was wearing their school colors and preteen girlfriends were wearing their boyfriends spare jerseys. The student section, although small, filled the empty spaces with their voice and signs that show support for their favorite player. Like any normal game, the fans all got up at half time to go get food from the concession stand, most bringing popcorn, candy bars, hot dogs, or pretzels and cheese back with them. This completely fits the stereotypical fan section, again the only thing difference is that this environment is not filled with negative feedback, drama, or

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