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Insight into Why Kid's Quit Sports

In 1987, researchers from the Youth Sports Institute surveyed 10,000 children aged 10-18 regarding their feelings about sports.

The 10 most important reasons I play my best sport: (In order of importance)

  1. To have fun
  2. To improve my skills
  3. To stay in shape
  4. To do something I’m good at
  5. For the excitement of competition
  6. To get exercise
  7. To play as part of a team
  8. For the challenge of competition
  9. To learn new skills
  10. To win

The 11 Most Important Reasons I Stopped Playing a Sport: (In order of importance)

1.     I lost interest

2.     I was not having fun

3.     It took too much time

4.     Coach was a poor teacher

5.     Too much pressure (worry)

6.     Wanted non-sport activity

7.     I was tired of it

8.     Needed more time for study

9.     Coach played favorites

10.  Sport was boring

11. Over-emphasis on winning

 

The study underlines a number of truths about children and sports that have been
identified in other research.

  1. Fun is pivotal; if not “fun,” young people won’t play a sport.
  2. Skill development is a crucial aspect of fun; it is more important than winning
    even among the best athletes.
  3. The most rewarding challenges of sports are those that lead to self-knowledge.
  4. Intrinsic rewards (self-knowledge the grows out of self-competition) are more
    important in creating lifetime athletes than are extrinsic rewards (victory or
    attention from others).

 

Last Updated 9/13/2007

  

 

 

 

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