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Presentation to DLR LSP Sports Forum on Keeping Them in the Game Report Peter Smyth 26 March 2014
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2011
2003 Survey of Sport and Physical Exercise (ESRI)
Over 3,000 adults aged 18+ 2006 Quarterly National Household Survey on Sport and Social Capital (CSO)
2007 School Leavers’ Survey (ESRI)
2,025 individuals who left school in 2007 2007-2009 Irish Sports Monitor (ESRI)
26,377 adults aged 16 and over
Special modules to investigate transitions 2009 Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity Survey (DCU / UL / UCC)
1,275 primary and 4,101 second-level students 2011 - 2013 ISM (Ipsos MRBI)
8,700 adults aged 16 and over
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Primary NP Primary P Post Primary NP Post Primary P Adult NPAdult P Organised Sport Adult P Informal Sport Team Sport Only Individual Sport Only Team and Individual Sport
6.0% 6.5% 7.0% 7.5% 8.0% 8.5% Did Not Play Team Only Individual Only Both Males Females
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
10 -11 12 - 13 12 - 13 14 - 15 16 - 18 16 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 64 65+ Male Female
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% All Team EC Individual EC Team ES Individual ES
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Basketball Dance
Hurling / Camogie Soccer Swimming Other
Primary 1st Year
Male
0% 20% 40% 60%
Basketball Dance
Hurling / Camogie Soccer Swimming Other
Primary 1st Year
Female
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Higher Middle Lower
PE EC Sport Club Sport
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Primary School Post Primary School Adulthood Upper Middle Lower
78.4 68.1 72.9 82.7 53.6 30.5 71.0 73.0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Overall Team Only Individual Only Both % Male Female
14.4 13.9 9.9 9.3 7.1 6.2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Gaelic Football Soccer Hurling Exercise Swimming Basketball %
51.9 23.4 52.5 15.6 11.2 75.8 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Gaelic Football Soccer Hurling Exercise Swimming Basketball
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Family Commitments Work Commitments Preferred another sport Preferred other social activity Lost interest Financial cost Left school/college Moved house Lost touch with others Injury Too old Way organised altered % Drop-outs stated it was a factor Individual Team
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% College Holiday Other Home Public Space School Local Facility Club or Organisation Under 18 18 - 39 40+
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
2003 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 Organised Informal
26.0% 10.2% 28.1% 35.7%
Organised coaching / training Organised competition Casually with family and friends Solo
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Hurling Gaelic Football Golf Rugby Exercise Soccer Weights Swimming Running Cycling % Club Members % Participants
57.4 82.0 46.3 82.1 71.1 71.5 54.3 39.9 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Competing with others Physical well-being Meeting people Physical sensation Mental well-being Improving performance Socialising Improving looks %
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
Gaelic Football Rugby Soccer Basketball Swimming Running
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%
Male Female
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Too male dominated The balance is about right Too female dominated Dont Know Male Female
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%
Exercise GAA Football Soccer Golf Hurling Swimming Rugby Running Too female dominated Balance is just right Too male dominated
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
Total Exercise GAA (Combined) Gaelic Football Golf Soccer Hurling Rugby Swimming Running
2011 2013
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Total 16 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 64 65+ Male Female
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%
Not interested enough Dont want to participate competitively Too busy / no time Too expensive Club location not convenient Dont know any suitable club Training times not convenient Have use of own / similar facilities Not good enough to join club Too old Other Dont Know
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
Nothing Convenient (time wise) Family / friends getting involved Fitness Location (proximity) Cost For guidance / programmes Dont know any suitable club Facilities If childcare available
Main problem is not to get children involved, but to keep adolescents and young adults involved through key transition points
Clubs are contributing significantly to key public objectives around health and social policy aside from the sports development opportunities
In terms of active participation numbers, club sport is currently much more important for children while adult participation is dominated by “informal” sport
Where clubs are important for adults is in providing opportunities for people to take up new sporting activities which are likely to sustain into older adulthood.
Playing individual and team sports confers health, academic and social benefits. It helps sustain participation through key transitions. Clubs might facilitate and encourage such participation among young adult members.
Social gradients in sport emerge during the post primary years and increase into adulthood. This is one of the major policy challenges facing sport.
The large gender gap in participation is primarily a function of what happens during adolescence and early
Link to health and other forms of physical activity may offer opportunities for clubs to engage beyond their
Fitting participation around busy lives is main challenge for adults – clubs might find merit in developing systems which seek to maintain contact with young adults undergoing life change transitions
Clubs are perceived as being too inflexible (around competitions, training times, etc.) and this acts as an impediment to many who might wish to join