Opting out of youth sports: how can we understand the social processes involved?

Sports researchers often examine the subject of youth quitting sports through quantitative surveys using fixed-choice questionnaires. In this paper, we analyze 1,248 descriptions offered by youth in the survey Young in Oslo 2018 when asked to explain why they had left organized sports. We examine th...

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Published inSport, education and society Vol. 25; no. 7; pp. 842 - 854
Main Authors Persson, Marlene, Espedalen, Lars Erik, Stefansen, Kari, Strandbu, Åse
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 01.09.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Athletics
belonging
Competition
Decision Making
Dropouts
exclusion
Experience
Foreign Countries
Injuries
Leisure Time
Participation
participation rates
Psychological Patterns
Researcher subject relations
Secondary School Students
Social processes
sports attrition
sports dropout
Sports participation
sports withdrawal
Time
Youth
Youth Programs
Youth sports
Norway
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Summary:Sports researchers often examine the subject of youth quitting sports through quantitative surveys using fixed-choice questionnaires. In this paper, we analyze 1,248 descriptions offered by youth in the survey Young in Oslo 2018 when asked to explain why they had left organized sports. We examine their reasons for opting out of sports and how different reasons may interact. Similar to studies with fixed-choice questions, we found both sports-internal and sports-external reasons for quitting. Our main finding concerns how sports-internal and sports-external processes appear together and reinforce the challenges some youth experience in their day-to-day lives in terms of their sports participation.
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ISSN:1357-3322
1470-1243
DOI:10.1080/13573322.2019.1663811