- Title
- Participation and dropout of Hockey New South Wales participants in 2017 and 2018: a longitudinal study
- Creator
- Owen, Katherine; Foley, Bridget; Eime, Rochelle; Rose, Catriona; Reece, Lindsey
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/188926
- Identifier
- vital:17346
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-022-00494-2
- Identifier
- ISSN:2052-1847
- Abstract
- Sports have a focus on increasing participation, which contributes to increasing population levels of physical activity, social cohesion and longevity of the sport. The primary aim of this study was to examine reasons for drop-out of a popular team sport in Australia, Field Hockey and identify opportunities to increase participation. This longitudinal study obtained routinely collected registered player data from Hockey New South Wales over two consecutive years, and survey data from registered players who dropped out. Logistic regression models identified demographic subgroups who were more likely to drop out of sport, and the reasons for dropping out. In 2018, 8463 (31%) of hockey players did not return to play hockey after the previous season and 805 (10%) of these completed a survey. Specific groups who were more likely to stop playing included 5-6 years (OR: 2.1, 95% CI 1.8-2.6 reference: 12-17 years), females (OR: 1.1, 95% CI 1.0-1.2 reference: males), Indigenous (OR: 1.2, 95% CI 1.1-1.4 reference: non-Indigenous), most disadvantaged (OR: 1.1, 95% CI 1.0-1.2 reference: least disadvantaged) or regional and remote (1.1, 95% CI 1.0-1.2 reference: major cities). Top reasons for drop out were medical/age (17%), change in circumstances (16%) and high cost (13%), lack of time (13%) and lack of enjoyment (7%). Although Hockey successfully reaches a large proportion of underrepresented groups in sport, these groups are more likely to drop out. Sports should consult these groups to develop enjoyable, flexible, and modifiable versions of the game that are appropriate to their needs.
- Publisher
- England: BioMed Central Ltd
- Relation
- BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation Vol. 14, no. 1 (2022), p. 103-103
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
- Rights
- Copyright © The Author(s) 2022
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- Adolescents; Adults; Age groups; Analysis; Australia; Children; Coronaviruses; Drop out; Exercise; Field hockey; Hockey; Hockey teams; Longitudinal studies; Participation; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Registration; Self esteem; Social networks; Socioeconomic factors; Sport; Sports; Surveys; 3202 Clinical sciences; 4206 Public health; 4207 Sports science and exercise
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