- Title
- Why children join and stay in sports clubs : Case studies in Australian, French and German swimming clubs
- Creator
- Light, Richard; Harvey, Stephen; Memmert, Daniel
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/53759
- Identifier
- vital:5085
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.594431
- Identifier
- ISSN:1357-3322
- Abstract
- This article builds upon research on youth sport clubs conducted from a socio-cultural perspective by reporting on a study that inquired into the reasons why children aged 9-12 joined swimming clubs in France, Germany and Australia. Comprising three case studies it employed a mixed method approach with results considered within the framework of Côté and colleagues' Development Model of Sport Participation (DMSP). It identifies the importance of parents, the social dimensions of experience in the clubs and of appropriate competition in attracting the children to the clubs and keeping them there. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
- Relation
- Sport, Education and Society Vol. 18, no. 4 (2013), p. 550-566
- Rights
- Copyright 2013 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy; 1303 Specialist Studies In Education; Competition; Social context; Sport participation; Swimming clubs; Youth sport
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