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- Title
Withdrawal from Competitive Youth Sport: A Retrospective Ten-year Study.
- Authors
Butcher, Janice; Lindner, Koenraad J.; Johns, David P.
- Abstract
This study provided a description of the extent, context, and timing of withdrawal from youth competitive sports and addressed the sport-specific vs. permanent dropout question. Grade 10 students (N = 1387) completed a sport participation profile retrospective to Grade 1 and a withdrawal questionnaire for all sports dropped. Ninety-four percent had withdrawn from at least one sport. Withdrawals increased with grade level. Of the dropouts, 70% continued competing in one or more sports. A sub-sample of Grade 7-8 responses revealed that 55% began at least one new sport after withdrawal (transfers). The most important reason for withdrawal was "lack of enjoyment", followed by "other non-sport activities" and "other sports". Significant differences were found in withdrawal reasons among dropout types, program types, grade levels and between genders.
- Publication
Journal of Sport Behavior, 2002, Vol 25, Issue 2, p145
- ISSN
0162-7341
- Publication type
Academic Journal