3.2.2.1 Engagament patterns of different social groups in sport

Question 1

Factors affecting participation in sport

Answer 1

Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Disability
Family, friends, peers

Question 2

5 reasons for participation difference in gender

Answer 2

Discrimination
Media coverage
Prize money
Fewer role models
Gender roles

Question 3

4 reasons for participation difference in ethnicity

Answer 3

Culture
Religion
Role-models
Tradition

Question 4

6 physiological reasons for lower participation in older people

Answer 4

Injuries
Oxygen intake decreases by 1% per year after 25
Flexibility decreases
Maximal strength decreases
Ill health
Tidal and stroke volume decrease

Question 5

3 positive effects of family on participation

Answer 5

Financial support
Transport
Act as role-models

Question 6

Negative effects of family on participation

Answer 6

Reluctant to give financial support
May have had bad experience so discourage
Unable to provide transport

Question 7

2 positive impacts of peers on participation

Answer 7

If they do it, your more likely to do the sport
Encourage sport rather than the wrong thing

Question 8

2 neagtive impacts of peers on participation

Answer 8

May discourage a sport and judge
Peer pressure to do the wrong thing rather than sport

Question 9

3 barriers to participation in disability

Answer 9

Limited number of qualified teachers and coaches
Limited number of adapted facilities
Difficulty travelling to sport