Tom Brady and c.s. discuss 'sports drop outs'.

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I recently came across an interesting report from the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation.
The report is titled 'Investigating reasons for sports drop-out
amongst women and girls' and it specifically looks at the reasons why girls aged between 16 & 18 drop out of organised sport. Whilst I would hope that the report would be a worthwhile read to all of those involved in junior development, I believe that the findings will be of general interest to all korfball organisers seeking to understand how to retain players.

The report looks at participation in 8 different sports and outlines the following reasons why young women who drop out of sport:

Time for something new
Competing social interests
Conflicts with other commitments (time)
Lack of players
Lack of support from schools
Poor coaching/teaching
Transition from junior to senior leagues
Not enough opportunity to play in matches

These are not in order and there are differences between the sports analysed. The report explores each of these reasons and make some suggestions to counter their effect. (I'm sure that many of the suggested interventions have been tried by clubs with different levels of success.)
I think most of these issues apply to senior (and male) korfballers. I would probably add the following reason why adult korfballers stop playing:

Matches/facilities not of high enough quality
Failure to recover completely from injury

There are no easy solutions for any of these reasons for drop-out however I would hope that a better understanding of the problems will help us find better solutions. Does anyone know of any other helpful studies about drop-out from sport or about the reason why people stay in sport?

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