Topic Exploration Pack
Factors affecting participation in sport
Instructions and answers for teachers ........................................................................................ 2
Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 3
Mapping to the specification level: Learning outcomes ............................................................ 3
Task 1 Different factors affecting participation (with answers) .................................................. 4
Task 2 Encouraging participation – Factor cards (with answers) .............................................. 5
Task 3 People profiles and participation................................................................................... 7
Task 4 True or False ................................................................................................................ 8
Task 5 .................................................................................................................................... 10
Possible extension tasks ........................................................................................................ 12
Additional task idea ................................................................................................................ 14
Useful Sites............................................................................................................................ 15
Student Activity........................................................................................................................... 19
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 19
Task 1 Different factors encouraging participation.................................................................. 20
Task 2 Encouraging participation – Factor cards ................................................................... 22
Task 4 True or False .............................................................................................................. 26
Task 5 .................................................................................................................................... 29
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Instructions and answers for teachers
These instructions cover the student activity section which can be found on page 19. This Topic
Exploration Pack supports OCR GCSE (9-1) Physical Education.
When distributing the activity section to the students either as a printed copy or as a Word
file you will need to remove the teacher instructions section.
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Introduction
In topic area 2.1a learners will have the opportunity to research and develop their knowledge and
understanding of current participation trends in physical activity and sport.
The topic area ‘Physical activity and sport in the UK’ directs learners to obtain relevant information
from a variety of valid and respected sources including Sport England, National Governing Bodies
such as England Netball and The FA along with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
Learners will be able to gather data and evidence from these sources to provide an insight into the
participation rates of different social groups along with the types of physical activity and sport that
people in the UK are engaging in.
In the topic area ‘Participation in physical activity and sport’ learners will look at the different factors
that can affect participation in physical activity and sport and gain an understanding into the
various strategies being used to promote participation with particular focus on promotion, provision
and access.
Both of these topic areas allow learners to develop their ability in the collection and use of data and
are areas of the specification where the use of data may be examined.
Mapping to the specification level: Learning outcomes
From the specification:
1. Describe current trends in physical activity and sport in the UK.
2. Describe the different factors that can affect participation in physical activity and sport.
3. Describe the strategies that are being used to improve participation in physical activity and
sport.
4. Apply examples from physical activity and sport to participation issues.
5. Analyse data from different sources.
In Task 1 learners will look at the many different factors that can affect participation and be
expected to apply practical examples from physical activity and sport to these participation issues.
Task 2 demands that learners have knowledge of how each named factor in the specification can
have both a positive or negative influence on participation in physical activity and sport within the
UK.
Task 3 allows learners to gather their own evidence from reliable sources and evaluate how
demographics can affect participation along with possible solutions and strategies to improve
participation.
In Task 4 learners are presented with various statements and data taken from recent research into
participation in the UK. This allows learners to become familiar with some of the recent statistical
evidence into how people in the UK are taking part and how they are participating.
Task 5 allows the learner to analyse data and develop their knowledge and understanding into
current trends in participation in the UK.
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Task 1 Different factors affecting participation (with answers)
Task 1 in the student activity section that follows compares the different factors that can positively
or negatively affect people of different social groups from taking part in physical activity and sport.
The flow diagram is split up into fourteen separate boxes.
Compare the factors learners have identified with those stated in the OCR GCSE PE specification.
Examples below are also identified as being positive factors that encourage participation or
barriers preventing participation in physical activity and sport.
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Task 2 Encouraging participation – Factor cards (with answers)
Task 2 allows learners to develop their knowledge from Task 1 and to suggest both positive and
negative examples of how participation may be encouraged/strategies to promote participation or
how the factor can actually become a barrier for people to participate in physical activity and sport.
Age
Gender
Positive: Sport England strategy
‘Create a sporting habit for life’.
Positive: Investment of funding to
encourage female participation
including ‘Active Women’s projects
and ‘This Girl Can’.
Negative: Old or young people that
have a lack of confidence/self-esteem
in taking part.
Negative: Stereotypical/traditionally
linked gender sport bias.
Ethnicity
Religion/culture
Positive: Funding of the ‘Sporting
Equals’ project that is designed to help
more people from black and minority
ethnic (BME) communities to get
involved.
Positive: Development of sport hijabs
being worn by female role models in
different sporting competitions.
Negative: Certain faiths and beliefs
discouraging participation in certain
types of activity.
Negative: Fewer coaching opportunities
in football for black and minority ethnic
groups.
Family
Education
Positive: A brother that gives their
sister a lift in the car to go swimming.
Positive: Sport England funding for
schools towards improving facilities
and practical support.
Negative: A young sprinter whose
family don’t bother to watch him race.
Negative: Schools with run down
facilities and a limited extra-curricular
programme.
Time/work commitments
Cost/disposable income
Positive: Companies who build leisure
facilities within the workplace to make it
easier for employees to keep fit and
active.
Positive: Concessions for children
and the elderly in swimming pools.
Negative: People unable to afford
expensive gym memberships.
Negative: Parents with a young family
may find it difficult to take part regularly
in their sporting interests.
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Opportunity/access
Disability
Positive: The Inclusive sports
programme created to increase the
number disabled people playing sport.
Positive: Sport England ‘Sportivate’
programme aimed at 14-25 year olds to
find a sport they love.
Negative: Clubs that are unable to afford
specialist equipment required to enable
disabled to participate.
Negative: Local gym facilities that are
inaccessible, lack specialist equipment
and untrained staff in disability
awareness.
Discrimination
Environment/climate
Positive: It can help raise the profile
of issues such as the culture of male
dominance in sport.
Positive: Access to green space and or
natural environment that enables
participation in outdoor adventurous
activities.
Negative: A lack of opportunity,
provision and esteem for different
social groups within sport and
physical activity.
Negative: Living in a rural area that has
limited access to sports facilities such
as an ice skating rink.
Role models
Media coverage
Positive: Successful Paralympic
athletes in London 2012 and other
major competitions inspiring people
to participate.
Positive: Exposure of less known
sports or activities such as mountain
biking or other extreme sports.
Negative: Coverage of injuries may
put people off from participating or
people spending their time watching
rather than playing.
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Negative: Limited role models in less
well known sports/activity such as
Boccia and rockclimbing.
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Task 3 People profiles and participation
Name
Age
Gender
Ethnic Group
Additional
Information
Michael
16
Male
Black
Part time job after
school and at
weekends.
Janet
19
Female
White
Unemployed.
Brian
79
Male
White
Retired and
wheelchair user.
Yamna
26
Female
Asian
Professional
employment.
Bao
39
Male
Chinese
Manual worker.
(a) Using the information above, complete the table below on each of the different people profiles.
Name
Age
Gender
Ethnic Group
Michael
Ethnic group, time.
Research shows that the
number of both black and
minority ethnic (BME)
adults playing sport is
increasing but evidence
suggests that BME is a
factor that affects
participation.
Promotion of role models,
Currently 40.6% of men
play sport at least once a
week, compared to 30.7%
of women (APS 2014/15)
Sport England £10 million
funding – Active Women
Projects including Breeze,
Back to Netball and US
Girls.
Janet
Unemployment, lack of
disposable income,
gender
Take up is lowest among
unemployed people.
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Brian
Age, lack of disposable
income (pension),
disability, opportunity,
access, lack of role
models
The 16-24 age group
participate most in
physical activities.
Disabled people are less
likely to take part in sport
with only one in six playing
sport regularly compared
to one in three nondisabled people.
Concessions for
participating such as
reduced golf membership
fees.
Sport England funding for
‘Inclusive Sport’ project.
Strategic work with
National Governing Bodies
(NGBs).
(APS 2014/15).
Yamna
Ethnic group, gender, age,
lack of role models
The 16-24 age group
participate most in
physical activities (APS
2014/15).
Currently 40.6% of men
play sport at least once a
week, compared to 30.7%
of women (APS 2014/15).
Bao
Age, ethnic group, manual
worker, lack of role models
The 16-24 age group
participate most in
physical activities (APS
2014/15).
Sport England 2013 - £1
million to fund Sporting
Equals.
Sport England £10 million
funding – Active Women
Projects including Breeze,
Back to Netball and US
Girls.
Sport England 2013 - £1
million to fund Sporting
Equals.
Take up is lowest among
manual workers.
Data source: https://www.sportengland.org/media/875700/1x30_overall_factsheet_aps9q2v2.pdf
Task 4 True or False - answers
Answers to Task 4 are:
Participation Statement
True
The 16-24 age group participate most in physical activities.
False
Y
More women play sport than men.
Y
There are only two key factors in sports participation which are
including gender and disability.
Y
The number of both black and minority ethnic and white British
adults playing sport is increasing.
Fewer disabled people are taking part in sport.
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The correct true and false statements are:
Facts and data statements based on Sport England APS 2014/15
True
False
The 16-24 age group participate most in
physical activities.
The 26+ age group participate most in physical
activities.
More men play sport than women.
More women play sport than men.
15.5 million adults play sport at least once a
week.
1.5 million adults play sport at least once a
week.
1.4 million more adults are playing sport than
in 2005/6.
1.4 million fewer adults are playing sport than
in 2005/6.
58% of adults still do not play any sport.
42% of adults still do not play any sport.
There are a number of key factors in sports
participation including gender, age, socioeconomic, ethnicity and disability.
There are only two key factors in sports
participation which are including gender and
disability.
Currently 40.6% of men play sport at least
once a week, compared to 30.7% of women.
Currently 40.6% of women play sport at least
once a week, compared to 30.7% of men.
At a younger age, men are much more likely
than women to play sport. But this difference
declines sharply with age.
At an older age, men are much more likely
than women to play sport. But this difference
increases greatly with age.
Age is a factor in participation: 54.8% of 16-to25-year-olds take part in at least one sport
session a week, compared to 31.9% of older
adults (26 plus).
Age is not a factor in participation: 31.9% of
16-to-25-year-olds take part in at least one
sport session a week, compared to 54.8% of
older adults (26 plus).
Take up is highest among
managerial/professional workers and
intermediate social groups. It is lowest among
manual workers and unemployed people.
Take up is lowest among
managerial/professional workers and
intermediate social groups. It is highest among
manual workers and unemployed people.
The number of both black and minority ethnic
and white British adults playing sport is
increasing.
The number of both black and minority ethnic
and white British adults playing sport is
decreasing.
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More disabled people are taking part in sport –
latest results show 17.2% are playing sport
regularly, up from 15.1% in 2005/6.
Fewer disabled people are taking part in sport
– latest results show 17.2% are playing sport
regularly, up from 15.1% in 2005/6.
9.6 million people (16 plus) are members of a
sports club.
19.6 million people (16 plus) are members of a
sports club.
There are also 5.6 million people (16 plus) who
volunteer regularly in sport, according to the
latest figures.
There are also 15.6 million people (16
plus) who volunteer regularly in sport,
according to the latest figures.
Task 5
Sport England - Once a week sport participation (1x30), key sports by gender (APS9Q2 Apr
2014-2015)
Source:
https://www.sportengland.org/media/913623/aps9q2headlines.pdf
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(a)
Using the graph, answer the following questions:
i. Which sport/physical activity is the most popular among males and females?
Going the gym.
ii.
Which sport/physical activity has the largest difference between male and female
participation?
Football (Over 1.5 million males participating compared to less than 500,000 females.)
iii.
What are the possible reasons for this difference?
Fewer clubs, less media coverage for female Football, discrimination, fewer role models.
iv.
List the sports/physical activities that have between 500,000 and 1 million males and
females participating.
Fitness and conditioning.
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v.
Which physical activities/sports have a female only participation rate?
Exercise, movement and dance, aerobics, netball and aqua aerobics. Equestrian and
keepfit classes could also be classed sports/physical activity that are predominantly
female dominated based on the graph information although there is some evidence of a
limited amount of male participation.
vi.
How many physical activities/sports are played by over 1.5 million males?
3 - Going the gym, cycling and football.
vii.
How many physical activities/sports are played by over 1.5 million females?
2 – Going the gym and swimming.
Possible extension tasks
The following tasks have been created through the use of information published by Sport England
and build on the ideas above. It is possible to apply similar tasks using data supplied from other
reliable sources (refer to useful links section) including, Department of Culture, Media and Sport
(DCMS), National Governing Bodies and the Youth Sports Trust.
Extension task 1
Use the flow diagram from Task 1 to further develop knowledge and understanding of the different
barriers for specific social groups. For example, the elderly may face several barriers ranging from
low income, health issues, low self-esteem and a lack of role models. Learners can then give
strategies in (b) to address the issues named in (a). For example, Elderly: (a) Low income from
pensions (b) Subsidised activity costs.
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Extension task 2
Factor cards can be passed around the learners and each learner has to add a different example
of how that factor can promote participation or be a barrier to taking part in physical activity and
sport.
Extension task 3
Use the Sport England website (http://www.sportengland.org/research/who-plays-sport/nationalpicture/) and the various links to create your own people profiles building up tables that could look
like those below.
These profiles can also be added to by adding more background/additional information to each.
For example, a young mother on maternity leave or an elderly person who lives on their own.
Name
Age
Gender
Ethnic Group
Additional Information
Describe their barriers to participation and possible solutions to encourage them to participate
regularly in physical activity and sport.
Name
Age
Gender
Ethnic Group
Extension task 4
Learners can read out either a true or false statement and their partner has to agree or disagree
with the statement.
Learners can research and create their own statements.
Extension task 5
This task can be repeated after every Sport England ‘Active People Survey’ ensuring students are
aware of the latest changes in participation rates across the different social groups and current
strategies being used to increase participation rates.
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Learners can be given data in graph format taken from different sources and can either be given a
list of questions in which they analyse the data or they can devise a set of their own questions. For
example, the graph in Task 5 was based on ‘Once a week sport participation (1x30) and key sports
by gender’ (APS9Q2 Apr 2014-2015). The same research also displayed graphs and data for
various other social groups including:

Once a week sport participation (1x30) – adults

Once a week sport participation (1x30) – young people (16-25) and adults (26+)

Once a week sport participation (1x30) – disabled people

Once a week sport participation (1x30) – gender

Once a week sport participation (1x30) – changes in participation in sport

Once a week sport participation (1x30) – ethnicity

Popularity of sports
Additional task idea
Learners could be asked to complete a questionnaire based around their own participation and
class results compared to data from national results. Questions could include:

Are you male or female?

Do you participate in physical activity and/or sport?

What types of physical activity/sport do you participate in?

How many times a week do you participate?

Why do you participate in that particular physical activity/sport?

What are the barriers you face when wanting to participate in physical activity/sport?

How can these barriers be removed?
Learners could then summarise the findings for the class and display the data in a series of
different graph formats. This information can then be compared to some of the national data. Are
there any differences?
Supporting information
There is a vast amount of research available that details the different engagement patterns of
different groups in society. One source that records the number of people taking part in sport is the
Sport England ‘Active People Survey’ (APS). These findings are published twice a year and date
back to 2005/06. As well as being familiar with current trends in physical activity and sport it is
important we know the reasons for current trends in participation and possible strategies to raise
participation rates. There are several national and local organisations that are responsible for
delivering and ensuring participation rates in sport and physical activity are healthy across all social
groups in the UK. These include Sport England, National Governing Bodies, local authorities and
charities such as British Heart Foundation.
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As well as accessing the different websites there is also an opportunity for learners to download
various documents that provides further information on current participation rates including the use
of graphs:
Once a week participation in sport – Active People Survey April 2014 – March 2015
The following documents from Sport England will provide the learner with further information
relating to age groups, disability, gender including differences in the popularity of some sports,
ethnicity, socio-economic groups and the general popularity and seasonality of sports participation
in the UK.
https://www.sportengland.org/media/913623/aps9q2headlines.pdf
https://www.sportengland.org/media/875700/1x30_overall_factsheet_aps9q2v2.pdf
Creating a sporting habit for life
https://www.sportengland.org/media/130949/DCMS-Creating-a-sporting-habit-for-life-1-.pdf
Go where women are
https://www.sportengland.org/media/806351/gowherewomenare_final_01062015final.pdf
Useful Sites
Sport England

Research
https://www.sportengland.org/research/

Who plays sport? Active People Survey
https://www.sportengland.org/research/who-plays-sport/

National picture – Who plays sport? (Gender, age, ethnicity and disability) and how do
people take part
https://www.sportengland.org/research/who-plays-sport/national-picture/

Encouraging take up
https://www.sportengland.org/research/encouraging-take-up/

Sport and age
https://www.sportengland.org/research/encouraging-take-up/key-influences/sport-and-age/
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https://www.sportengland.org/our-work/disability/

Our work – equality and diversity (women and ethnic minorities)
https://www.sportengland.org/our-work/equality-diversity/women/
https://www.sportengland.org/our-work/equality-diversity/ethnic-minorities/

Our work – National work
https://www.sportengland.org/our-work/national-work/

Sport and faith groups
http://www.sportengland.org/research/encouraging-take-up/key-influences/faith/
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-culture-media-sport
National Governing Bodies

A-Z List of UK National Governing Bodies
http://www.sportscoachuk.org/site-tools/about-us/who-we-work/national-governingbodieshttp://www.sportscoachuk.org/site-tools/about-us/who-we-work/national-governing-bodies
Within each National Governing Body there are various links that detail further information relating
to the different social groups involved within the sport and the current initiative being used to
increase participation within that particular physical activity/sport. See the next page for some of
the various links relating to participation in Football.
The FA

Take part in football
http://www.thefa.com/my-football

Women’s football and participation and we can play
http://www.thefa.com/womens-girls-football/participation
http://www.thefa.com/womens-girls-football/participation/we-can-play
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Football and disability
http://www.thefa.com/my-football/player/disability-football

Race equality
http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/equality/race-equality

Walking football
http://www.thefa.com/news/my-football/players/2014/jun/walking-football-fa-mars-just-play

FA initiatives (Just play and football mash up)
http://www.thefa.com/my-football/justplay
http://www.thefa.com/my-football/player/youth-football
Other useful links

English Federation of Disability Sport
http://www.efds.co.uk/

Sports Coach UK
http://www.sportscoachuk.org/

Sport and Development
http://www.sportanddev.org/

Sport Northern Ireland
http://www.sportni.net/

Sport Scotland
http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/

Sport Wales
http://sport.wales/

Youth Sports Trust
http://www.youthsporttrust.org/
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Topic Exploration Pack
Factors affecting participation in sport
Student Activity
Introduction
In topic area 2.1a learners will have the opportunity to research and develop their knowledge and
understanding of current participation trends in physical activity and sport.
The topic area ‘Physical activity and sport in the UK’ directs learners to obtain relevant information
from a variety of valid and respected sources including Sport England, National Governing Bodies
such as England Netball and The FA along with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
Learners will have the opportunity to gather current data and evidence from these sources to
provide an insight into the participation rates of different social groups along with the types of
physical activity and sport that people in the UK are engaging in.
In the topic area ‘Participation in physical activity and sport’ learners will look at the different
factors that can affect participation in physical activity and sport and gain an understanding into the
various strategies being used to promote participation with particular focus on promotion, provision
and access.
Both of these topic areas allow learners to develop their ability in the collection and use of data
and are areas of the specification where the use of data may be examined.
In Task 1 learners will look at the many different factors that can affect participation and be
expected to apply practical examples from physical activity and sport to these participation issues.
Task 2 further develops the learners’ knowledge from Task 1. Learners are expected to take each
named factor in the specification and describe how it can have a positive or negative influence on
participation in physical activity and sport within the UK through applied practical examples.
Task 3 allows learners to gather their own evidence from reliable resources and evaluate how
demographics can affect participation along with possible solutions and strategies to improve
participation.
In Task 4 learners are presented with various statements and data taken from recent research into
participation in the UK. This allows learners to become familiar with some of the recent statistical
evidence into how people in the UK are taking part and how they are participating.
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In Task 5 learners are expected to analyse data and develop their knowledge and understanding
into current trends in participation in the UK.
Learning outcomes
1. Describe current trends in physical activity and sport in the UK.
2. Describe the different factors that can affect participation in physical activity and sport.
3. Describe the strategies that are being used to improve participation in physical activity and
sport.
4. Apply examples from physical activity and sport to participation issues.
5. Analyse data from different sources.
Task 1 Different factors encouraging participation
There are many different factors that can positively or negatively affect people of different social
groups from taking part in physical activity and sport. Complete the following flow diagram which is
split up into fourteen separate boxes. In each box you will need to:
In (a) identify the different factors that can affect participation.
In (b) apply a practical example of how each named factor can influence participation (this can be a
positive influence or a barrier that prevents participation).
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(a)
(a)
(b)
(b)
(a)
(a)
(b)
(b)
(a)
(a)
(b)
(b)
(a)
Different factors
Different factors
affecting
affecting
participation
participation
(b)
(a)
(b)
(a)
(a)
(b)
(b)
(a)
(a)
(b)
(b)
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(a)
(b)
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Task 2 Encouraging participation – Factor cards
As well as understanding the different factors affecting participation in physical activity and sport it is
also important you can apply examples of how each factor can be a positive influence on
participation as well as how the same factor could actually be a barrier to participation.
Complete the factor cards describing how each factor can have both a positive and negative
influence on participation in physical activity and sport.
Age
Gender
Positive:
Positive:
Negative:
Negative:
Ethnicity
Religion/culture
Positive:
Positive:
Negative:
Negative:
Family
Education
Positive:
Positive:
Negative:
Negative:
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Cost/disposable income
Time/work commitments
Positive:
Positive:
Negative:
Negative:
Disability
Opportunity/access
Positive:
Positive:
Negative:
Negative:
Discrimination
Environment/climate
Positive:
Positive:
Negative:
Negative:
Media coverage
Role models
Positive:
Positive:
Negative:
Negative:
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Research has become an important resource in providing current information and data on who is
taking part and how they are participating in physical activity and sport within the UK. This
information can be further broken down by the various demographics including age, gender,
ethnicity and disability. As well as understanding how certain demographics can be a barrier to
participation, it is also important you understand strategies that can be used to improve participation
with particular focus on promotion, provision and access.
Name
Age
Gender
Ethnic Group
Additional
Information
Michael
16
Male
Black
Part time job after
school and at
weekends.
Janet
19
Female
White
Unemployed.
Brian
79
Male
White
Retired and
wheelchair user.
Yamna
26
Female
Asian
Professional
employment.
Bao
39
Male
Chinese
Manual worker.
3 (a) Using the information above, complete the second column in the table below for each of the
different people profiles for barriers to participation.
3 (b) Use the Sport England website (http://www.sportengland.org/research/who-playssport/national-picture/) to complete possible solutions and strategies being taken to remove the
barriers and encourage participation, as well as analysing the data as evidence for the barrier.
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Name
Barriers to participation
Evidence from Sport
England Active People
Survey (APS)
Possible solutions to
remove the barriers
Michael
Janet
Brian
Yamna
Bao
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Task 4 True or False
(a) Read the following statements and indicate by ticking the appropriate box whether they are true
or false.
Participation Statement
True
False
The 16-24 age group participate most in physical activities.
More women play sport than men.
There are only two key factors in sports participation which are
including gender and disability.
The number of both black and minority ethnic and white British
adults playing sport is increasing.
Fewer disabled people are taking part in sport – latest results
show 17.2% are playing sport regularly, up from 15.1% in
2005/6.
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(b) Look at the statements below that have been taken from the Sport England Action People
Survey (APS 2014/15). Cut out the statements and place those you think are true and false in the
appropriate columns on the table on the next page.
58% of adults still do not play any sport
More women play sport than men.
There are only two key factors in sports
participation which are including gender
and disability
There are a number of key factors in sports
participation including gender, age, socioeconomic, ethnicity and disability.
There are also 15.6 million people (16
plus) who volunteer regularly in sport,
according to the latest figures.
Take-up is highest among managerial/
professional workers and intermediate social
groups. It is lowest among manual workers and
unemployed people.
Currently 40.6% of women play sport at
least once a week, compared to 30.7% of
men.
19.6 million people (16 plus) are members
of a sports club.
The 16-24 age group participate most in
physical activities.
Fewer disabled people are taking part in
sport – latest results show 17.2% are playing
sport regularly, up from 15.1% in 2005/6.
The number of both black and minority
ethnic and white British adults playing sport
is increasing.
The number of both black and minority
ethnic and white British adults playing sport
is decreasing.
1.4 million more adults are playing
sport than in 2005/6.
More disabled people are taking part in sport
– latest results show 17.2% are playing sport
regularly, up from 15.1% in 2005/6.
42% of adults still do not play any sport.
1.5 million adults play sport at least once a
week.
Take-up is lowest among managerial/
professional workers and intermediate social
groups. It is highest among manual workers
and unemployed people.
The 26+ age group participate most in
physical activities.
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Age is not a factor in participation: 31.9% of
16-to-25-year-olds take part in at least one
sport session a week, compared to 54.8%
of older adults (26 plus).
Age is a factor in participation: 54.8% of 16to-25-year-olds take part in at least one sport
session a week, compared to 31.9% of older
adults (26 plus).
There are also 5.6 million people (16
plus) who volunteer regularly in sport,
according to the latest figures.
At a younger age, men are much more
likely than women to play sport. But this
difference declines sharply with age.
At an older age, men are much more likely
than women to play sport. But this
difference increases greatly with age.
Currently 40.6% of men play sport at least
once a week, compared to 30.7% of
women.
1.4 million fewer adults are playing sport
than in 2005/6.
15.5 million adults play sport at least once
a week.
9.6 million people (16 plus) are members of
a sports club.
58% of adults still do not play any sport.
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Facts and data statements based on Sport England APS 2014/15
True
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Task 5
Sport England - Once a week sport participation (1x30), key sports by gender (APS9Q2 Apr
2014-2015 – p8)
Source: https://www.sportengland.org/media/913623/aps9q2headlines.pdf
(a) Using the graph, answer the following questions:
i.
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ii.
Which sport/physical activity has the largest difference between male and female
participation?
iii.
What are the possible reasons for this difference?
iv.
List the sports/physical activities that have between 500,000 and 1 million males and females
participating.
v.
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vi.
How many sports/physical activities are played by over 1.5 million males?
vii.
How many physical activities/sports are played by over 1.5 million females?
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