A general picture shows that young people's participation is high during curriculum time as physical education (PE) is compulsory. It is lower for extracurricular sport and it drops dramatically ...

What ways does your teen benefit from participating in sports? Sports can encourage positive character traits and life values. Sports participation ... and very few young adults eventually become ...

Ageing affects people in different ways. There are, though, some age-related trends that can affect participation in sport. As part of a healthy lifestyle, physical activity improves these ...

But in terms of athletic participation in general ... I can attest that sports are a great way to help young people develop emotional resilience. Whether it's learning a new skill, working ...

Researchers at the University of Sydney followed the sports participation of over 4,000 ... Youth in Victoria runs sport programs for young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds to build ...

Objective To promote sports participation in young people, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) introduced the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2007. In 2009, the IOC Consensus Statement was ...

As netball is one of the biggest sports in Australia in terms of female participation, the event was created to inspire young girls to keep playing the game long-term.

Grassroots sport across Yorkshire has called on government to do more to back local clubs in order to avert the risk that many community hubs will be lost to economic pressures.

Less than 10% of women and men reported health problems as the reason for not practising any sport. Conclusions Sports participation in Spain has increased between 2000 and 2010 among young-aged and ...