Factors affecting sports involvement in a school-based youth cohort: Implications for long-term athletic development

Lovell, TWJ; Fransen, J; Bocking, CJ; Coutts, AJ

Factors affecting sports involvement in a school-based youth cohort: Implications for long-term athletic development

Lovell, TWJ

Fransen, J

Bocking, CJ Coutts, AJ

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Sports Sciences, 2019, 37 (22), pp. 2522 - 2529
Issue Date:: 2019-11-17

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dc.contributor.author	Lovell, TWJ https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0151-4524	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Fransen, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3355-1848	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bocking, CJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Coutts, AJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1782-7691	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-11-17	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Sports Sciences, 2019, 37 (22), pp. 2522 - 2529	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0264-0414	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/138872
dc.description.abstract	© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The aim of the present study was to determine the factors affecting sports involvement in a school-based adolescent population. The cross-sectional cohort study assessed anthropometry, physical capacities and motor competence in 501 boys (aged 10–16 y), from junior (10–12 y) and senior (13–16 y) cohorts. Sports participation data was collected from junior participants. Multivariate analysis of covariance revealed moderate maturity, anthropometry, physical capacity and motor competence differences between sports in the senior cohort (F = 2.616, p < 0.001, η2 = .08), but not in the junior cohort. Furthermore, differences in physical fitness were revealed between playing levels (F = 2.616, p < 0.001, η2 = .08), with a discriminant analysis correctly classifying 73% of participants using aerobic fitness and vertical jump measures. Representative level participants engaged in more structured training and commenced organised competition at a later age (F = 4.332, p < 0.001, η2 = .21). This study’s findings are twofold: 1) physical and motor competence profiles differ more between sports with increasing age, and 2) participants at a higher level of competition report delayed engagement in their main sport. As a result, schools may be the ideal environment in which to provide children and adolescents with the opportunity to sample different sports.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Sports Sciences	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/02640414.2019.1647032	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject.classification	Sport Sciences	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Anthropometry	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Cross-Sectional Studies	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Competitive Behavior	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Aptitude	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Motor Skills	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Age Factors	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Sexual Maturation	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Schools	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Physical Fitness	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Child	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Australia	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Male	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Youth Sports	en_US
dc.title	Factors affecting sports involvement in a school-based youth cohort: Implications for long-term athletic development	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	22	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	37	en_US
utslib.for	1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Sports and Exercise Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Provost
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Provost/Jumbunna
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHSP - Health Services and Practice
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHT - Health Technologies
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pubs.volume	37	en_US

Abstract:

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The aim of the present study was to determine the factors affecting sports involvement in a school-based adolescent population. The cross-sectional cohort study assessed anthropometry, physical capacities and motor competence in 501 boys (aged 10–16 y), from junior (10–12 y) and senior (13–16 y) cohorts. Sports participation data was collected from junior participants. Multivariate analysis of covariance revealed moderate maturity, anthropometry, physical capacity and motor competence differences between sports in the senior cohort (F = 2.616, p < 0.001, η2 = .08), but not in the junior cohort. Furthermore, differences in physical fitness were revealed between playing levels (F = 2.616, p < 0.001, η2 = .08), with a discriminant analysis correctly classifying 73% of participants using aerobic fitness and vertical jump measures. Representative level participants engaged in more structured training and commenced organised competition at a later age (F = 4.332, p < 0.001, η2 = .21). This study’s findings are twofold: 1) physical and motor competence profiles differ more between sports with increasing age, and 2) participants at a higher level of competition report delayed engagement in their main sport. As a result, schools may be the ideal environment in which to provide children and adolescents with the opportunity to sample different sports.

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