1. Motives for drop out of children in chosen basketball club
- Author
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Zvrškovcová, Nikola, Crossan, William Morea, and Mudrák, Jiří
- Subjects
vrcholový sport ,basketball ,specialization ,competitive sport ,ukončení sportu ,organizovaný sport ,přístup k dětem ,organized sport ,approach to children ,drop out ,specializace ,basketbal - Abstract
Title: Motives for drop out of children in chosen basketball club Objectives: The aim of this thesis is to conduct a case study via questionares and deep interviews find out reasons for drop out of female former players from the age categories 12-18 during the two last seasons from chosen basketball club. Methods: In thesis was used a quantitative method, more precisely questionnaires were sent via email to former female players and their parents. Along with in-depth interviews with three players and the club manager. For better accuracy and comparison of the results questions were constructed based on previously published studies about youth sport drop out. Results: The most important reason for drop out was feeling, that team is not interested in them. Of the ten most cited reasons two were structural and two interpersonal, six of them are intrapersonal constraints. Structural constrains appeared overall to be the least important. Keywords: Organized sport, drop out, competitive level, basketball, approach to children, specialization
- Published
- 2021