Barriers to adolescent female participation in cricket

Fowlie, Jenna; Eime, Rochelle; Griffiths, Kate

doi:10.1080/11745398.2019.1710716

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“…PE classes are often centered around team-based sports that celebrate stereotypical masculine traits such as speed, strength and competition (organizational level) [ 3 , 13 , 27 ]. Furthermore, opportunities for girls to be physically active within the curriculum and in extracurricular activities frequently become less available (environmental) [ 21 , 28 , 29 ]. Although factors that influence adolescents’ engagement with PA are emerging, recent reviews call for more qualitative research to be conducted with specific subgroups of adolescent girls (e.g., inactive or low socioeconomic groups) to truly understand their needs in order to create effective PA interventions [ 24 , 30 , 31 ].…”

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“Girls Aren’t Meant to Exercise”: Perceived Influences on Physical Activity among Adolescent Girls—The HERizon Project

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Background. Adolescent girls are less active than boys, with approximately 10% of girls in Ireland and the United Kingdom meeting the minimum recommended daily physical activity (PA) guidelines. This study investigated factors perceived to influence PA among adolescent girls from low socioeconomic areas in order to inform the design of a future intervention (The HERizon Project). Methods. A total of 48 adolescent girls (13–18 years) from low socioeconomic areas of the United Kingdom and Ireland participated in focus groups (n = 8), to explore perspectives of physical activity and the influence of gender within this. Focus groups were thematically analyzed and interpreted within a socioecological framework. Results. Most girls enjoyed PA and were aware of its benefits. They identified both barriers and facilitators to PA at intrapersonal (fear of judgement and changing priorities WITH age), interpersonal (changing social pressures and support from others) and organizational (delivery of PE) levels. Gender inequality was a multilevel factor, crossing all socioecological levels. Conclusion. Although many adolescent girls enjoy PA, their experiences appear to be limited by a fear of judgement and an overarching sense of gender inequality. Future interventions, such as the HERizon Project, should address influences at intrapersonal, interpersonal and organizational levels to promote positive PA experiences for adolescent girls.

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“Girls Aren’t Meant to Exercise”: Perceived Influences on Physical Activity among Adolescent Girls—The HERizon Project

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“…The SPPM is not designed to identify or address the key barriers to participation in sport across the lifespan as they have been articulated previously (36)(37)(38). Rather, it seeks to comprehensively map the total market for sport participation across the lifespan, and what are the critical transition points including drop-out.…”

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Sport policy and practice: Why a focus on retention of sport participants is required for both health and performance

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Westerbeek

2020

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Background: Australia like many developed countries is largely an inactive nation. Participation in sport, a form of leisure-time physical activity, can contribute to a range of individual and community health benefits. National sport policy often has a dual focus on population-based participation, and elite performance. Whist there are various sport models depicting the pathway to elite, there has been no strategic population-level sport participation pathway model developed as a guide towards increasing sport participation. The aim of this study is to explore sport participation across age groups and develop a neutral (conceptual) model that does not favour community or elite sport and that highlights the critical participation transition points including drop-out, and specifically for children and youth. Methods: We conducted a longitudinal analysis of sport participation records for 8 major sports from 2015-2017 for children and young people aged 4-29 years. Individual participation within sports was tracked from 2015 and subsequent years 2016 and 2017. Results: The total number of participants was 579,696. Only half 50.8% played continuously for the three years, 44.7% dropped out, and 4.5 played discontinuously. Drop-out was highest for those aged 4 (57.0%), and lowest for those aged 10-14 years (39.3%). From the retention and drop-out participation patterns across the lifespan, in conjunction with the published literature on sport policy and participation, we developed the Sport Participation Pathway Model (SPPM). The SPPM conceptually depicts sport participation and in doing so emphasises the significant drop-out of sport. Conclusion: The retention data and the SPPM, demonstrates the trends in participation in sport and the high drop-out of competitive club-based sport. Those who manage and govern sport need to better recognise that club-based sport is merely one component of a range of leisure-time physical activities. If sport is to have an increased impact on making populations more active, then the evidence about the participation patterns and significant drop-out should be used to justify a re-focus on retention. We also recommend that the collection, analysis and reporting of longitudinal physical activity and sport participation data is expanded, to better serve policy evaluation and redirection.

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“…Further, there are barriers to females participating in maledominated sports which need to be considered such as sport skill development, female only teams and competitions, and visible player pathways across the lifespan for females, and supportive and inclusive club culture that value female participation and sporting achievements (Fowlie, Eime et al 2020).…”

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Sport participation in Victoria, 2018 Research summary Part 2: Discussion of key findings

VicHealth¹

2020

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Barriers to adolescent female participation in cricket

Cited by 27 publications

References 43 publications

“Girls Aren’t Meant to Exercise”: Perceived Influences on Physical Activity among Adolescent Girls—The HERizon Project

“Girls Aren’t Meant to Exercise”: Perceived Influences on Physical Activity among Adolescent Girls—The HERizon Project

Sport policy and practice: Why a focus on retention of sport participants is required for both health and performance

Sport participation in Victoria, 2018 Research summary Part 2: Discussion of key findings

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