2016 Participation Report

NON-PARTICIPANT INTEREST
Ways to Get a Non-participants Involved in Activities
“Aspirational” Sports Participation by Age
What would help get non-participants involved
Over the last two years, the aspirational participant reports that having someone to take part
in an activity with would be the big push to get them involved. Having a friend take them
along to a fitness activity was also mentioned. These two reasons show that people not only
prefer to workout or participate in sports with friends, it is a driving force to get them out
more and experience different ways to be physically active.
2014 2015
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Having someone to take part with
Having a friend take me along
Being in better health
More vacation time
Fewer work commitments
Having an introductory lesson or outing
Fewer family commitments
Having a friend instruct me
Having a tax break on equipment, membership, fees
and insturction
Availability of better multi-use trails and sidewalks in my
neighborhood
New equipment
Having the activity sponsored by my employer
Something else
32.9%
31.8%
25.1%
24.9%
19.3%
20.1%
18.8%
18.6%
18.5%
17.3%
16.3%
16.6%
14.8%
13.7%
12.6%
11.6%
12.4%
11.7%
11.8%
11.7%
7.8%
7.7%
17.1%
17.3%
48.1%
42.9%
2016 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY COUNCIL REPORT 20