Current Players Involvement In Rugby
In or out!
As expected, current players have a significantly greater interest and level of involvement in rugby than past players and, in turn, non-players.
In order to determine the boys’ overall interest in rugby, all subjects were asked to rate their attitude towards the game on a five-point scale from one to five.
Eight in 10 current players rated rugby with the best possible score on this scale that is, ‘Like it a lot – love it’ (81%), with most of the others stating they ‘Somewhat liked it’ (14%). This is a significantly more positive result than the result for past players and especially for non-players, with only 30% and 9% respectively stating they ‘Like it [Rugby] a lot – love it’.
Current players’ positive opinions about rugby were also reflected in their level of involvement. Boys’ level of involvement in rugby was measured in a behavioural sense, by examining the extent to which they attended or watched the likes of All Black and Super Rugby games, as well as whether they had or intended to get involved in coaching, refereeing or administering the game. …show more content…
More than one-half of current players stated they always watched or attended All Black games (65%) and Super Rugby games (52%), with a smaller, but not insignificant proportion always attending school rugby competition games (41%).
To explain why a teenager plays rugby or not, researchers divided the our subjects responses into two categories – push and pull. The pull factors are drawing players toward the sport and the push factors are pushing players
As expected, current players have a significantly greater interest and level of involvement in rugby than past players and, in turn, non-players.
In order to determine the boys’ overall interest in rugby, all subjects were asked to rate their attitude towards the game on a five-point scale from one to five.
Eight in 10 current players rated rugby with the best possible score on this scale that is, ‘Like it a lot – love it’ (81%), with most of the others stating they ‘Somewhat liked it’ (14%). This is a significantly more positive result than the result for past players and especially for non-players, with only 30% and 9% respectively stating they ‘Like it [Rugby] a lot – love it’.
Current players’ positive opinions about rugby were also reflected in their level of involvement. Boys’ level of involvement in rugby was measured in a behavioural sense, by examining the extent to which they attended or watched the likes of All Black and Super Rugby games, as well as whether they had or intended to get involved in coaching, refereeing or administering the game. …show more content…
More than one-half of current players stated they always watched or attended All Black games (65%) and Super Rugby games (52%), with a smaller, but not insignificant proportion always attending school rugby competition games (41%).
To explain why a teenager plays rugby or not, researchers divided the our subjects responses into two categories – push and pull. The pull factors are drawing players toward the sport and the push factors are pushing players