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Section 6: Participatory Sports Trends

May 2017

Sports Market Business Strategy – Morgan Hill, CA

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Team sports with the largest growth in participants during these years were Rugby (11.0 percent annually),

Lacrosse (10.3 percent annually), Field Hockey (6.2 percent annually), and Roller Hockey (5.0 percent

annually). Other sports that showed increases in participation during this time include Ice Hockey (3.9

percent annually), Swimming on a team (5.2 percent annually) and Sand Volleyball (10.7 percent annually).

The largest declines in total participants were recorded in Wrestling (-7.6 percent annually), followed by

Touch Football (-7.2 percent annually), Paintball (-5.3 percent annually), and Slow-pitch Softball (-4.2 percent

annually).

Table 6 - 1

YOUTH PARTICIPATION

In 2009, participants between the ages of 6 and 17 represented over 40 percent of the individual participants

in team sports with nearly 28 million youth participants. Similar to the overall team sports participation

market, the number of individual and total youth participants in team sports has decreased over the past five

Sports

2009 Participants 2015 Participants Total Growth

(2009-2015)

Average Annual

Growth

(2009-2015)

Rugby

0.7

1.3

87.4%

11.0%

Lacrosse

1.2

2.1

80.2%

10.3%

Field Hockey

1.1

1.6

43.3%

6.2%

Roller Hockey

1.4

1.9

33.6%

5.0%

Ice Hockey

2.0

2.5

26.2%

3.9%

Swimming on a Team *

2.4

2.9

22.4%

5.2%

Gymnastics

4.0

4.7

18.4%

2.9%

Cheerleading

3.1

3.6

17.5%

2.7%

Volleyball (Sand/Beach)

4.3

4.8

10.7%

1.7%

Soccer (Indoor)

4.8

-0.2%

0.0%

Softball (Fast Pitch)

2.5

-0.6%

-0.1%

Ultimate Frisbee

4.6

4.4

-4.9%

-0.8%

Baseball

14.4

13.7

-5.0%

-0.8%

Track & Field

4.5

4.2

-5.8%

-1.0%

Basketball

25.1

23.4

-6.8%

-1.2%

Soccer (Outdoor)

14.0

12.6

-9.4%

-1.6%

Football (Tackle)

7.2

6.5

-10.4%

-1.8%

Flag Football

6.9

5.8

-15.9%

-2.8%

Volleyball (Court)

7.7

6.4

-17.0%

-3.1%

Volleyball (Grass)

5.0

3.9

-21.8%

-4.0%

Softball (Slow Pitch)

9.2

7.1

-22.5%

-4.2%

Paintball

4.7

3.4

-28.1%

-5.3%

Football (Touch)

9.7

6.2

-36.0%

-7.2%

Wrestling

3.2

2.0

-37.6%

-7.6%

Total

141.4

126.6

-8.4%

-1.7%

*No data collected until 2011

Source: SFIA 2016 Topline Report, Johnson Consulting

Team Sports Participation Growth (millions)