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SEMESTER PROJECT
How does sport compete on the growing market of leisure time amongst
youngsters ?
Bogdan Grigoriu
International Class 5pbse0911
Superviser Kenneth Cortsen
UCN Denmark
WHY STUDY THIS?
WE ARE THE RESULT OF OUR PREVIOUS ACTIONS !
There is no academic studies on sport
practice amongst youngsters.
Sport is a multidimensional activity
which has benefits according to “Sport
and policy) (Hoye, Nicholson and
Houlihan,2010) :
Health and beauty
Combating social exclusion
Reducing childhood obesity
Improve economic development
Facilitating urban regeneration
General community welfare
General habit’s are created early in life
Young people are versatile in picking
leisure time.
COMPETITORS
Important that all industries evolve and new
ones are emerging
No new market everybody competing for the
same market (which is get arrow by time).
The national institute of statistics
(http://www.insse.ro/cms/rw/pages/anuarstatisti
c2010.en.do) under the population category
clearly indicates that the growing trend
between 1990 and 2009 is that birth rate is
decreasing.
Competitors in leisure time are according to “
www.swisscom.ch”
Meet up with friends
Do nothing
Play a musical instrument
Family bonding
Go shopping
Party’s and disco/club
Library
Going out
Junk foodSocialize with
friends
movies
Actors and stars
SPORT IN LEISURE TIME
Sport can be seen as more than just practicing a
sport:
o Watch it on TV
According to www.thewrap.com the most watched
events on TV of all times :
Number one Opening ceremony of the Beijing
Summer Olympics (1 billion viewers)
Number 3 is the World Cup final in 2006 where
Italy won
o Practice as amateur
o Reading sport journals
o Playing video related games
o Coaching (volunteer coach)
o Writing
o Collecting cards
o Go out with friends in a sport pub
o Go to experience the thrill of a live game
THEORY OF SIENCE
Ontology
In my study I have admitted that most of it is based on a
subjective view.
Another term that has been used is inter-subjectivity
which I put out in the open
I would have wished to use an objective view as I feel it
creates a more trustworthy source of information.
I was not able to do that because I had very limited time
for research and I think it is intended to be used who can
dedicate all their time to the cause
Also I found it hard to detach from the Romanian reality
which I was raised.
If I were to have a study where I could have been more
objective I probably would have used Realism , or
moreover critical realism.
Still would have used inductive to build up my hypothesis
I would have liked to use as a method for data collection
strategy ethnography because than I could have
understood the society and the environment which leads
to certain actions.
That would lead to a multi method choice of strategies :
first make a survey with some question based on some
study cases in that region, and than follow the
conclusions with the help of ethnography as a means to
understand it all.
From the time horizon that would lead to a longitudinal
study which I feel would add validity.
DATA COLLECTION METHODS:
Used a mixture of qualitative and quantitative data
Both were included into a survey
As I used a subjective view I tried to analyze and
understand the pupils choice’s from the survey and also
used some academic study cases to make some
recommendation
I wish I would have been able to gather a more
representative sample from different areas to create a more
in depth survey.
Also would have been great to have more open ended
question’s to be closer to a small interview.
VALIDITY DELIMITATION
Chose the data collection methods according to the research question and time given
The paradigm chosen allows for the use of both quantitative and qualitative data collection.
If published the study could raise awareness amongst the authorities who could undertake a larger scale study to create a better plan for sport development.
Time: arrived late in
Romania(some pupils
skipped classes that day
Budget: no money to stage
a more larger scale study,
and on a bigger area (other
cities)
Sample (only one high-
school, pretty small for the
community that the study
served
Case study are out of date
and could reflect a different
reality at the moment
ANALYZE PART
Survey
11 closed ended question’s
1 open-ended question
4 choice of answer for each question
Required info for each pupil:
Sex, class and date
All the survey’s were translated into Romanian
Multi choice allowed
4 classes(9,10,11,12)
Analyze plan
Presenting each question and preliminary comment’s and statistics
Cross sectional analyze between questions
Adding examples from case studies in order to compare with systems from other countries
Trying to use some theories as a way to create a development plan that has good chance of success
Conclusion
QUESTION 3: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LEISURE TIME
ACTIVITY?
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
a
b
c
d
100% if 12 graders voted for option
b
fig.6
What is your preffered leisure time activity?
I preffer going out
sport
video games
other
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
a b c d
How much money do you spend on sports per
month?
10
Euro
fig.11
10-
25
E25-
50
E
>
50E
GOOD FACILITIES?
MY KNOWLEDGE WOULD SAY NOT,
THE TRUTH IS THAT THEY HAVE NOT
BEEN EXPOSED TO GOOD
FACILITIES, COMPARE POLI IASI
FACILITIES TO SUMMER CUP
FACILITIES.
OVER 50% OF PUPILS PRACTICE UP TO
3 HOURS PER WEEK, WHILE IN THIS
FIGURE 1H IS COMPULSORY AND 27%
DO NOT PRACTICE SPORT AT ALL!
Above average facilities
87 %
13
%
4) How would you rate the sport facilities in your area?
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
a b c d
Q1: How much time do you practice
sports per week?
0h1-
3h
3-
5h
>
6
h
SPORT OF CHOICE In the survey we have chosen to talk about the most
popular, but what about the ones we are good at?
First of all fencing (reigning Champions on Paris 2010)
There is no club in Iasi for fencing
Boxing: Lucian Bute world champion IBF super middle weight.
Only one amateur club in Iasi.
Gymnastics
Huge potential but still only one national club to sustain our values, no club in Iasi
Nadia Comaneci (best gymnast of all times, the first perfect ten )
Water polo
Present at all international competitions from 2000 and onwards and still denied by government funding for a new national base in Bucharest
All this are impossible to practice in Iasi and as a leisure time they are not sports that you can start on your own without training
A special case is tennis which ranked low in our survey (16%) although in the past we had very good tradition (Nastase and Tiriac). The bad facilities makes hard to develop this sport and therefore we don’t even have a personality to which kids could look up to.
At the moment there is no race track whatsoever, Olympic size pool, etc.
As an idea Iasi is a bigger city than Aarhus if we look at the number of inhabitants.
Q10: WHAT STOPS YOU FROM PRACTICING
MORE SPORT?
a) cost (32%)
b) infrastructure (21%)
c) don’t want to (12%)
d) time (32%)
So at a first look more than 50 % do not practice
sport because of reasons that are independent of
them
A MODEL TO FOLLOW
The New Yankee stadium (Smith,2008), was built with a staggering figure of 1.3 billion $.
Facilities offer an unforgettable match experience at the game, shopping area around the stadium, good access to stadium, food and beverage, and barbeque in the area.
Keeping the proportions we could benefit from this kind of concept: barbeque, unique match experience, parking facilities, shopping area around etc.
If we teach our self to do sports since we are small we will have it in our blood for the rest of our lives. Romania still has a healthy population, but the media is bringing in the American way and kids can be mislead.
Elite sport can only be done if we create conditions for the youth. Romania has the advantage of a medium size population and climate to practice all whether sports, so we need to understand the potential and the fact that we can afford to copy systems that already work somewhere else, so the risk of financial flop is low.
Hospital’s can have low activity all year round if we take up sports since we are young. The health department is one of the worst in Europe, we need government intervention in promoting sick prevention trough sport.
New activities emerge along with the high tech era and we will fall behind at some point in our lives but sport is faithful trough out the years.
Sport can create welfare, and Romania is full of social problems, social exclusion and class segregation. Government needs to start using this powerful weapon to start creating social programs.
All our resources are shrinking by the hour, including the birth rate, we need here in Romania as a consequence to live more than we ever did to support the low birth rate, and that can be achieved by integrating sport a little bit more every day as a leisure activity.
REFFERENCES
Hoye R., Nicholson M., Houlihan B., Sport and Policy (issues and analysis),2010,1 edition: Butterworth-
Heinemann (Elsevier).
Smith Aaron, Introduction to Sport Marketing.2008,1 edition: Butterworth-Heinemann.
http://www.radio1movies.com/movies.html
http://www.insse.ro/cms/rw/pages/anuarstatistic2010.en.do
http://www.thewrap.com/tv/slideshow/most-watched-events-television-history-26646
http://youniv.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/research/
http://www.pgl.ro/site/p/wars
http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/ROM/Emil_Alexandrescu.htm
http://wickedwotwes.deviantart.com/art/New-Yankee-stadium-Wallpaper-123719897
http://www.swisscom.ch/en/ghq/responsibility/telecommunication-for-all/protection-of-
minors-in-the-media/james-study/leisure-time-activity.html
http://www.romaniatourism.com/iasi.html