We are devoting an entire day to exploring the subject in depth during our 2001 Leadership Training Conference. The survey, Organized Youth Team Sports Participation in the U.S. , also found that parents are more satisfied with the sportsmanship displayed by the children on the field than they are with the behavior of spectators. It found that 26.2 million youngsters aged 6 - 17 played on at least one organized sports team. Another 10 million play team sports, but only in casual pick-up situations, not as part of an organized team.
Most parents give organized youth sports passing grades on various important topics.
Among sports, soccer tended to receive higher ratings than the other three, and basketball tended to receive lower ratings. About the study . In December 2000, American Sports Data, Inc., Hartsdale, NY, mailed 5,000 questionnaires to a representative sample of households with children aged 6 - 17. Parents responded on behalf of a pre-designated child. The study measured levels of participation in 18 team sports.