Youth Physical Activity

LC3

Ignacio Sainz
Questions

• 1. Do you play any sports? If so, what sports?

• 2. How often do you play these sports?

• 3. Which sport do you like best?

• 4. Why did you start playing these sports?

• 5. Do you play competitively or for fun?

• 6. If you play multiple sports, is it hard to find time to play all of them?

• 7. Do you play these sports with your friends at school?

• 8. Do you want to focus on one sport? Do you wish you played more than one sport?
Friend’s Brother #1

• 10 years old

• Male

• Plays multiple sports

• Competitive for all sports

• Has a different sport to play everyday

• Games on weekend
Physical Activity

• Soccer

• 3 hours a week

• A game or two

• Flag Football

• Once a week for an hour

• Baseball (Machine pitch)

• Twice a week for an hour

• Swim and Dive

• Summer (every day for one hour)

Why does he play?

• Loves playing soccer

• Entire family plays soccer

• Wants to try other sports

• Football, Baseball, swim and dive

• Is only going to focus on soccer when he gets to high school

Friend’s Brother #2

• 12 years old

• Male

• Plays multiple sports

• Competitive for all sports

• Has a different sport to play everyday/sometimes has multiple sports the

same day

• Multiple games on weekend

Physical Activity

• Soccer

• Started at 8

• Practices 3 times a week for 1.5 hours a practice

• Basketball

• 2 practices a week

• 1 hour each

• Swim and Dive

• Summer (every day)

• 1 hour
Why does he play?

• Loves playing soccer

• Entire family plays soccer

• Wants to try other sports

• Basketball and swim and dive

• Wants to play multiple sports in high school

Friend’s Brother’s friend

• 12 years old

• Male

• Plays multiple sports

• Park Rec for soccer, plays basketball for school

• Has more time for other things than sports

• Games on weekend
Physical Activity

• Soccer

• One practice per week and game on the weekend

• Basketball

• 2 practices a week

• 1 hour each
Why does he play?

• Parents want him to play sports

• Likes soccer but does not want to play competitive

• Wants to focus on Basketball

Comparisons

• 10 year olds

• About 1.43 million 10 year olds are part of at least one team

• Average spend 60 minutes a day doing physical activity

• Number of kids/sport based on family income

• 12 year olds

• About 1.71 million 12 year olds are part of at least one team

• Average spend 60 minutes a day doing physical activity

• Number of kids/sport based on family income

Summary

• After interviewing my friend’s younger brothers and their friend, I found that
my friend’s two younger brothers play a lot more sports than the average
person. They not only spend more time doing physical activity than the usual,
but they are also involved in a lot of sports. I also found that it can be stressful
to play all these sports because they sometimes have games at the same
time or back to back and parents do not want them to play that much in one
day so they have to pick which one they want to play that day.