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Topic: Motivation for sport on holiday

Posted By: monkey=)
Subject: Motivation for sport on holiday
Date Posted: 19 Feb 08 at 5:43pm

Hi

I am at university doing my dissertation and I am interested in the motivation for sport participation on holiday.

I would be very grateful if anyone had time to fill in my survey and email it back to me at jenny.mccready@students.plymouth.ac.uk

It will only take 5 minutes and all answers will be confidential.

Have you participated in sport on holiday before?

Yes [ ]                                No [ ]

Is sport participation the main reason for going on this holiday?

Yes [ ]                       No [ ]

How many sports are planning to do on this holiday?

Only 1 [ ]            2-4 [ ]                 5+ [ ]

Are you going to participate in organised or unorganised sports activities?

Organised [ ]           Unorganised [ ]            Both [ ]

Do you participate in physical exercise at home at least 3 times a week?

Yes [ ]                                No [ ]

Do you compete in sport at home at least 4 times a year?

Yes [ ]                                No [ ]

What expectations do you have from your sporting activities when booking the holiday?
(More than 1 option is allowed)

Enjoyment/Fun [ ]
Improve physical fitness [ ]
Improve performance or skills in a particular sport [ ]
To gain a qualification [ ]
To spend time with family/friends [ ]
To meet other people interested in the same sport [ ]
To loose weight [ ]
To challenge yourself [ ]
To learn a new skill [ ]
To compete in a sport [ ]
Desire to be the best at the sport [ ]
Sense of achievement [ ]
Other _______________________

What are your motivations for participating in sport on holiday?
(More than 1 option is allowed)

Enjoyment [ ]
The sport helps me relax [ ]
It helps you to reduce stress [ ]
It helps you to express yourself [ ]
To improve Health/ Physical fitness [ ]
Boredom/ Lack of other activities on holiday [ ]
Makes you feel like you belong to a special group [ ]
Enjoy the camaraderie [ ]
Makes you feel that you have achieved something [ ]
Enjoy the danger involved [ ]
Enjoy the opportunity to be aggressive [ ]
Self-determination [ ]
To demonstrate skills [ ]
To help control aggression [ ]
Other ________________________

What would motivate you to participate in more sport on holiday?
(More than 1 option is allowed)

Better instruction [ ]
Better equipment/Facilities [ ]
Less expensive [ ]
Friend/Family encouragement [ ]
Other ______________________

What would prevent you from participating in sport on holiday?
(More than 1 option is allowed)

Lack of time [ ]
Activities are too expensive [ ]
Different activities on offer [ ]
Depends on what other people in the group want to do [ ]
Concerned about safety [ ]
Lack of confidence in your ability [ ]
Lack of physical fitness [ ]
Perceived as dangerous [ ]
Poor standard of equipment [ ]
Poor conditions [ ]
Afraid of getting hurt [ ]
Health problems [ ]
Don’t feel confident enough [ ]
Facilities are too crowded [ ]
Nobody to participate with [ ]
Not interested in sport [ ]
Participated before and did not enjoy it [ ]
Lack of child care [ ]
Insurance [ ]
Other _______________________

Gender    Male [ ]       Female [ ]

Age group 18-25 [ ] 26-35 [ ] 36-44 [ ] 46- 54 [ ] 55-64 [ ] 65+ [ ]

Nationality   _________________________

Occupation   __________________________

Do you have any children that holiday with you?

Yes [ ]                                No [ ]

What age is your youngest child?

Under 5 [ ]
6-10 [ ]
11-16 [ ]
16+ [ ]

How many people are you going on holiday with?

None, on my own [ ]
One [ ]
2-5 [ ]
6+ [ ]

Thank you

Replies:

Posted By: kevg
Date Posted: 20 Feb 08 at 7:55am

Monkey,

Happy to complete your survey but to make it easier could you use one of the free on-line survey sites?

Kev G