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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

Team Sports Participation Growth (millions)

Average Annual Growth (2009-2015)

Sports

2009 Participants 2015 Participants Total Growth (2009-2015)

Rugby

0.7 1.2 1.1 1.4 2.0 2.4 4.0 3.1 4.3 4.8 2.5 4.6

1.3 2.1 1.6 1.9 2.5 2.9 4.7 3.6 4.8 4.8 2.5 4.4

87.4% 80.2% 43.3% 33.6% 26.2% 22.4% 18.4% 17.5% 10.7% -0.2% -0.6% -4.9% -5.0% -5.8% -6.8% -9.4% -10.4% -15.9% -17.0% -21.8% -22.5% -28.1% -36.0% -37.6%

11.0% 10.3% 6.2% 5.0% 3.9% 5.2% 2.9% 2.7% 1.7% 0.0% -0.1% -0.8% -0.8% -1.0% -1.2% -1.6% -1.8% -2.8% -3.1% -4.0% -4.2% -5.3% -7.2% -7.6% -1.7%

Lacrosse

Field Hockey Roller Hockey

Ice Hockey

Swimming on a Team *

Gymnastics Cheerleading

Volleyball (Sand/Beach)

Soccer (Indoor)

Softball (Fast Pitch) Ultimate Frisbee

Baseball

14.4

13.7

Track & Field

4.5

4.2

Basketball

25.1 14.0

23.4 12.6

Soccer (Outdoor) Football (Tackle)

7.2 6.9 7.7 5.0 9.2 4.7 9.7 3.2

6.5 5.8 6.4 3.9 7.1 3.4 6.2 2.0

Flag Football

Volleyball (Court) Volleyball (Grass) Softball (Slow Pitch)

Paintball

Football (Touch)

Wrestling

Total

141.4

126.6

-8.4%

*No data collected until 2011 Source: SFIA 2016 Topline Report, Johnson Consulting

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

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