The SPORTS Participation Framework: illuminating the pathway for people with disability to enter into, participate in, and excel at sport.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sports participation for people with disabilities exists at the intersection of health, sport, and education sectors. However, no common framework and language exist to describe the stages of sports participation.

Objective

To present the background to the SPORTS Participation Framework, and how it can be used to illuminate the path that people with disability may travel to enter into, participate in, and enjoy and excel at all levels of sport.

Method

The SPORTS Participation Framework includes six stages drawn from mainstream sports pathways and models used to classify barriers to sports participation for people with disabilities: (S) Screening, goal setting and individual preparation, (P) Practitioner led, peer-group sports interventions, (O) Organised ju

SUBMITTER: Clutterbuck GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11208908 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature