What are the barriers faced by sports operating in the niche market such as squash and how do different areas of the community control these

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Hicks, Abby
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2013Publisher
Cardiff Metropolitan University
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According to (Jackson, Marrow, Hill and Dishman, 2004) physical activity brings
about the positive lifelong effects on health by reducing the possibility of physical
diseases, decreasing blood pressure and cholesterol, also aiding social,
psychological and mental health. With this being commonly known it brings about the
question of why people don’t want to participate when it allows for a better health
and overall life. Although there is much research focusing on the role of sport
development and how it operates and even some of the barriers that exist to hinder
people from exercise it is unclear on whether or not these barriers are the same for
niche sports that lack attention from media, receive little or limited funding and aren’t
a part of the Olympic movement such as squash. Thus, the purpose of this
investigation was to firstly highlight the barriers of participation in squash and then
identify how the national governing body for squash, Wales squash and racketball
(WSRB) could reduce these barriers.
To allow for a clear and reliable investigation four participants with a clear
understanding of either sport development or squash were selected to participate in
semi structured interviews, the questions being created to identify barriers and
policies implemented to gain members. These participants belong to different areas
of the community with Newport Squash Rackets club (NSRC) becoming the case
study for this investigation.
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