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School sports. Participants. By type of sport

School sports. Academic years. Participants. By type of sport Catalonia
SY 2009/10
Aerobics 1,557
Athletics 11,431
Badminton 2,559
Basketball 26,135
Bowling 1,069
Cross country 32,211
Orienteering 2,283
Chess 2,981
Skiing 1,732
Funky 1,323
Football 1,543
5-a-side football 32,694
7-a-side football 21,340
Artistic gymnastics 2,138
Rhythmic gymnastics 5,091
Handball 7,308
Hockey skates 1,033
Judo 4,532
Korfball 1,817
Swimming 9,579
Skating 7,722
Multisport 14,929
Table tennis 2,431
Volleyball 5,413
Others 7,102
Total 207,953
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.

Last update: May 3, 2012.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

School sports games (JEEC)
Program planned and directed by the Presidencial Department of the Generalitat of Catalonia through the Catalan Sports Council and the Department of Education, whose main objective is to promote a model of education and school sport participation also include recreational and competitive aspects. The recipients are children and young people in Catalonia who represent the school, the school sports partnership or association of parents of students who are enrolled in school, or other entities registered or assigned the Express sporting organizations Catalan Sports Council.

Methodological aspects

This sport should allow maximum participation among the school population, especially of secondary school students and new students, and to make it compatible with the transmission of values and civic education. Divided by age groups according to the primary and secondary cycles, considering that the engine of this sport should be the school. This program envisages actions to foster an active participation of more women in sports.

The sports councils and federations clubs provide data and licenses, as sports licenses processed by the sports organizations (Decree 58/2010 ., dated 4th May 2010, sports organizations in Catalonia, Official Journal No. 6139, 31.05.2012).

The data on School Sports are provided by the Union of Sports Councils of Catalonia for the Catalan Sports Council, who also monitor other programmes, such as that of Technology for Sport and High Performance.

The School license eligible to participate in School Sports Games Catalonia.

When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".