Sports participation patterns of pupils in Azerbaijan: on the willingness to participate in an extra-curricular sport event.

Abstract

This study focuses on the sports participation patterns of pupils in Azerbaijan and their willingness to participate in extra-curricular sport events. To have established on the literature review of this research, it has come upon after searching that determinants of sports participation at schools can be categorized into variations associated with age, gender, and social class. On the other hand, based on the literature review, it also finds out that the quality of sports facilities and extracurricular programs affect students' motivation for their willingness to sport participation at school. In this research, both quantitative and qualitative methods were used, which is called mixed-method design