Motivation of Women for Sports Participation

Women of all ages generally have lower physical activity participation rate especially in Indian. Increasing physical activity levels for females is important for health and mental wellbeing. Understanding and addressing barriers preventing more women participation in physical activity is complex. An important source of physical activity is sport participation, particularly for young females. Women who begin sports at younger age in life are more likely to continue being active as they get older. Despite the many clear benefits of an active lifestyle, lack of physical activity is a significant health problem in the college population. A key issue in physical activity research is developing an understanding of motivation. Although physical activity takes many forms, most research designed to enhance motivation for and adherence to physical activity focuses on exercise behavior and ignores sport participation