Participation in sport plays a big role in the sporting industry. This is because if the sporting industry has new people playing the sports, then the children and the adults will become more healthier and will live a better lifestyle. There are many other reasons besides being healthy why people take part in sport, these reasons and things like: people believe it is fun and people do it to socialise with friends.

This graph shows that swimming has the highest amount of participation. This may be because a lot of people go swimming because it keeps them fit and also it can be done in any weather conditions. This is because the swimming pools are inside so instead of people maybe going on a jog they may choose to go for a swim instead. The graph shows that football is the second most participated sport. This is because in the UK football is very popular and a lot of people play it at different ages. The reason why swimming may be higher then football is because the results are for women and men and due to women not playing football as much as men, football finished second in the results graph. This may be why again athletics is so high up in the chart as the third most played sport. This is because different people (males and females) can do athletics, therefore it is so high up in the graph. At the bottom of the graph there are sports like judo, fencing and archery. This may be because not a lot of people are interested in these sports and they are not that popular to people in the country. This may be because people do not find them enjoyable or another reason could be because there is not alot of places that people can take part in these sports.
To sum up all of the graph I believe that the graph shows that the more popular sports are sports where there is a lot of places where the sports can be played, therefore more people get involved and take part in these sports. An example of this is that you could go to any football pitch and play football or you could go to any swimming pool and go for a swim. But on the other hand you could not just go down to a local field to do archery because the correct equipment and the correct environment is needed for this activity to be able to take place.

The graph above shows what sports different people do in a sport class. The graph shows that football is the sport that is played the most by people in the class. This is because out of the 12 people that were questioned, 11 said that they played football. The next most popular sport in the class after football was cycling. This is because 3 people in the class said that they did cycling. Boxing and weightlifting were both sports which were played by 2 people in the class and all of the other sports in the graph (swimming, athletics, squash, table tennis, rugby and rowing) were only played by one person in the class. This may be because the 11 people that do football may not have time to do alot of other sports therefore the amount of people that did the other sports would be lower. The top two, cycling and football, are probably the top two because you do not have to have a specific area or place to do the sport. This is because you can play football at any local field or park and you can ride your bike anywhere you want (like on the streets). The sports that were played by less people are sports like table tennis and rowing, this is because you need specific areas and equipment to do the sport and the people in the class may not have these specific things. Boxing and weightlifting are done by two people, this is because boxing and weightlifting can easily be done but when you have bought the correct equipment, for example you need to buy the weights and the boxing bag and gloves and then when you have bought them you can do it whenever you want. This is probably why it is done more than sports like table tennis but is not done as much as football.

Over the years a lot of money gets spent on different components of sports and very year this number is way up in the millions. Money gets spent on different things in the world of sport and each components helps another component when something happens to it. For example every year more people are buying things from the sports shops, this is good for the people who work at the shops because then they are making money therefore they will have a job for a long period of time. Also over the past few years more and more money has been used to built and create new football pitches. This is good because then this allows more children and adults to be able to use the facilities therefore this will have a good impact on the economy because then more people will be fitter and playing sports. This increase in participation will also increase the amount of people that are buying sports equipment and sports clothing. For example if there is a new football pitch the people and the players are going to buy some new trainers to play in therefore this is benefiting the sports shops. Also over the past few years serveys have shown that more and more people are getting involved in sports. This is good because if the amount of people playing is increasing then the standard will increase because there will be more potential professional players. This is good because if the sport is being played at a higher level then more and more people will watch the sport. This therefore will have a good impact on sports gambling because if more people are watching the sport then more people are going to want to bet on it. This is good because the more people that put bets on, the more chance the betting shops have of making money. Finally if more people are taking part in sports and are getting involved, it will result in more people being fitter and lower the chances of obesity. This is good and will have a positive impact on the economy because then as a whole, the economy will be a good, healthy one.

Conclusion

To conclude i believe that sport has a good, positive impact on the UK. This is because it allows more people to take part in something which they enjoy and also it allows people (whilst playing the sport they enjoy) to keep fit and health. Due to this idea that sport improves the fitness of people we see that in the UK sport plays an important role in peoples lives and without it, people would not be as fit and therefore would not be as healthy. The only negative impact which sport has on the UK is that it can cause people to become addicted to sports gambling and therefore could result in people loosing a substantial amount of money. But this can also be looked at in a positive way because people that bet on the sports could have one good bet which would mean they would receive a lot of money. Schools in the UK are also affected in a good way because of sports, this is because it influences the students and gives them something to take part in, inside and outside of school or college.
     Not only does sport affect the people that are playing or watching but it also affects everybody in the UK. This is because if more people are getting involved in sports then this will keep people (teenagers) off the street therefore the crime rate will be lowered. This is good because then the UKs police will not have to focus on these specific people but can concentrate on more important things. Therefore as a whole, sport has a good impact on the people that play, the people that watch, and also the people of the United Kingdom.