As of: March 12, 2024 12:00 p.m
Sports clubs in the country gained around 25,000 memberships last year. According to the State Sports Association (LSV), numerous people returned to the clubs after the corona pandemic. The increase is particularly large among children up to the age of six.
The positive trend in memberships in sports clubs continues – the numbers have been rising since 2022. As of January 1, 2024, the clubs in the country recorded another 25,764 new memberships compared to the previous year. That’s an increase of 3.37 percent. A total of 789,604 Schleswig-Holsteiners are registered in a sports club.
A total of a million people take part in offers
According to the LSV, there are also around 250,000 people who, for example, take part in individual courses and other alternative formats as well as sports activities organized by clubs in schools, daycare centers, senior citizens’ facilities or companies that do not appear in the statistics. “We are moving over a million people in the clubs organized in the LSV,” says LSV President Hans-Jakob Tiessen. He is pleased that things are continuing to improve after the difficult phase of the corona pandemic.
Ten percent more members among those under six years old
The increase is particularly large among children and young people. In the under six age group alone, the number of memberships has increased by more than ten percent. Overall, the increase in membership in the age group up to 18 years is almost six percent. It is pleasing that more children and young people are participating in sports clubs, said LSV President Tiessen – even more than before the pandemic. The youngest people in particular suffered from a lack of exercise during the Corona restrictions. “Adequate exercise, play and sport are essential for their development,” says Tiessen. The number of members also increased in almost all other age groups. For example, among 27 to 40-year-olds there was an increase of 5.86 percent compared to the previous year, and among those over 60 it was 2.33 percent. Only among 19 to 27 year olds was there a minimal decline of 0.49 percent.
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Trainers and volunteers wanted
“Many people have returned to the clubs or have rediscovered organized sport,” said the LSV president. Due to the increased demand, more trainers and volunteers are now needed. The state sports association hopes that the positive trend in membership numbers will now make voluntary roles in sports clubs more attractive.
Big growth in darts, basketball and judo
Among the individual sports, darts recorded the greatest growth: Here the number of memberships almost doubled with an increase of 91 percent. This is followed by basketball, where membership numbers are increasing by around 15 percent and judo by almost twelve percent. In absolute numbers, gymnastics clubs have the most members with a total of more than 174,000, followed by football with around 125,500, followed by tennis (46,725 members), handball (38,851) and equestrian sports (35,646).
Around 2,500 sports clubs in SH
In total, around 2,500 sports clubs in Schleswig-Holstein are organized in the state sports association. The largest are the Association for Leisure and Health Sports at the University of Kiel with more than 7,600 members, the Kiel MTV with almost 5,800 members and the Elmshorn MTV with around 5,500 members – with 5,435 members, VfL Pinneberg follows in front of TSB Flensburg (5,207) .
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