VIDBE-Q 2025 Volume 70 Issue 4
29.4%); basketball (7 athletes, 20.6%); walking and running (6 athletes, 17.6%);
recreational play, such as tag, nerf guns, going to the park (5 athletes, 14.7%).
Activities Athletes Like and Dislike
The pre-camp survey asked athletes about which sports they already liked
and disliked. In terms of likes, top responses included swimming (17 athletes,
50%), walking/ running (9 athletes, 26.5%), basketball (7 athletes, 20.6%),
softball/ baseball (6 athletes, 17.6%, 2 specifically indicating beep baseball), net
games (4 athletes, 11.8%), and golf (4 athletes, 11.8%). Many of the activities
athletes listed as a response to this question corresponded to the activities offered
at the camp they were attending, despite the survey being administered prior to the
camp program. Top rated dislikes included soccer (7 athletes, 20.6%), football (6
athletes, 17.6%), running/ walking (5 athletes, 14.7%), none (5 athletes, 14.7%),
lacrosse (3 athletes, 8.8%), and baseball (3 athletes, 8.8%).
Activities Athletes Are Good At and Want to Improve
Athletes identified both activities they felt they were good at already and
activities in which they wanted to improve their skills. The most commonly
reported activities athletes felt they were good at included swimming (10 athletes,
29.4%), basketball (10 athletes, 29.4%), running/ track activities (9 athletes,
26.5%), soccer (6 athletes, 17.6%), and net games (5 athletes, 14.7%). Athletes
reported wanting to improve their skills in swimming (10 athletes, 29.4%), soccer
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