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Americans focus on fitness in sports

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Fitness is the focus for millions of Americans when it comes to sports participation, according to a news release from the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association International

Fourteen of the top 30 sports/activity categories are fitness-related, according to the SGMA International analysis of the Sports Participation Topline Report for 2005.

Listed below are the top 30 sports/activities in the United States, based on overall participation in 2004.

This information was abstracted from the annual Superstudy of Sports Participation conducted by American Sports Data Inc., which monitors more than 100

sports and fitness activities in the United States.

The 2005 edition of SGMA International’s Sports Participation Topline Report can be downloaded from www.sgma.com.

Click on Market Reports and Studies, then SGMA Publications. This report is found under the heading Participation – General Reports.

SGMA International, owner of The Super Show®, the Sports Research Partnership and “Sports Edge” magazine, is the global business trade association of manufacturers, retailers and marketers in the sports products industry.

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