The graph demonstrates the number of students of a particular UK school who participated in running, basketball, swimming and football over ten years from 2001 to 2011.
Overall, what stands out from the graph is that while the popularity of running grew over the duration in question, and that of football remained high throughout, the number of students interested in basketball fell sharply. Swimming figures, meanwhile, saw an increase followed by a drop.
With regards to running and swimming, the starting figures were roughly identical at 18 and 20 participating students respectively. However, whereas the former climbed to reach 60 students in 2007 before leveling off for the remainder of the period, the latter peaked at 50 students in 2006 and then slipped to half this figure in 2011.
Turning to the ball sports, football stayed consistently popular, with student figures remaining between 60 and 70 throughout the term. Basketball’s popularity was nearly as high as football’s in the first half of the decade studied, with the number of participating students rising from 55 to 61, but 2006 to 2008 saw The student numbers crash of 21, a figure which had not changed until 2011.
The graph demonstrates the
number
of
students
of a particular UK school who participated in running, basketball, swimming and
football
over ten years from 2001 to 2011.
Overall
, what stands out from the graph is that while the popularity of running grew over the duration in question, and that of
football
remained high throughout, the
number
of
students
interested in basketball fell
sharply
. Swimming
figures
, meanwhile,
saw
an increase followed by a drop.
With regards to
running and swimming, the starting
figures
were roughly identical at 18 and 20 participating
students
respectively
.
However
, whereas the former climbed to reach 60
students
in 2007
before
leveling off for the remainder of the period, the latter peaked at 50
students
in 2006 and then slipped to half this
figure
in 2011.
Turning to the ball sports,
football
stayed
consistently
popular, with
student
figures
remaining between 60 and 70 throughout the term. Basketball’s popularity was
nearly
as high as
football’s
in the
first
half of the decade studied, with the
number
of participating
students
rising from 55 to 61,
but
2006 to 2008
saw
The
student
numbers
crash of 21, a
figure
which had not
changed
until 2011.