The Finnish Olympic Committee has published a new version of the SporttiData report. The new report includes improvements and additions to both its content and user interface, and as a whole, it now provides a more up-to-date picture of the statistics for Finnish sports than before.
As a significant technical advancement, the section “Indicators for Licensed Recreational Activities” in the report will henceforth serve as a database that is updated automatically and in real time. The compilation contains indicators at the basic and phenomenon levels for licensed recreational activities, tracked by calendar year, taking into account the licenses valid at the time of the update.
A brand-new section focuses on the analysis of participation in multiple sports – based on various phenomena, the section describes how the distribution between athletes licensed in a single sport and those licensed in multiple sports differs across various sports groups, as well as which are the most popular complementary sports for athletes licensed in multiple sports within each sports group.
Another key finding in the report is the so-called dropout and transition analysis. This analysis is derived from the analysis of licensed athletes’ retention rates and describes what happens to licensed athletes who stop participating in a particular sport or group of sports; do they stop participating in licensed sports altogether, or do they switch to another sport?
In addition, the report will in the future also include a temporal and regional follow-up of various indicators.
– SporttiData and its use are a central part of the Olympic Committee’s operations, through which we support our member organizations’ ability to act and provide up-to-date information on Finnish sports. I hope that SporttiData will be utilized even more extensively in our advocacy work as well, says Riku Tapio, CEO of the Olympic Committee.
As part of the launch of SporttiData, the Olympic Committee will begin using the data from SporttiData as early as this spring to support the development of sports federations’ activities and its advocacy efforts more broadly.
– This spring, we’re organizing events for our members that focus on SporttiData’s analysis results for the various sports federations. We’re also launching a series of articles titled ‘Insight,’ in which we’ll delve deeper into SporttiData’s findings from a societal perspective, says Topias Koukkula, data analyst at the Olympic Committee.
The SporttiData report compiles key statistical data on licensed athletes, club finances, and the social impact of sports. The report is updated regularly and draws on a variety of information sources. The report is freely available to sports federations, clubs, and other stakeholders.
The updated SporttiData report is available on the Swedish Olympic Committee’s website. The English version of the report will be updated at a later date.
