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Do not like soccer 21 17 <br />No Barriers 17 14 <br />No time 15 12 <br />raefrts from partrcr afros <br />Participants in the survey believed there are a plethora of benefits that their child experiences when <br />playing in the soccer leagues in Santa Ana. Most participants reported experiencing more than three of <br />these benefits. However, the two most reported benefits from playing in the soccer leagues were <br />greater health and better discipline. Greater health was reported to be a benefit by 83% of all <br />participants in the survey, and improved discipline was reported by 73% of parents. Sixty-eight percent of <br />respondents indicated that the soccer leagues kept their child out of trouble. Increased levels of <br />confidence, teamwork, and sportsmanship along with improved school performance were all benefits <br />widely reported by the participants of the survey. <br />Table 14. Benefits from participation <br />_enefit ~ of responses (out of 12:x; respond <br />l~ealtl~ 16 83 <br />isciplin ~ 7 <br />dying out of troullo 68 <br />Sportsmanship ~~ <br />~eamwor <br />confidence 2 2 <br />'fetter In school ~9 32 <br />erc Iron of coaches <br />About 75% of the parents surveyed did not have any knowledge of a requirement for background <br />checks on the leagues' coaches, while 25% of the parents were aware of mandatory background <br />checks for coaches. Although many of the respondents were unaware of any required background <br />checks, they were overwhelmingly in favor of background checks. About 91 % of participants in the <br />survey were in favor of mandatory background checks for coaches, while only 9% felt otherwise. <br />Table 15. Parent knowledge of coaches background check requirement <br />Knowledge of coach <br />background check of responses (out of 123) °/® of responses <br />Yes 31 25 <br />No 92 75 <br />Many of the participants gave multiple responses when asked about the role of the leagues' coaches. <br />About 79% of the parents surveyed believe the coach's role is to be a positive adult in their child's life. <br />Similarly, 62% of the parents also believed coaches should be role models for their child. However, 51 <br />of the participants in the study believed the role of the coach is only to instruct and coach soccer. <br />Table 16. Parent perception of role of soccer coach <br />Role of Coach # of responses (out of 123) % responded <br />Only to teach soccer 63 51 <br /> <br />