The Impact that COVID-19 has on Athletes and Sports Retention
type: CreativeWork
description: During the spring of 2020, everyone around the world was introduced to COVID and forced to lockdown due to the pandemic. Student-athletes then had to figure out who they were without their sports and find new ways to stay in love with the sport they had grown to love, while also maintaining their practice and game statistics at the same level. The purpose of this synthesis project is to review the literature on the impact that COVID has had on athlete and sports retention.
abstract: During the spring of 2020, everyone around the world was introduced to COVID and forced to lockdown due to the pandemic. Student-athletes then had to figure out who they were without their sports and find new ways to stay in love with the sport they had grown to love, while also maintaining their practice and game statistics at the same level. The purpose of this synthesis project is to review the literature on the impact that COVID has had on athlete and sports retention.
author: Barrett, Alyssa
language: en_US
keywords: COVID-19, pandemic, athletes, sports, retention
date published: 2025-08
date modified: 2026-07-27T19:02:03Z
provider: College at Brockport
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: SUNY Brockport Department of Kinesiology, Sport Studies, and Physical Education