The purpose of this study was to establish the level and nature of young people's involvement with sport. The main topics covered by this study are levels of sports participation relating to gender, age and community background. It also covered individual differences and intrinsic motivations for sport participation. Standard measures: Harter self-perception scale for adolescents. Harter, S. (1986) <i>Self- perception profile for adolescents</i>. University of Denver, Colorado. Van Wersch, A. Scale measures intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in the physical domain. Van Wersch, A. (1990) <i>A social-psychological model of interest in physical education : age, gender and school differences</i> Unpublished Phd thesis. Queen's University of Belfast.