What is your favourite spectator sport?
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00:00A study from Sport England has found that people are more likely to try a sport they've watched at an event rather than a different sport, especially if they've done that sport before.
00:11We've been on the streets of Liverpool to find out your favourite spectator sports.
00:15It's got to be football. I love watching my own team, Liverpool.
00:23Football. Ever since I was young, I played it. You just sort of get involved with it, you know what I mean?
00:32When I was younger, when I played, I didn't watch it as much. Not obviously now. I don't love to watch football either.
00:41I'm not really into sport. Swimming is about the only thing that I watch. That's about it.
00:50Research looking at the impact of major sporting events found that men were more likely than women to do more physical activity after being inspired by a major sporting event.
00:59What's more, young and middle-aged adults are more likely than those aged 55 plus to do more physical activity after being inspired by a major sporting event.
01:08What is it about football that you enjoy watching? Tell me.
01:13When he kicked the ball in the goal and we'd get a nice result at the end of it.
01:20No, I don't watch football. I say it of their own.
01:24You don't like any sport, do you? Dancing's a sport.
01:28Tell me what you enjoy about watching swimming.
01:31I don't know because I can't swim properly myself.
01:36No, I just think they're good. I like the sports like the javelin, swimming, that type of thing but I'm not into football.
01:45The survey also revealed most adults and secondary school children who watched major sporting events committed to following them
01:52with 90% of adults and 77% of secondary school children reporting they followed quite a bit or more.