The table provides information about change in the percentages of people joining in seven different types sports in an European over a 10-year period from 1999 to 2009.
Overall, it is clear that the figure for joiners to European other sports witnessed significant increase over the decade but football, volleyball, and basketball sports showed to decreased gradually till 2009. Mostly, European preferred to join tennis, swimming, golf, and yoga over the three given years.
To begin with, it can be seen that the biggest rise was seen in joiners from other sports in tennis, its figure sharply rose in 2004, from around 25% to 30% and it continued increasing last year, about 33%. In addition, swimming and golf sports gradually went up till 2004, from approximately 32% to 34% and 8% to 13% respectively. Following that, yoga sports remained stable until 2004, roughly 10%, its figure started to slightly went up last period, about 13%.
In contrast, there was considerably fewer joiners from football, its figure showed only decreased all years, from around 57% to 52% in 2004. Additionally, football members continued reducing in 2009. In addition, volleyball sports gradually decreased till 2009, about 10% before its figure slightly increased in 2004, from roughly 17% to 20%. Following that, basketball sports only gradually went down all years, each 1 % all years.