title: Increasing attendance at sport training sessions.
abstract: A lottery incentive system was shown to be effective in increasing attendance at athletic training sessions. 20 players on one team were awarded a playing card for each training session attended, with a cash prize being presented at the end of the week to the player accumulating the best poker hand. Attendance was shown to increase during intervention and decrease when it was withdrawn.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada. scotty@unb.ca
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Goldwater
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000293:Adolescent; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005538:Football / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012201:Reward