Green arrows won the day on sports and recreational participation charts as nine out of 10 tracked segments posted gains, and post-pandemic winners continued their ascent in the trade association’s Sports Participation in the United States 2026 edition. Looking at participation in individual activities, 49 of 61 were up for the year. The segment gains are based on NSGA’s Total Participation Points metric, which measures both the number of persons participating in a given segment and the number of sports/activities per person.

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