PLAY4LIFE - Prevention of drop out of female athletes from sports

The project PLAY4LIFE addresses the general objective of the Erasmus+ Programme - to support, through lifelong learning, the educational, professional and personal development of people in sport, in Europe and beyond. Implementation of the project will contribute to the accomplishment of EU policy and strategies, including the Digital Education Action Plan and the European Green Deal Communication. The overall scope of the project is in line with the specific priorities in sport field: • to encourage participation in sport and physical activity, especially by supporting the implementation of the EU Physical Activity Guidelines and the Council Recommendation on health-enhancing physical activity, and promoting of sport and physical activity as a tool for health; • to promote education in and through sport, especially by supporting skills development in sport, and using mobility as a tool for improving qualifications; • to combat violence and tackling racism, discrimination and intolerance in sport and tackling violent radicalisation, focusing on promoting equality in sport, including gender equality. The above mentioned strategic objectives will be accomplished by achieving the following specific objectives and deliverables of the project: - Building capacity of coaches, - Enhance participation in sport and decrease drop out, - Promotion of green practices in sport, - Dissemination campaign and sustainability of the network. The project will address prevention of drop out of female athletes from sports. The topic of the project will be on how to prevent female adolescents to drop out from sports, focusing mainly on basketball players.