The first chart below gives information about the money spent by british parents on their children sports between 2008 and 2014.The second chart shows the number of children who participated in three sports in britain over the same time period.

The given charts illustrate the money spent on

sports

expenditures by British parents in pounds and the number of participants in favourable types of

sports

, namely football, athletics and swimming, during the period from 2008 to 2014. At first glance,

it is clear that

there was an upward trend in monthly expenses for children`s

sports

,

whereas

the number of participants in

sports

activities fluctuated throughout the period. In the beginning, the initial value of expenditures was 20 pounds,

afterwards

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index climbed moderately and reached its highest point, around 31 pounds, in 2014. With the money spent on extra curriculum, the proportion of students who signed up for them increased

accordingly

, nearly 11

million

in 2008 and 18

million

in 2014. Football was always in demand,

hence

with children above 7.5

million

, the sport kept almost unmodified until the end of the period. The athletics club remained the same in the first two years, 1

million

, and had a sharp rise by 5 times, 5

million

in 2012,

although

it slightly declined the next years. Meanwhile, the swimming kept rising slightly to plateau under 4

million

at the end

.