Relationships Between Sports Teams and Extrovension

Introduction
Ill will be conducting a correlational study on whether there is a relationship between team sports and extroversion. My two variables are (1) Number of hours playing/being involved with a team sport/game. (2) The percentage of extroversion they are.
I will be exploring what Extroversion is and its counterpart, introversion, and what that means in relation to approaching an activity such as a team sport. Then go on to explain how I carried out the study, and explain my results against my predictions. I will then conclude what the results mean, then go to explain further research that can be done in the future.
Extroversion… what is it?
A modern day explanation would be ‘A person concerned more with external reality than inner feelings’ (Harper Collins, (1991) The Free Dictionary, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/extrovert, 2013). This is the brief description of what being extroverted is about, they are less concerned with what they are feeling and thinking within their own head. They are said to speak without thinking, meaning they will say what is on their mind, without giving it some thought. Extroverts are also interpreted to be someone ‘who is energized by being around other people’ (About.com, (2013) About, http://video.about.com/giftedkids/What-Is-an-Extrovert-.htm#vdTrn, 2013). So extroverts by nature will enjoy social situations where they will be around other people a lot because they prefer that to being alone.
Common misconceptions of what being an extrovert means are that they are loud, sociable and outgoing. This is not strictly true, these however can be some traits associated with extroversion. Someone who is extroverted can appear to have great social skills due to the fact they are energised by ...

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... extroverted can determine your involvement in team sports is wrong. Personality has to be looked at particularly holistically, meaning taking in most factors that affect it. The problem with this is that it makes it extremely complicated to pinpoint a reason for the behaviour. What I have done is try to focus on very few factors, mainly looking at Eysenck’s theory and then bringing in Jung’s, but only touching on cattel’s trait theory.
What further studies/research can be done?
In terms of research that can be done in the future, something I thought of quite early in to starting my own research is that is there deference’s in males and females in terms of introversion and extroversion. Whether gender has a role to play in whether they will partake in team based activities. But that could bring in other factors that will affect the involvement in team sports.