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[rikmedia]

Read the blog here: http://www.rikmedia.nz/blog/thisisme-bob-and-andy #worldmastersgames2017 #bobcook #andygouw #badminton #auckland #newzealand

[karynturk]

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[airgeadais]

Mack Beggs is the unwitting center of a debate over whether athletes should compete against those with whom they identify, or the gender on their birth certificate.

[thewolves2020]

The Reality of High School Soccer

Soccer is an incredibly popular sport for high school or middle school aged girls. A survey by the National Federation of High School Associations found that from 2008 to 2019, the United States saw a 14.4% increase in girls under 18 participating in soccer (Cook). Their options for playing soccer are numerous; high school teams, club, indoor and outdoor, all ages, travel team, and some girls play in multiple ways. So, what is the draw for all these young women to join this sport?

For some, it is the community and social links built by team sports. The connection among a sports team is strengthened by virtue of the requirements of the sport. Communication is key to establishing a good team, whether this mean pre-game locker room talk, on field nonverbal signals, or outside of the game conversations. In terms of friendships, the bond created among girls in soccer comes with a pre-established connection: the game. Friendships linked by the common denominator of the team can feel easier because “you’ll always have something to talk about and remember the good old days in the dressing room or on the playing field” (Rosario).

The benefits of soccer can also stretch into the academic sphere. In looking at the numbers alone, “the average GPA of a high school athlete was 2.84, while a student who was not involved in athletics had an average GPA of 2.68” (Chen). Team sports give teens a better sense of accountability to their education, as well as their team. Students involved in team sports also tend to miss, on average, 1.5 days less in a school year than students who do not play (Chen). Overall soccer endorses the values of persistence, teamwork, and practice to students which all result in better academic performance.

However, there can be drawbacks to choosing a life of soccer as a high schooler. Emotionally, the competitive ‘need to win’ can be detrimental to teen girls. Soccer teams, club teams especially, can put an immense amount of pressure on their players to perform. Outside of that, the requirements for time and energy for club soccer can be intense on both teens and parents. These requirements include, “driving regularly to and from distant games, giving over sacred weekends to a child’s pursuit, and dividing up the family to deposit different kids at separate venues” (Flanagan). For parents, this is time consuming, exhausting, and bad for the child-parent dynamic. For the girls, this time given to their teams can mean increased stress, loss of down time, and loss of other opportunities, such as plays, academic enrichment opportunities, or time with other social circles. Outside of the emotional and mental issues, injuries are another major worry for girls playing soccer. For example, “knee injuries, including ACL tears, are nearly four times more likely to bedevil female soccer players than male” (Flanagan). Soccer players are also at risk for concussions, overuse injuries, and sprained ankles. All these factors must be weighed with the positives when looking at joining a soccer team.

Chen, Grace. “10 Reasons Why High School Sports Benefit Students.” Public School Review, 19 Nov. 2019, www.publicschoolreview.com/blog/10-reasons-why-high-school-sports-benefit-students.

Cook, Bob. “Examining the Decade-Long Trends in High School Sports Participation.” Forbes, 31 Aug. 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobcook/2019/08/31/examining-the-decade-long-trends-in-high-school-sports-participation/#74b4b6b477e5.

Flanagan, Linda. “The Downsides of America’s Hyper-Competitive Youth-Soccer Industry.” The Atlantic, 13 July 2018, https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/07/the-downsides-of-americas-hyper-competitive-youth-soccer-industry/565109/.

Rosario, Samantha. “Social and Emotional Benefits of Playing Sports.” Sports Jobs Blog, 15 May 2017, www.workinsports.com/blog/social-and-emotional-benefits-of-playing-sports/.

[lysistrata2019]

The Reality of High School Soccer

Soccer is an incredibly popular sport for high school or middle school aged girls. A survey by the National Federation of High School Associations found that from 2008 to 2019, the United States saw a 14.4% increase in girls under 18 participating in soccer (Cook). Their options for playing soccer are numerous; high school teams, club, indoor and outdoor, all ages, travel team, and some girls play in multiple ways. So, what is the draw for all these young women to join this sport?

For some, it is the community and social links built by team sports. The connection among a sports team is strengthened by virtue of the requirements of the sport. Communication is key to establishing a good team, whether this mean pre-game locker room talk, on field nonverbal signals, or outside of the game conversations. In terms of friendships, the bond created among girls in soccer comes with a pre-established connection: the game. Friendships linked by the common denominator of the team can feel easier because “you’ll always have something to talk about and remember the good old days in the dressing room or on the playing field” (Rosario). 

The benefits of soccer can also stretch into the academic sphere. In looking at the numbers alone, “the average GPA of a high school athlete was 2.84, while a student who was not involved in athletics had an average GPA of 2.68” (Chen). Team sports give teens a better sense of accountability to their education, as well as their team. Students involved in team sports also tend to miss, on average, 1.5 days less in a school year than students who do not play (Chen). Overall soccer endorses the values of persistence, teamwork, and practice to students which all result in better academic performance.

However, there can be drawbacks to choosing a life of soccer as a high schooler. Emotionally, the competitive ‘need to win’ can be detrimental to teen girls. Soccer teams, club teams especially, can put an immense amount of pressure on their players to perform. Outside of that, the requirements for time and energy for club soccer can be intense on both teens and parents. These requirements include, “driving regularly to and from distant games, giving over sacred weekends to a child’s pursuit, and dividing up the family to deposit different kids at separate venues” (Flanagan). For parents, this is time consuming, exhausting, and bad for the child-parent dynamic. For the girls, this time given to their teams can mean increased stress, loss of down time, and loss of other opportunities, such as plays, academic enrichment opportunities, or time with other social circles. Outside of the emotional and mental issues, injuries are another major worry for girls playing soccer. For example, “knee injuries, including ACL tears, are nearly four times more likely to bedevil female soccer players than male” (Flanagan). Soccer players are also at risk for concussions, overuse injuries, and sprained ankles. All these factors must be weighed with the positives when looking at joining a soccer team.

Chen, Grace. “10 Reasons Why High School Sports Benefit Students.” Public School Review, 19 Nov. 2019, www.publicschoolreview.com/blog/10-reasons-why-high-school-sports-benefit-students.

Cook, Bob. “Examining the Decade-Long Trends in High School Sports Participation.” Forbes, 31 Aug. 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobcook/2019/08/31/examining-the-decade-long-trends-in-high-school-sports-participation/#74b4b6b477e5.

Flanagan, Linda. “The Downsides of America’s Hyper-Competitive Youth-Soccer Industry.” The Atlantic, 13 July 2018, https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/07/the-downsides-of-americas-hyper-competitive-youth-soccer-industry/565109/.

Rosario, Samantha. “Social and Emotional Benefits of Playing Sports.” Sports Jobs Blog, 15 May 2017, www.workinsports.com/blog/social-and-emotional-benefits-of-playing-sports/.

[ilschoolnews]

The Latest Threat To School Sports: A Bus Driver Shortage https://ift.tt/2mKHbG8

[breakingfitnessbarriers-blog]

How does the eduction level of parents influence children's participation in sports?

The education level of parents actually ends up having a much bigger impact than one would think. 

In his article, Bob Cook (2017) says “fewer than 1 in 5 students playing Division 1 hoops, and 1 in 7 in all Division 1 sports, come from families in which neither parent went to college. And their numbers are declining.” Athletes entering are more likely to have a background where their parents have entered university, as kids need to meet requirements both academically and through the skill level the college requires, and the external pressures provided by the community as they most likely come from low-income households provide a burden.

Cook, B. (2017). Using Sports to Get Out of Poverty Doesn’t Work When You Have to be Rich to Play. Forbes. Retrieved on November 29, 2018, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobcook/2017/03/25/using-sports-to-get-out-of-poverty-doesnt-work-when-you-have-to-be-rich-to-play/#22b396a96f79

[karynturk]

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[harrythegreekblr]

$70 million new norm for Texas high school football stadiums

The most expensive high school football stadium in the country is in Katy, Texas in the Houston area. At least for now.

Next year, McKinney, Texas opens their $70 million high school football stadium. It is in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area of the state.

"I voted against it, but I'm buying season tickets", said one resident.

Back in 2012, a $60 million high school football stadium in Dallas, Texas was the country's most expensive. It includes hospitality suites and a $2 million scoreboard.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobcook/2012/08/13/why-allen-texas-built-a-60-million-high-school-football-stadium/#7c9bf77b6e71

The Prosper School District, in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area of Texas, is spending $48 million on their new high school stadium. The Alvin School District's new field, 12 miles southeast of Houston, has a price tag of $41.5 million. The stadiums should open in two years.

A $39 million high school field house was opened last year in Clear Creek ISD.

https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/high-school/sportsdaydfw/2011/11/17/special-report-an-inside-look-at-the-finances-behind-hs-football-in-the-dallas-area

[vincenzabartl]

2, 4, 6, 8, Where Can Cheerleaders Pontificate?

In a break from similar cases, Texas courts are ruling cheerleaders can share on-field religious messages at public school games. from Forbes Real Time https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobcook/2017/11/17/2-4-6-8-where-can-cheerleaders-pontificate/ via IFTTT

[beestenergy-blog]

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[6dogs9cats]

If you want to know how Daubenmire feels about life in these United States, just ask him. Actually, you don't have to -- there are plenty of blog posts and videos he's made, part of his work in his own Pass the Salt Ministries -- that spell out his world view quite clearly and, often, bizarrely, like his rob-a-grocery-store-disguise-Santa-mask he wore to declare his support for a more prominent public figure who got in trouble for also declaring his dislike of all things gay, Phil Robertson of "Duck Dynasty."

[airgeadais]

How do we get parents, realistically, to stop the kind of behaviors that are driving officials away from working youth sports?

[muzaffar1969]

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Young, sports-playing children continue to be seen as an economic booster. June 10, 2017 at 08:56AM http://ift.tt/2r4NrWB from Bob Cook, Contributor http://ift.tt/2r4NrWB

[karynturk]

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