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US Youth Participation in Soccer Declines
Posted on 7/15/18 at 9:00 am
Posted on 7/15/18 at 9:00 am
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Over the past three years, the percentage of 6- to 12-year-olds playing soccer regularly has dropped nearly 14 percent, to 2.3 million players, according to a study by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association, which has analyzed youth athletic trends for 40 years. The number of children who touched a soccer ball even once during the year, in organized play or otherwise, also has fallen significantly.
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Posted on 7/15/18 at 9:31 am to RollTide4Ever
With all the kids who have their faces glued to a tablet in public this isn’t surprising. Wouldn’t surprise me if all sports are declining.
Posted on 7/15/18 at 10:27 am to St Augustine
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With all the kids who have their faces glued to a tablet in public this isn’t surprising. Wouldn’t surprise me if all sports are declining
Ding
Posted on 7/15/18 at 10:48 am to St Augustine
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Wouldn’t surprise me if all sports are declining.
Yep.
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Between skyrocketing costs, sport specialization and coaches needing training, youth sports is in the midst of a crisis, according to new data published Wednesday by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association and the Aspen Institute.
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Posted on 7/15/18 at 10:53 am to RollTide4Ever
Bad news for the LGBT crowd
Posted on 7/15/18 at 11:05 am to St Augustine
Even the kids that are playing aren’t playing at the level we were when I was a kid. League ball is terrible. Kids don’t care if they win or lose.
Posted on 7/15/18 at 11:22 am to Senora Ramos
Skyrocketing cost.......
Posted on 7/15/18 at 12:09 pm to TxTiger82
The damn paralegal in my office pays 4/5 grand a year on baseball. I don't even think that takes into account hotel rooms and meals when the games are far from Austin.
frick all that.
frick all that.
Posted on 7/15/18 at 12:11 pm to TutHillTiger
Parents ruined team sports. You have to specialize just to keep up with the joneses or your kids are playing with a bunch of booger pickers. I have resisted putting my son on a tournament baseball team as we have good REC leagues but the next year (11&12) is when they allow tournament teams to enter and the teams made up of single entry draftees are terrible, so we are having to cobble together a group of kids with likeminded parents . Did our first tournament two weekends ago and spent 9 hours away from home on a Sunday watching average baseball players with overzealous parents. If everyone would go back to playing a rotation of sports until high school then more kids could stay in it longer and likely have more fun.
Posted on 7/15/18 at 12:14 pm to TxTiger82
The SJW mindset has poisoned youth sports in America.
“It’s ok if you’ve lost all of your tournament games. We are still giving you a small trophy and ribbons for everyone since you showed up. We want to make the kids feel good. Afterwards, we are taking the team for free pizza, and if we have time, we will go to the water park.”
“It’s ok if you’ve lost all of your tournament games. We are still giving you a small trophy and ribbons for everyone since you showed up. We want to make the kids feel good. Afterwards, we are taking the team for free pizza, and if we have time, we will go to the water park.”
Posted on 7/15/18 at 12:16 pm to Cajunese
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The SJW mindset has poisoned youth sports in America.
I put the blame on the parents who think they are raising the next superstar athlete instead of just letting their kid have fun.
Posted on 7/15/18 at 12:18 pm to Cajunese
Cry more please. It wasn’t our generation who gave out participation trophies
Posted on 7/15/18 at 12:19 pm to Cajunese
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“It’s ok if you’ve lost all of your tournament games. We are still giving you a small trophy and ribbons for everyone since you showed up. We want to make the kids feel good. Afterwards, we are taking the team for free pizza, and if we have time, we will go to the water park.
I disagree. It would be nice if we got back to it being fun instead of some kind of professional development program.
These parents are ridiculous. If my kid isn't absolutely dominating whatever sport he chooses to play then putting him on a travel team isn't going to do a god damn thing in making him a scholarship or pro athlete.
Almost all those guys showed incredible natural talent well before any of that process needs to be begun. If you don't see it, save your money and put them in the rec league.
Posted on 7/15/18 at 12:19 pm to GetCocky11
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I put the blame on the parents who think they are raising the next superstar athlete instead of just letting their kid have fun.
There’s no doubt that the parents who raise the golden child are also cursed to ruin teams. At the same time, we need to teach kids how to win and lose. In life, there’s no consolation prize when you don’t get what you want. Rewarding kids for failure will only make matters worse once they get into the real world.
Posted on 7/15/18 at 12:20 pm to Senora Ramos
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Cry more please. It wasn’t our generation who gave out participation trophies
Glad to see you reward failure
Posted on 7/15/18 at 12:22 pm to Cajunese
Did I say that? No. I’m just not stupid enough to blame “sjw” for things that were done before your ilk ever came up with that name
Posted on 7/15/18 at 12:23 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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These parents are ridiculous. If my kid isn't absolutely dominating whatever sport he chooses to play then putting him on a travel team isn't going to do a god damn thing in making him a scholarship or pro athlete.
Teaching the kids to have fun and enjoy the sport is different than handing out 10th place trophies. In baseball, travel ball is making it harder for college coaches to recruit players because they don’t know how to ride the bench when they get to that level and quit caring. That’s the issue that I have.
Posted on 7/15/18 at 12:24 pm to Big L
Parents and people running youth sports ruin team sports
Posted on 7/15/18 at 12:26 pm to Senora Ramos
I guess Croatia doesn’t deserve shite for coming in 2nd place
Posted on 7/15/18 at 12:26 pm to Senora Ramos
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Did I say that? No. I’m just not stupid enough to blame “sjw” for things that were done before your ilk ever came up with that name
My ilk?
Take a look around sports today and see how it’s treated. Who gives a crap when it was done? It’s being done.
You specifically said that kids don’t care if they win or lose. Now, why is that? Who’s teaching them?
Yeah, exactly.
This post was edited on 7/15/18 at 12:32 pm
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