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At age 10, for example, 49% of all kids are frequent participants in at least one team sport, but by age 18, the participation rate has dropped to 30%. The worrisome finding, the Journal study’s authors said, was not that activity dropped but that it dropped so dramatically. They blamed the decline on the rise of video games, computers and TV at home and the disappearance of recess and physical education in the schools. In the case of team sports, three related trends are also at work: a sharp reduction over the past 20 years in pickup play, the emphasis in organized youth sports on elite players and the practice in many schools of forcing young athletes to specialize in a single sport. Playing sports just for the fun of it isn’t nearly as popular as it once was. Want more information? Download this report today! Please Note: You are about to purchase a SGMA research report in PDF format. Once the report has been emailed to you it is not eligible for refund, return or credit. Please be sure the report you’re ordering is the report you want. Customers who purchased this report also purchased the following reports:
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