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After-School Activities: Team Sports
Since the advent
of after school activities in sports, there has been an
explosion of programs offered in most schools.
There are so many choices available to kids, the list is
endless. They often include: tennis, volleyball, soccer,
softball, baseball, football, and volleyball. Most of these
activities are held during the school year and each one is
geared toward the different seasons in a year.
Softball has become immensely popular for girls. In fact,
there is a softball category in the Olympics. In addition,
in middle schools tennis is offered during the spring and
summer, as is baseball, basketball, soccer and volleyball.
In the early fall kids can participate in football.
These activities not only encourage kids to join teams in
schools, but afford them the opportunity to maintain an
exercise program which they may not normally participate in
at home. In addition, it invokes sportsmanship among the
players as well as camaraderie among the team mates.
With cable TV offering every single sport available for kids
to watch, they become more than interested in the games, and
choose a sport they very much want to engage in. Moreover,
once in the sport of choice, they can go on to high school
and college and become members of their sports teams as
well.
While sports have always been considered a “guy” thing, it
is wonderful to see more and more girls entering the sports
arena. Women in sports skyrocketed over the last ten years,
and girls who have been inspired by these women want to
emulate them by participating in the same sport.
After school activities gives every boy and girl the
opportunity to participate in any sport, and it is a credit
to all women in sports for paving the way for young girls to
be able to play along with their counterparts.
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