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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] [b]until two of the best, strongest, older athletes on my kids’ climbing team dropped out.
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After reading the article, I now think a lot of the things I see on the top team is related to the stress and depression of the players(specially on the girls side). Right now it is very high stress time because of the ID/tryout season and pandemic. I wonder if any club will start to address these issues. Probably not. [/quote]

Oh yeah.  Those "climbing team" rivalries will sure wear down a person.[/quote]

It doesn't appear the quote comes from the linked article so not sure why the two were paired.  That said, I assume the author quoted was writing from the perspective of what they know. In this case their child is on a competitive climbing team and that's fine; however, the linked article does provide broader perspective as well as using basketball in New Jersey as their example.  Focusing only on the article, there's conflicting messages about the decline of youth sports. In one sentence the author tries to suggest inconsistent COVID-19 restrictions impacted youth participation in sports. I do agree with that assertion but I don't think the drop over the past 12 months reflects the bigger picture observed over the last five or ten years.  Specifically,  "In 2018, only 38% of kids ages 6 to 12 played team sports on a regular basis, down from 45% in 2008, according to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association. In addition, the average child spends less than three years playing a sport and quits by age 11, the Aspen Institute found." This ten year decline has nothing to do with COVID.  IMO, I think it has more to do with the "everyone is a winner and gets a trophy" environment created in this country.  Kids leave sports because their is no sense of competition driving them to stay at the younger ages.  Those kids who do stick around are driven to perform - for good or bad - and I would argue are better equipped to deal with failure as an adult.  [/quote]

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