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[quote=Anonymous]On the question of youth sports numbers improving, declining or staying the same - I would note that the numbers are, and always have been, suspect.  There really is no good accumulation of participation numbers out there when it comes to youth sports.  Take baseball as an example.  You might be able to group Little League and Pony League figures, but you are going to be estimating large numbers of community organizations that sponsor and run their own leagues and report to no one and that has always been the case.  That goes on across all sports really.

One resource that is pretty consistent, but not perfect, is the NFHS and its participation figures.  It does not include all private schools though as private schools in some  states elect to form their own organization and not be part of the NFHS.  Still -- the numbers date back to 1969, and are always interesting.  Looking at Baseball in NFHS high schools in 2017/18 you had 16,196 schools fielding teams and 487,097 participants.  In 85/86 that total number was 393,805, and in 95/96 it was 444,476.  In 05/06 it was 470,671.  So -- slow and steady growth in high school baseball participation.
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