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C.W. Post News
February 2, 2010
BROOKVILLE, N.Y - C.W Post in co-sponsorship with C.W Post Student - Activities, the East Coast Conference, and Long Island Women's Institute is proudly celebrating the 24th Annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day on Tuesday Feb. 2 in the Hillwood Commons Lecture Hall from 6-7 PM.
Special guest speakers will include Assistant Commissioner of the Northeast Conference Joyce Bell, Associate Director of Athletics at Columbia University Jacqueline Blackett, Director of Athletics at St. Francis College Irma Garcia, Director of Women's Basketball Ops at Rutgers University Michelle Edwards, along with Lisa White Head Athletic Trainer for The New York Liberty.
by Tina Szybisty
Ann Arbor Health News - Examiner.com
February 2, 2010
ACL stands for Anterior Cruciate Ligament and it links the femur (large bone in upper leg) to the tibia (bones in lower leg) by running crosswise inside the center of the knee joint. The ACL is one of four ligaments that help stabilize knee movement.
As recently reported on WXYZ news, these types of injuries are on the rise in youth girls (as much as eight times more than males). They tend to be caused by pivoting movements and landing from a jump.
According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), "nearly 30,000 girls age 19 and younger suffered ACL injuries that required surgical repair in 2006." It's felt that girls are not equipped for the vigorous training that is often expected of them at this age because their bodies are building fat while boys are building muscle. This is due to the nature of their hormones; testosterone vs. estrogen. Girls bodies are building fat stores around the crucial, growing reproductive organs and her ligaments become more relaxed and therefore, more susceptible to injury.
It's also felt that a girl's wider pelvic structure causes a steeper angle on the connecting ligaments in this area.
by Sue Shellenbarger
Wall Street Journal
May 19, 2009
We've posted before on injuries in youth sports. As summer teams start up, you'll be hearing more about one kind of injury in particular: Knee damage in girls.
Two professional groups, one of surgeons and the other of athletic trainers, are fielding an educational campaign on the prevalence of knee injuries among girls. Tears to the ACL, or the anterior cruciate ligament in the knee, are eight times more likely in girls than in boys, research shows. Doctors hypothesize that physiological differences between girls and boys, such as weaker hamstring muscles that reduce the stability of the knee joint, or estrogen that leads to weaker ligaments, are factors.
The educational campaign comes amid rising questions about the pressures on young athletes. Mark Hyman, author of a book on the topic, says he regrets having supported his son in pitching so long and hard in high-school baseball that he injured his arm, forcing surgery and a permanent setback. And recent research on 5,000 promising football players shows high-school and college injuries haunt pro players for years.
by P. Stitlon
Jackson Community
May 15, 2009
Early on as the parent of a girl who was very interested in sports, I realized there were mild differences in people's opinions on girls sports vs. boys sports. In general, boy sports were always given more social importance, baseball, football and hockey while the traditional girl sports were back seat novelties to the general community, softball, gymnastics, cheer. Even when you look at youth and scholastic soccer, the boys teams are given prominence, usually.
I sometimes remember back in high school, when the Toms River North Girls field hockey team won the state championship, the headline in the Ocean County Observer for the day highlighted the Toms River South vs. Toms River North regular season football game and the girls championship was given a sidebar mention. For me, it was alright at the time. I was a boy. I played football. Football was more important than field hockey at any cost.
Today, I received a study and excerpt from a book at GoKidsNJ that discussed this phenomena and social misunderstanding in a study presented by sports sociologist Michael Messner, a professor of sociology and gender studies at USC.
In his book he writes:
ESPN RISE and Disney's Wide World of Sports have developed a new weeklong, multi-sport event called the "ESPN RISE Games". The ESPN RISE Games, which will feature elite and competitive channel sports events, will be presented by Target. The ESPN RISE Games Presented by Target will take place July 19-25, 2009 at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex, the nation's leading multi-sport venue for amateur and professional sports, in suburban Orlando, Fla.
The ESPN RISE Games Presented by Target will be anchored by three elite high school sports events: the AAU 17-under Boys Basketball Super Showcase presented by Champion®, the Under Armour High School Softball All-American game and ESPN RISE's newly developed, elite high school football event Champion® Gridiron Kings. Additional sponsors for the event will include POWERADE, the events exclusive beverage provider.
The weeklong event will also feature competitive channel youth sports - baseball (10U, 11U and 12U), basketball (12U and 14U), field hockey (U14, U16 and U19) and track & field (12-14 and 15-18). The ESPN RISE Games Presented by Target is expected to host 4,000 student athletes.
May - 13 - 2009
The Tournament Guide
It's that time of year for student-athletes in eighth grade to decide which fall sport they want to play next year.
I had a parent write and ask my opinion about her son, who is slated to start on the varsity soccer team next year. He has asked to instead play football, citing soccer burn-out and having always wanting to try football.
For some athletes, choosing a fall high school sport is an easy decision. They love the fall sport they play, are confident they can make the team and can't wait for the season to get here.
For others, it's not so easy.
For the soccer player who has always been the star in the recreation league but is now going to a school that has a rich soccer tradition, making the team is not automatic.
He or she may question whether he or she will even play, and just as importantly, worry what he or she will do if cut.
JON BUZBY
May 03, 2009
Norwich Bulletin
Thirty million kids play in youth league sports in this country.
When 30 million people do any one thing, that one thing soon becomes big business. In the past 15 years, there has been an explosion of club teams, private coaching, strength and conditioning gyms, sport-specific camps, and any other pay-to-play endeavor to capture this market. Winter indoor leagues for warm weather sports. Off-season leagues. Year-round this, year-round that.
It is all designed to help kids become high school stars and -- the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow -- help them get college scholarships.
Thirty million kids play, but for a healthy slice of that number, it becomes work.
This is the story of one of them.
For years, the father told his kid's story as a cautionary tale about youth sports burnout.
The kid was a natural. The minute she picked up a field hockey stick, she loved the game, and it loved her back. She ran the field with colts' legs and ponytail flying.
Mark Di Ionno
Star-Ledger
April 28, 2009
by Staff Editorial
Media General Communications Holdings
April 9, 2009
With Little League starting and other sports in full swing, we look forward to a full slate of athletic competition in the coming months.
The sound of bats hitting balls can be heard throughout Culpeper and the surrounding area these days, with high school baseball and softball teams enjoying successful seasons and local Little Leaguers making their way to the diamond.
While the Eastern View baseball and softball teams are both off to tremendous starts and battling for district championships, future high school players also have begun their seasons with a fantastic celebration.
Culpeper Little League recently marked its 35th anniversary with opening day festivities for baseball and softball, which proved to be an enjoyable experience despite rain. The Rappahannock Athletic Association also celebrated opening day last weekend. It marked the 30th year of youth baseball in Amissville.
But baseball and softball players aren't the only competitors out and about now that the weather is warming up (at least some days). Lacrosse, tennis track and field hockey are also in full swing.
And don't forget those youth soccer players who populate the fields at the county rec complex. They might learn a thing or two by stopping to watch the EVHS girls soccer team. The Cyclones are off to a 5-1 start and have won three of their four district contests.
By Kristine Thiessen
April 4th, 2008
team pride—(Left) the South Delta Secondary girls’ field hockey team traveled to Chile during spring break for a few games and humanitarian work. (Below) The girls raised $3,000 for an orphanage.
Contributed photos
A Tsawwassen field hockey team traveled to Chile to play the game and lend a helping hand, and returned having gained a few valuable experiences.
Fifteen teammates on South Delta Secondary’s girls’ field hockey team took off to Santiago during spring break with three goals in mind.
“One was of course to play a bit of field hockey,” said coach Neil McLennan.
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