| Hank Aaron has been in the news a bit lately, over his adamant position that he will not travel to the baseball game when Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron’s career home run record. Some have said that its because he thinks that Bonds’ record is tainted by the steroid scandal, while Aaron has publicly stated that it is because at his age the traveling doesn’t agree with him. More...Posted On: 5/31/2007 | Posted By: sportsaholic@softwerkz.com | Permalink
Yes even, rural America is seeing a decline in the number of youth baseball players. Fairview, Tennessee has tripled in population over the last 17 years while the number of baseball players has dropped so dramatically that they are practically begging kids to play, just so that they can field a team.
More...Posted On: 5/31/2007 | Posted By: sportsaholic@softwerkz.com | Permalink
On May 22, 2007 boston.com reported that in Providence, Rhode Island, a state Senator is trying to introduce a new law that would make it a felony to assault any referee, player or coach. More...Posted On: 5/23/2007 | Posted By: sportsaholic@softwerkz.com | Permalink
In his new book, hall of fame baseball player, Dave Winfield uses similar observations to my Death of Baseball article combined with interesting statistics to point out how baseball is facing a New Color Barrier as the participation of African-American's is rapidly declining and that at its current pace a 12 year old African-American today could be the last African-American to play baseball. More...Posted On: 5/22/2007 | Posted By: sportsaholic@softwerkz.com | Permalink
Growing up, there were two main sports that almost everyone played, baseball and hockey. I grew up in New England, so it is easy to imagine that the seasons pretty much dictated what kind of sports you played. Sure kids played other team sports, but baseball and hockey were, by far, the most popular. Back then, baseball was still THE American past time. Now, the sport of baseball as a whole is waning fast and the grim reaper is knocking at its door. More...Posted On: 5/2/2007 | Posted By: sportsaholic@softwerkz.com | Permalink
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| Youth sports is a huge business and is growing every day. Every year millions of parents spend alot of money on equipment and fees and countless hours travelling to and attending sporting events in order to give their kids the chance to play team sports and participate in organized individual competitions. At the same time, those kids are spending countless hours practicing and competing in individual and team sporting events. While an increasing number of children and adults experience poor nutrition, poor physical fitness and are becoming increasingly more obese, the participation of today's youth in HEALTHY physical activity, sports and competion becomes increasingly more important. The goal of Youth Sports Watch is to find and bring to you the best news, resources, entertainment and sports equipment prices and information related to youth sports.
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