High School Baseball Coaches Note Fewer Athletes in School to Pick From

By Lance Winslow

Many high school coaches are now noting that there are fewer athletes coming out for teams, and they speculate that this is for a number of reasons. One reason recently is the cost to play sports is very expensive, and some families cannot afford it during the recession.

But there are many more reasons why the fewer and fewer kids are playing baseball. For one it's very hard work and it takes a lot of training, exercise and conditioning. Kids these days are overweight and it is a lot harder for them to run and work out.

Then there are the all the old reasons, to compound the issue such as; teenage boys learn about girls and cars at that age, and they are very busy text messaging, socializing and getting local jobs to help pay for their social life, and there is no time for sports. This is unfortunate because with fewer athletes playing sports in high school that kids are becoming overweight and that is unhealthy and sports teach kids how to win, work hard towards a goal, and work together as a team.

These are valuable lessons for teenagers and if they're not learning this on the field, some of the coaches wonder if they will learn these skills at all. Many baseball coaches that we talked to seem to think that things are much different now than they ever have been in the past. Of course one thing is also true, and that is the problem is fairly universal at all high schools and therefore the competition is also a little easier. Please consider this.

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