Women and Sports.

I am a female, and I participate in many sports. At my school we have just as many girls’ sports teams as guys. Girls sports consist of: golf, swimming, cross country, volleyball, weightlifting, basketball, track and field, tennis, soccer, and powder-puff. Girls sport teams at my school I am on the Weightlifting, Track and Field, Powder-puff, and Cross Country teams. Most of the girls’ sports practice at the same time as the corresponding boys sports. The cross country girls and boys team train together; the track and field team, swim team, and golf team also practice the girls and boys at the same time.

Some teams such as soccer and softball have a plethora of girls that go out for those teams; however, many of the other teams are in need of girls. I'm not really sure why that is, because it's loads of fun and you make so many friends that you normally would never hang out with. Also, you get a letter to put on your letterman jacket which is really neat, and not many girls have them. I can understand that girls wouldn't exactly like to go out and join the weightlifting team because it seems that you have to be strong, but mostly girls that do end up joining it are just really conditioning for another sport and not really doing it to win.

Not all sports are for everyone, but most of them go hand in hand. If you lift weights, then that'll help you with your sprinting. Most girls don't realize this and I think that in their minds they would like to join a sports team and automatically be great in whatever they try. Practice makes perfect, and practices aren't always glamourous or pretty. They're hard work and can be fun some of the time, but overall you work your butt off to become good. I think that this factor scares some of the girls off. You have to work hard and be committed. You don't always have to be born with a talent for the sport either. Again, that's what the practicing and training is for.