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<blockquote data-quote="4shotB" data-source="post: 876835" data-attributes="member: 844"><p>I took a stab at this above but had another thought to add (great question, btw). Just a theory but here goes...the girls play because they love their sport and the competition. I taught a girl this year who is going on a soccer scholarship to a perennially top ranked women's program and another who is going to a smaller school for tennis. The first plays club soccer and varsity soccer. I have seen both compete on a few occasions. Their games attract a handful (dozens) of fans at most. I think these athletes play in anonymity for the most part which is healthy. Their identities do not revolve around their sport. In fact, both hardly talk about it unless asked. Again, I think this is healthy.</p><p></p><p>Conversely I taught at a small rural school for a few years. The kind of town that shuts down on Friday night so everyone can show up for the game. The football players, especially the year they won the state championship, were something of minor celebrities in that town at the age of 15 - 18. Being a football player became a big part of their identity. On game days, the female athletes can shut out the distractions and do their work. It is not as easy for the male athletes. Is it the maturity factor? Or is it the lack of visibility that causes this? I am not sure I know the answer to that question. But in the end I think it is healthier to not self-identify as only an athlete as the females seem to do much better than the boys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4shotB, post: 876835, member: 844"] I took a stab at this above but had another thought to add (great question, btw). Just a theory but here goes...the girls play because they love their sport and the competition. I taught a girl this year who is going on a soccer scholarship to a perennially top ranked women's program and another who is going to a smaller school for tennis. The first plays club soccer and varsity soccer. I have seen both compete on a few occasions. Their games attract a handful (dozens) of fans at most. I think these athletes play in anonymity for the most part which is healthy. Their identities do not revolve around their sport. In fact, both hardly talk about it unless asked. Again, I think this is healthy. Conversely I taught at a small rural school for a few years. The kind of town that shuts down on Friday night so everyone can show up for the game. The football players, especially the year they won the state championship, were something of minor celebrities in that town at the age of 15 - 18. Being a football player became a big part of their identity. On game days, the female athletes can shut out the distractions and do their work. It is not as easy for the male athletes. Is it the maturity factor? Or is it the lack of visibility that causes this? I am not sure I know the answer to that question. But in the end I think it is healthier to not self-identify as only an athlete as the females seem to do much better than the boys. [/QUOTE]
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