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[Carlsbad7]

Here is 13-17 age group.

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Funny that bicycling is going up.

I cant remember the last time I saw a kid riding anything other than an electric bike.

 

[Jamisfoes]

I laugh at the number of kids bicycling. It seems these people count getting on the bike once a year has having participated in a sport. Makes you wonder the validity of the rest of their numbers.

 

[Grace T.]

Tennis and golf are social distancing sports. So the pandemic probably has something to do with their 2022 numbers. Tennis is one of the hardest sports to learn, very few kids stick to it.

This is exactly right. If you look at the declines all the team sports and gymansium sports (with the exception of basketball) declined in the time period including cheerleading and gymnastics. 3 sports which are up are the 3 you could social distance during the pandemic (and lots of kids got shinny new bikes during the pandemic....dirt biking right now is huge among boys 11-15...my kid always feels left out because his friends are dirt biking and he's on the soccer pitch). In addition, when schools did go back, it was tennis, golf and track which resumed when the team sports were sidelined. So some kid choosing to do a sport as a freshman in middle school might have picked golf which was "safer" pandemic wise and they could actually participate fully in (plus the golf courses were closed for a relatively short time in comparison to say dance studios).

The pandemic is going to have a lot of trickle down effects down stream. I know of at least 3 friends my son had during the pandemic that just gave up soccer during the shutdowns and never returned because their parents didn't want to either put them in a restrictive practice or risk exposing them. So that's 3 kids that after a year off just aren't going to come back and some things (like soccer and cheerleading) are awfully hard to jump back into because your friends in the interim have made progress and maybe even moved up a level. Anecdotally, a friend who teaches at a karate studio in Los Angeles also notes that people are still nervous about close contacts indoors and business has never resumed to prepandemic levels.

As for basketball, I suspect the small drop in numbers was because the hoops in the parks were closed for a relatively short time (remember when they were pulling down some hoops???) and it was easy for kids just to hang around and even shoot with their parents, which kept them somewhat interested in the game. As with other things, we will being the effects of the pandemic for a while....maybe look out for some new US tennis and golf superstars 10 years down the line.

 

[aong cangkol]

Ages 6-12 Data - State of Play 2021 - Project Play

The newest youth sports participation data and analysis of trends for youth ages 6–12.

www.aspenprojectplay.org

I'm a bit skeptical of these numbers...where did you get this? Have a hard time believing almost the same amount of kids have played golf and tennis as much as soccer.

Yeah, manipulating data for presentation is normal. I do that for a living.
My kids would be included in Bicycling, #1 sport on the list. They bike 5 days a week. Even during normal year (not covid), our basketball/soccer/swim club practice only 3-4x/week. How are they gathering the data? online survey on kids?

 

[Highlander]

I think you’re missing the point. Oakland, CA is similar to Bahia, Brazil. The distinction is that folks in Oakland don’t know about soccer except for recent immigrants. When soccer becomes known to “native Oaklanders”, Oakland will produce just as many stars as Brazil. GUARANTEED!

There are several great athletes that aren’t built for the NFL or NBA that would be great soccer players in Oakland.

There is hope...Sheriffs FC operates for free in Alameda county (where Oakland is) and are an MLS Next club. https://www.sheriffsfc.org/
These guys are doing god's work.