The better question is: any suggestions on getting more girls to play basketball?Any suggestions on getting people to talk about girls basketball on here?
The better question is: any suggestions on getting more girls to play basketball?
Ironically, I recently asked the Mother of a local HS basketball player how the Freshmen team was doing this year? I got a "what the heck is a Freshmen team" look from her.
That grade was very good and had alot of girls playing coming up. Her response indicated they were barely able to field a JV team and even had to cancel one JV game already this season.
I had no idea it was this bad. So what caused this? Seems travel ball gets the blame alot of times but maybe that is the real reason here too.
Is there another Winter sport that is drawing the girls away from basketball?
I had no idea it was this bad. So what caused this? Seems travel ball gets the blame alot of times but maybe that is the real reason here too.
Is there another Winter sport that is drawing the girls away from basketball?
I had no idea it was this bad. So what caused this? Seems travel ball gets the blame alot of times but maybe that is the real reason here too.
Is there another Winter sport that is drawing the girls away from basketball?
I'd like to see a rule from the OHSAA that you can't play 2 sports in a season. Already, girls basketball players for high schools cannot practice with their travel basketball teams. But they can practice with their travel soccer or travel volleyball teams while playing basketball. I think the travel teams have gotten too over the top. My girls have played for them. We told the travel coach that 9 months of soccer for the year was enough and that she was going to take a little time off to play basketball for her school. But there are other girls on the team that are playing travel sports too. They are having 2 practices per night many nights (one with the high school basketball team and one with the travel soccer or travel volleyball). It's ridiculous.Girls like boys are not playing multiple sports. Both of my girls played soccer and ran track in HS. Club soccer doesn’t give girls much down time. My youngest tried as a Freshmen but going from one practice to another wasn’t working not to mention soccer tournaments down south in Jan/ Feb. She had to make a choice which was a shame, she was one of the better PGs in the city in grade school.
That is crazy.They are having 2 practices per night many nights (one with the high school basketball team and one with the travel soccer or travel volleyball). It's ridiculous.
I do not like that rule. I'm guessing it had something to do with some parents complaining a long time ago about boys games being on primetime (Friday night) and the girls getting some other day/night. While this rule corrects that problem, it would be interesting to ask the parents and fans of boys and girls teams if they think this rule is working well.I believe the above posters have given some very good reasons for the decline in popularity. I will add one more reason. The OCC has the rule that in league play the girls and boys will play the a league opponent on the same night with one being away and one home.
I do not like that rule. I'm guessing it had something to do with some parents complaining a long time ago about boys games being on primetime (Friday night) and the girls getting some other day/night. While this rule corrects that problem, it would be interesting to ask the parents and fans of boys and girls teams if they think this rule is working well.
I remember the Dalbert (spelling?) Report was very popular around 5 to 10 years ago. Wonder what happened.
The better fix to the "title ix" issue is to have varsity girl/boy doubleheaders... they started doing those up here and it was awesome for the kids but they've gone away from it since.
Dang!! That is a name I haven't heard in years. Looks like he is still doing well in the Dayton area. There was a time where his name was big around the state.Dabbelt Report - Jim Dabbelt. He still puts out his report.
I'd take it a step further and occasionally flip the order of games to where girls varsity is in the "prime time" slot.
My school does a varsity doubleheader each year. Aside from the usual girls game crowd, the fans don't make much of an effort to arrive in time for the 6pm girls tip-off. However, they may do so for a 6pm boys tip-off and then decide to stay for the girls game since they're already in the gym. It's worth a shot.
15ish years ago we had a parent complain about the boys always playing on Fri or Sat and the girls only playing during the week. Threatened to get the courts involved. Since that time the teams rotate who gets Friday/Satuday night. Schedule generally looks like Tuesday-Friday or Wednesday-Saturday for games.I do not like that rule. I'm guessing it had something to do with some parents complaining a long time ago about boys games being on primetime (Friday night) and the girls getting some other day/night. While this rule corrects that problem, it would be interesting to ask the parents and fans of boys and girls teams if they think this rule is working well.
I remember that happening around the state at a few conferences. When they moved the boys games to Saturday nights and the girls games to Friday nights, the crowds still followed the boys games. Saturday became the big night to follow games.15ish years ago we had a parent complain about the boys always playing on Fri or Sat and the girls only playing during the week. Threatened to get the courts involved. Since that time the teams rotate who gets Friday/Satuday night. Schedule generally looks like Tuesday-Friday or Wednesday-Saturday for games.