Re:Central Illinois Xpress Emerge as Unlikely Force in Fifth...
by nickstefan12 on Monday January 19, 2015 @05:28PM
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This article has some nice points about what the girls are learning (team work, discipline etc), but it's not nearly "breaking down barriers" as it seems. I coached swimming for 8 years:
Girls are 10x easier to coach than boys (on average).
At that age they are also more coordinated, taller and sometimes stronger.
Also at that age: continual year round well coached practice is infinitely more important than gender. The boys teams in this article are seasonal recreational, while the girls team is a year round club team. I can tell you from swimming that a 5th grade year round swimmer would easily crush a recreational swimmer, regardless of gender, on average.
Girls are 10x easier to coach than boys (on average). At that age they are also more coordinated, taller and sometimes stronger.
Also at that age: continual year round well coached practice is infinitely more important than gender. The boys teams in this article are seasonal recreational, while the girls team is a year round club team. I can tell you from swimming that a 5th grade year round swimmer would easily crush a recreational swimmer, regardless of gender, on average.