By Ken Reed
High school basketball teams are starting to practice in preparation for the 2022-23 season. But fewer girls will be playing this year.
Nationally, basketball has gone from the number one sport for girls in high school to the fourth most popular girls high school sport over the course of two decades.
[…]Continue Reading →: Girls Are Leaving High School Basketball in Droves. What’s Going On?
By Ken Reed
According to the World Health Organization’s global status report on physical activity 2022:
“Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between 2020 and 2030, costing US$ 27 billion annually, if governments don’t take urgent action to encourage more physical […]
Continue Reading →: WHO Report Highlights High Cost of Physical Inactivity
League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast
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In this episode, we chat with John O’Sullivan. He is Founder and CEO of Changing the Game Project, a youth sports reform initiative.
John is also the author of “Changing the Game: The […]
Continue Reading →: Sports Forum Podcast (Episode #26): How Can We Fix Youth Sports?
By Ken Reed
A study published in JAMA last month found that up to 10,000 steps per day is associated with a lower risk of mortality, as well as cancer and cardiovascular disease incidence. Steps performed with a higher intensity were associated with additional risk reduction. The association between accruing more steps beyond 10,000 […]
By Ken Reed
World Mental Health Day took place this past week (October 10th) and it got me wondering what types of things pro sports leagues and franchises are doing in the area of mental health initiatives.
The world of male sports has been slow to progress in lots of social and cultural areas […]
High schools need to find the money to fund a full-time athletic trainer who is nearby for practices and games
Continue Reading →: Brain injury focus needs to move from NFL to high schools
But What About the Millions of Kids Playing High School and Youth Football?
By Ken Reed
The fact that Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was allowed to return to a game against the Buffalo Bills after clearly suffering a concussion is terrible. The fact he was allowed to play four days later in a Thursday […]
Continue Reading →: NFL’s Approach to Brain Trauma and Concussions is Abysmal
Here are a few psychological risks parents should look for
By Ken Reed
Originally published by Troy Media
When people ask me what I think about youth sports today, I often say there’s “too much adult in youth sports.” When adults are heavily involved in youth sports, ego-and-greed-based decisions and activities are […]
Continue Reading →: Beware the psychological risks for kids in youth sports
Rowman & Littlefield, the publisher of League of Fans’ sports policy director Ken Reed’s impactful book “How We Can Save Sports: A Game Plan,” has announced that they will publish a paperback version of the book with a new introduction and updated action plan and resources section in February, 2023.
The book, which has a […]
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In this episode, we chat with Michael Horn, co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation. Michael is an expert on K-12 education and he believes in the power of physical education to improve […]