There are girls on girls teams that have an unfair physical advantage over other girls. The same is true for boys teams. It's so important in wrestling that wrestlers are segregated by weight. On my son's highschool wrestling team there were a few girls and they had a good chance of beating boys in their same weight class. Highschool spo…
There are girls on girls teams that have an unfair physical advantage over other girls. The same is true for boys teams. It's so important in wrestling that wrestlers are segregated by weight. On my son's highschool wrestling team there were a few girls and they had a good chance of beating boys in their same weight class. Highschool sports are not the world's best of the best competing like it often is in the Olympics. The person with more training, experience and tenacity was usually the winner in spite of minute differences in arm length or heart size.
School sports are a very important part of child development and the emphasis should be on participation and learning not on titles or trophies.
There are girls on girls teams that have an unfair physical advantage over other girls. The same is true for boys teams. It's so important in wrestling that wrestlers are segregated by weight. On my son's highschool wrestling team there were a few girls and they had a good chance of beating boys in their same weight class. Highschool sports are not the world's best of the best competing like it often is in the Olympics. The person with more training, experience and tenacity was usually the winner in spite of minute differences in arm length or heart size.
School sports are a very important part of child development and the emphasis should be on participation and learning not on titles or trophies.