classic33
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And for boys it's later than girls, is it not?Goes against what Navratilova posted The other day about the males in cyclo-cross.
It's not about trans being in elite events, the elite discussion is to highlight the actual physical differences between male and female. These differences are present further down the rankings right back to school kids. After puberty kicks in the differences appear in abilities.
So if a promising youngster is knocked down a place or two, this can have all sorts of what look like tiny impacts on the kids sporting future. The ramifications could be missed scholarships, sponsorship, competing into the next level whether that be regional, national or international.
Males should not be allowed in the women's divisions. They can quite happily compete in the men's open class. Now if it's about winning, they should train harder and not try and use unfair biological advantage of being a male over women.
Girls have particularly hard time adopting sports in school, to undermine their early achievements is beyond a joke
Sports in schools is seen as a non starter. With many schools dropping even PE lessons.
What you need to realise is that the move up to secondary school is that taking part in sports is seen as something that is for geeks. Peer pressure in schools has a greater impact on kids not wanting to follow/partake in sports. Who's placing this peer pressure on others to fit in with the rest?
It's a case of getting their interest in sport back to a level where the want to take part exceeds the peer pressure to not taking part.