A report documented by Amanda Ripley in 2013 alerted the press that sport was 'Too dangerous' and 'Too Expensive' for high schools. A documentary was created in response to this hypothesis. It touches on the amount of girls performing in sport and how it increases the chances of them attending College after their education.
Sport is used, as seen in the documentary, to help people with disability or with special needs get involved with extra curricular activities. Sport can also boost confidence of the students attending the school. Moving into new environment can be intimidating but studies show in the film that sport helped them mingle with new people and settle.
Sport can also help girls, too. A study in 2010 by Bestie Stevenson and the University of Pennsylvania found that an increase in girl's playing high school sport has mounted to a higher College/University attendance as well as employment rates.
This fact is shocking to me as the power of sport can be seen in this study. I feel that girls need to be more aware of the benefits of sports and how it can motivate them to become better at their lifestyle through their sport
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