As I sit at home watching a Little League Softball World Series game on TV, I am too excited. According to the commercials and announcers, there are more than 400,000 players in over 34 countries in this league. This league has been in existence for four decades. This game features ages 11-13, but there are several other age groups (9-11, 13-15, and 16-18).
This excites me for 2 major reasons:
1. That is a LOT of female players
2. The amount of exposure this brings to female athletes
Some of theses girls will get scholarships to college, play for their countries National team, and play for their country in the Olympics.
These girls are playing with intensity, skill and determination. Of course there are errors (softball term), but they appear to have learned to play thru them and move on to the next play. This reinforces for me that female athletes can thrive and flourish in any sport given the opportunity to play over several years and on a consistent basis.
I am impressed that Little League Softball is played on the same stage as Little League Baseball, when professional women's sports still take a back seat to professional men's sports.
Where is the connection lost? Why do female sports get lost on the national level? What can be done to give female athletes the same longevity of exposure as male athletes? Does age
