America’s Pastime Remains Strong
November 15, 2020
Baseball continues to be a favorite sport to play or watch, and there is still an intense desire among young athletes to participate in the game.
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Serious About Softball: American Athletes Continue To Play
November 12, 2020
Softball has long been one of the most popular sports in the U.S, and in recent years, it has continued to show signs of continued growth.
Motorsports: A Major Draw For Fans
August 18, 2020
NASCAR and IndyCar Series draw tens of thousands of fans to watch high-speed action and hear the roars of uber-horsepower engines flying around tracks from the Southeast to the Northeast, Midwest, and West Coast.
Taekwondo: Building on Strength
August 7, 2020
Taekwondo is about much more than merely fighting skills and martial arts techniques. It’s systematic and scientific, engaging the mind as well as the body.
Playing for Kicks! Footgolf popularity sweeps U.S.
April 24, 2019
Several versions of footgolf, a sport that combines soccer and golf, had been kicked around in various European countries for about 20 years—Switzerland in the late ’80s, Scandinavia in the ’90s—before being introduced in the United States through the American FootGolf League (AFGL).
It was a simple search by …
SUP and Paddling Events Continue to Grow
April 23, 2019
Riding the waveSince the day pro surfer Laird Hamilton stood on a long board and picked up a paddle, the sport of standup paddleboarding (SUP) has ridden a wave of growth. From 2010 to 2016, SUP participation expanded from about 1 million to 3.2 million, a growth of 220 …
Tennis holds its own – Traditional sports against others
April 22, 2019
Game, set, matchHow do you make a long-established sport appeal to the next generation? With smartphone technology exploding over the last decade and the mixed needs of millennials, organizations such as the United States Tennis Association (USTA) are looking for ways to draw new players. Children are not …
The Passion for PickleBall
April 21, 2019
What is pickleball? That might be a question heard just a few years ago but it won’t be asked much longer.Pickleball—a sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton and ping-pong—has flown under the radar for decades but in the past few years, the unique sport has become much …
Cheer & Dance: Destinations reap rewards when cheer and dance competitions come to town
April 20, 2019
If you think you know cheerleading, think again. It has become so much more than just girls—and sometimes boys—standing on the sidelines, cheering for their teams to win the game. Research shows there are approximately 4 million participants in cheerleading across the United States, from elementary school to college. …
Extreme Sports Pack a Punch: Participants and fans are drawn to adrenaline-packed events
April 19, 2019
Adrenaline junkies are always looking for a new, better, more-exhilarating sport, a different extreme of an old sport or a more-heart-pounding, less-boring way of putting their bodies to the athletic test. Today’s extreme sports pack a punch. Whether base jumping, kiteboarding, parkour or other adrenaline-fueled activities, sports that push …
