Truth hurts sometimes - if the current practices remain the norm - numbers will continue to decline - depressing post yes it is. Truth hurts sometimes! I can promise a few of you the question my time in the sport - I have wore out many many more vehicles coaching and getting wrestlers, (youth, HS, and College) to the gyms in Kansas and around the country. It is your turn to make a difference. Everyone wants the benefits of being part of a national organization - BUT BUT BUT do not want to take the advice available - Just Saying look at the facts.
Any plans for change to stop the declining numbers?
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The experimental change is not working to sustain maintain,
Or grow the sport in the state.
During the period Nationally HS boys down 28,000 and girls up 8,000 in participation numbers. Overall numbers - 20,000 decline in HS participation - both nationally and in the state of Kansas an approximate 10 percent drop over the 8 year period - in HS participation. That is cause for some discussion on changes to the way we are "growing" the sport.
You Do The Math: High School Participation Numbers
2009/10 Data - NFHS
http://www.nfhs.org/ParticipationStatistics/PDF/2009-10%20Participation%20Survey.pdf2016/2017 Data - NFHS
http://www.nfhs.org/ParticipationStatistics/PDF/2016-17_Participation_Survey_Results.pdfNational Numbers – Wrestling
2016/17 -
Totals - 259,391
Boys – 244,804
Girls – 14,587
2009/10
Totals – 279,024
Boys – 272,890
Girls – 6,134
Kansas Numbers – Wrestling
2016/17
Totals – 4,861
Boys – 4,749
Girls – 112
2009/10
Totals – 5,373
Boys – 5,319
Girls - 54
