Does High School sports impact high school culture?

High school sports has positive and negative impact on young athletes. High school sports are popular and each sport gets a lot of students to play for their high school team. Some positive things that impact high school culture is students can improve their skills and get better with each practice. High school culture can impact high school sports because there academics would increase. Another positive thing for young athletes is that with the sport they are playing they eat healthy and have the ability to perform at their best on the day of the game. The athletes can influence physical health and warding off negative signs of obesity. Both boys and girls can will be able to reach high academic goals. Teenagers that participate in high school sports are happier, have increased self-esteem, and are less anxious, with a decreased risk of suicidal behavior. The coaches improved player satisfaction, motivation, self-esteem, compliance, and attraction rates through positive reinforcement and teaching. The coaches do effective training an enhanced sporting experience was reported by most athletes.

Negative impact on high school culture is athletes that get injured. Athletes in high school can suffer from rapid expansion of the bones while growing and slowly elongating muscles, tension develops across the growth plates, and the joints. During adolescent years, some athletes may experience a decrease in flexibility, coordination, and balance. It does not only increase injuries, but also impacts sports performance, placing more stress, anxiety and social pressure on the athlete. A hasty return to a sport with incomplete rehabilitation can result in chronic pain, dysfunction, increased time away from the sport and repeated injury to the same or different body parts. Children's bones are weaker than their ligaments or tendons, therefore they are at an increased risk for fractures throughout the bone and growth plate. At a basic level for physical activity and fun can be a financial hardship for some families. Basic costs include uniforms, equipment, league fees, travel expenses and footwear.