This is the most insightful observation on this thread.
This is the most insightful observation on this thread.
I agree with your statement Laz, and with that cultural change, I think it's directly related to micromanagement of today's kids by their parents who want their kids to excel in the sports "THEY" enjoyed.....
When you look at the vast numbers of baseball players from central and south american countries, what do they have in common with today's American kids? My answer is absolutely nothing!
Those baseball players as well as their well known soccer stars start out playing non stop sand lot games with their fellow kids, day in and day out. Here in the U.S., if your kid wants to play then he has to find a team that wants him.......
On my last couple of vacations to Honduras, I would see barefoot kids playing soccer on over grown fields or in the streets, totally oblivious of what was going on around them.
That was the sports atmosphere that both you and I grew up with...........and has unfortunately has changed due to our culture.