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...class. The numbers start off promising - 70% of freshman girls enroll - but quickly tail off: only 32% stick around by senior year, according to a 2005 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "We're just not teaching kids how to be physically active," says Nicole LaVoi, one of the authors of the Tucker Center report...
Also at fault is what LaVoi refers to as "the professionalization of youth sports" - parents treating kids like mini-pros by pushing them to engage in highly competitive sports leagues. "You could argue that kids just don't know how to participate in unstructured play because there is so much focus on organized activities these days," she says...
...LaVoi is one of a number of cheerleaders coming off injuries. He is battling back from a sprained ACL, but vows to be back for The Game.He was also involved in an injury to tri-captain Stephanie Wilka during a game against visiting Northeastern...
...rainy and slippery outside,” LaVoi says, “and we were putting up a pyramid and it slipped. Steph landed on her ankle, and then I landed on her ankle. It was really sore and bruised for a while. But Steph’s a soldier—she walked...
...They offer us an ambulance to UHS,” LaVoi adds...