Organized Sports Dominate.More than half (54 percent) of all young people ages six to seventeen are members of at least one organized sports team, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. research sponsored by Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association The Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA) is a trade association that represents sporting goods manufacturers, retailers, and marketers. Founded in 1906, as of 2007 it had more than 1,000 members representing over 3,000 business locations and employing more than 375,000 . The study found that 26.2 million youngsters are on an organized team, another 10 million play team sports on a pickup basis, and about 12 million aren't involved in team sports at all. "The clear sense of our research over the years is that participation in organized sports has been growing while casual, pickup play has been in serious decline," says Gregg Hartley, SGMA SGMA Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association SGMA Southern Gospel Music Association SGMA Sierpinski Gasket Monopole Antenna vice president. Organized basketball attracts the most members, followed by soccer, baseball, slow-pitch softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' , and tackle football. Girls account for 44 percent of all team members. |
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