Today is National Girls and Women In Sports Day. It is a special day for girls and women to celebrate their participation in sports and athletics. When Title IX was enacted in 1971, 1 in 27 girls in high school participated in athletics. One in three girls participate in athletics in high school now! Women participated in only 13 of the 24 events of the 1984 Olympic Games; in Beijing in 2008, female athletes competed in 28 of the 32 Olympic events. There has been an explosion in the number of athletic opportunities open to women and girls of all ages and levels of ability. To help celebrate, why not attend a local girls' competition like a high school basketball game or swim meet. Watch a woman's tennis match on television or simply expose your daughter to sports by playing catch in the yard, teaching her some gymnastics or how about shooting some hoops in the driveway?
Whatever you decide to do, it is important for girls and women to remain active so get going!
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