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Originally Posted by WestMichBlue
Girls play sports for social purposes. They get together to chat with friends and make new friends and lead cheers and simply have fun. Even in the pressure of the WCWS, those adult women are cheering and chattering and having fun in the dugouts.
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Actually that is not true, according to ASA surveys conducted annually.
I can go get my notes for the ACE classes that I teach our ASA coaches to give you the exact number, but well over two-thirds of the girls playing ASA ball play for the opportunity to play ball. An amazingly small percentage are there to be with friends or for other social purposes. They, like many boys, play because they love the game. Yes, they express themselves differently from boys, but as a wise man once said, vive l'difference.