[Fly Like a Duck]

Love Love Love your comment. Teams are not allowed to practice soccer, basketball, baseball, volleyball, softball or any other "extra curricular" activity during school hours so why should they be allowed to do weight traing durning class hours. I know kids who take this particular class all 4 years of high school. If a kid wants to participate in extra curicular activities then they should be willing to put in the time before or after school.

I also agree that smart athletes excel more than athletic athletes. Parents are crippling their kids putting sports before academics. I'm not a stat person but I would bet the farm that the number of high school athletes that participate in college athletics are less than 10% so why put so much emphasis on sports.

I would rate your post close, if not the top, of all that I have read on this site..:Thumbs:

Weight training is offered to all student-athletes, boys and girls.

Also, I know at most schools that offers weightlifting, it's a privilege to take it. You must meet particular standards in your core classes before you are allowed to take it, which I totally agree with, but is contradicting as hell, because I don't see kids in FFA who have to meet those same requirements in order to take AG elective classes.

Personally, I think weight lifting and excercise physiology type classes need to be offered much more. Our health awareness in many kids and their families suck as much as their education levels in reading, writing and math.

....and, quite honestly, I don't know which is worse when it gets down to it.