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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Jezter" data-source="post: 1723694" data-attributes="member: 1015">Even without sports, adolescents will still seek out others who have similar interests and form cliques, and certain cliques will inevitably butt heads with each other.  It's simply a part of growing up.But, while we're on the subject, I've got some links to research articles of my own, found after brief searches on google.<a href="http://ed-web3.educ.msu.edu/ysi/Spotlight1997/social.html" target="_blank">Promoting Social and Moral Development Through Sports.</a><a href="http://ed-web3.educ.msu.edu/ysi/Spotlight1997/growth.html" target="_blank">Youth Sports and the Growth of Children</a><a href="http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/0001/May21_01/15.htm" target="_blank">Exposure to Sports May Have Positive Effects on Teen Girls</a>Speaking from my own expirience, I know that when I started participating in athletics in high school (mostly running and weight lifting, but also volleyball and ultimate frisbee), my confidence increased, I looked healthier, I felt healthier, and my academic performance improved as well (and, at the risk of sounding egotistical, I also became more popular with girls).  I also learned that many guys who fall into the category of jock really aren't so bad after all, and a few or them are the most laid-back, friendly guys I ever met in high school.  Prior to taking up athletics, I was a typical nerdy kid who spent most of his free time reading, playing video games, or watching TV.Another discovery I made was that geeks can be every bit as elitist and insular as they often percieve jocks to be.  Except where some jocks percieve geeks as being losers and freaks, some geeks arrogantly believe anyone who isn't like them to be unintelligent or unenlightened.</blockquote>

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