Over the years there have been many changes to the way sports are played and carried out. Whether these where equipment rules, game play rules, or even eligibility rules they have all been changed in some way. Some may say change is bad, but in my opinion going from the leather helmets used in football many years ago to the nice hard padded helmets we use today is a good thing.
            Sadly though there have been some sad changes especially in the elementary and junior high schools. Major cut backs in budgets have forced many schools to but back on physical education programs or even get rid of them completely. This is very bad in the fact that kids need to be physically active especially at a young age where they can develop good habits of exercising so they don’t end up with diabetes and overweight. It also helps them to build good social and teamwork skill by working together to play a sport or activity.
            In athletics many changes will occur in the fact that not just anyone can coach a team but they must have a coaching certificate to do so. This will help in the fact that the coaches can be educated in how to deal with the parents that feel like they need to talk with the coach about getting their child more playing time, and also help the coach to make better decisions on who really should play.
            Exercise and fitness will also become a bigger thing as time goes on. People who want to live longer can already do that, but its not the number of years you live it’s the number of years of quality life that counts. Quality life means the number of years you live that you can still do things by yourself and not rely on others to help you. With exercise and fitness specialist they are able to show people ways that they can add quality years to their lives. Along with those, Athletic Trainers will help to prevent some of the injuries that can lead to athletes becoming disabled later on in life and losing those quality years. As time goes on, these three areas will be increasing and will definitely make a positive impact on how people live.