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Post by bealzabubba on Sept 5, 2019 13:11:44 GMT -5
The annual participation report for HS athletics has been released - you can find the 18-19 report here: nfhs.org/media/1020412/2018-19_participation_survey.pdfSome initial highlights: Boys participation in volleyball registered a four percent increase and now has 63,563 participants nationwide. Looking at the underlying data, it's HS VB is sanctioned in 24 states, at a total of 2692 schools. The mean is 23 boys per school (the data isn't granular enough for a median, and I think we all appreciate some schools have much larger programs than that, and some have much smaller). It's still small, and doesn't crack the top-10 for participation for boys - the big "news" is the almost 10% decrease in Football: BUT! The 10 year growth is great - over 28%, followed closely by LAX (25 States, 113,702 Boys, 3026 Schools, mean of 37 Students/school): ETA: Girls top 10 for completeness, with great growth year to year for girls V-ball: |
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Post by akbar on Sept 5, 2019 13:22:38 GMT -5
Considering that the US population in 2008 was 304 million and the population today is 329 million to see ANY drop in raw participation numbers in any sport is telling.
Overall percentage of students playing High School sports has actually decreased in the last 10 years, some due to specialization but most due to lack of interest.
All of this makes the growth of volleyball even more positive imo.
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Post by bealzabubba on Sept 5, 2019 16:45:46 GMT -5
this will probably interest only me, and I still haven't figured out how to post pics on here, so nice graphs, but... I took a look at the 13-14 Participation report, and compared it to 18-19 - so a 5 year comparison, not a 10 year as above. I chose that period because I was curious where the growth was recently (i.e. the time my kids have been in HS). Overall:
Schools increased from 2,157 to 2,692, or a difference of 535 (24.8%) Participation increased 49,284 to 63,563, or a difference of 14,279 (29%) New states: Virginia, Wisconsin, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Vermont. (New Mexico kind of fits here, too, but... there are no schools listed in the 18-19 report, and a total of 15 players. I dunno what to make of that, candidly) These states added 675 boys participating in the sport ( 25% 5.78% of the overall increase). Most new schools: CA (280), VA (64), WI 57, FL (37), NJ (34). Most New schools - % increase: DE (83%, 6 to 11), AZ (46%, 65 to 95), CA (42%, 664 to 944), NJ (30%, 114 to 148), FL (24%, 163 to 190) [excludes the "new states"] Participation Increase: CA (16k to 22k), WI (0 to 1,716), VA (0 to 1,175), NJ (3.4k to 4.5k), IL (6.5k to 7.3k) Participation Increase - %: DE - 48%, NV - 44%, AZ - 40%, CA - 37%, NJ - 31% [excludes "new states"] DECREASES: PA (-2% participation, -2% on schools) and NY (-3% participation, -10% on schools). Weird: Alaska had a -32% decrease in schools but a +19% increase in participation. As a SoCal guy, I'm a bit puzzled by the Schools # for CA - it has to be NorCal or Central Valley, right? ETA: To no one's surprise, CA overall participation dwarfs the other states: CA (22K), IL (7.3k), NJ (4.5k), NY (3.9k), PA (3.6k), and OH (3.2k) top participation for 2018-19., ETA: Fixed screw up on WI, VA and Vermont pointed out below by mvc17vb. |
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Post by orangecurtain on Sept 5, 2019 21:43:32 GMT -5
The numbers for Alaska looks weird to me. There are 68 schools with 327 participants.
This equates to an average of 4.8 students per school.
How can you compete with less than 6 players on a team?
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Post by vbinca on Sept 5, 2019 22:14:36 GMT -5
As a SoCal guy, I'm a bit puzzled by the Schools # for CA - it has to be NorCal or Central Valley, right? For California think very small schools, private and charter. Schools that up to very recently did not offer much in the way of sports for their students. Boys volleyball has less facility and equipment needs then other boys Spring sports such as baseball, lacrosse or track and field. Many small school practice and play their home games at other schools gyms or at neighborhood gyms (rec centers, boys and girls clubs). |
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Post by bealzabubba on Sept 6, 2019 11:19:08 GMT -5
The numbers for Alaska looks weird to me. There are 68 schools with 327 participants. This equates to an average of 4.8 students per school. How can you compete with less than 6 players on a team? I guess it's easier than competing with 2.7 players per school? (13-14 numbers were 100 school, 274 participants). But that's what the report says, so... *shrugs*. As a SoCal guy, I'm a bit puzzled by the Schools # for CA - it has to be NorCal or Central Valley, right? For California think very small schools, private and charter. Schools that up to very recently did not offer much in the way of sports for their students. Boys volleyball has less facility and equipment needs then other boys Spring sports such as baseball, lacrosse or track and field. Many small school practice and play their home games at other schools gyms or at neighborhood gyms (rec centers, boys and girls clubs). That makes sense - I was stuck on the physical plant requirement (HS gym's are not cheap), but using another facility covers that. I've personally seen one "new" school add, as well - a school in my son's league that just didn't have Boys before last year, though they are strong in girls. [It was... ugly. Very good athletes, tons of hustle, but ... zero skill. That will change this year or next, I think.] |
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Post by vballguy7 on Sept 6, 2019 13:21:07 GMT -5
The numbers for Alaska looks weird to me. There are 68 schools with 327 participants. This equates to an average of 4.8 students per school. How can you compete with less than 6 players on a team? Those are Alaska's Beach Volleyball numbers  |
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Post by orangecurtain on Sept 6, 2019 21:24:42 GMT -5
Most new schools: CA (280)Participation Increase: CA (16k to 22k) For CA, the average number for players per school was 16,000/664 or about 24 players per school. For the new schools in CA, it is (22k - 16k)/280 or 21.4 players per school. So the theory that these are smaller school makes sense. |
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Post by mvc17vb on Sept 7, 2019 11:36:07 GMT -5
this will probably interest only me, and I still haven't figured out how to post pics on here, so nice graphs, but... I took a look at the 13-14 Participation report, and compared it to 18-19 - so a 5 year comparison, not a 10 year as above. I chose that period because I was curious where the growth was recently (i.e. the time my kids have been in HS). Overall:
Schools increased from 2,157 to 2,692, or a difference of 535 (24.8%) Participation increased 49,284 to 63,563, or a difference of 14,279 (29%) New states: Virginia, Wisconsin, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Vermont. (New Mexico kind of fits here, too, but... there are no schools listed in the 18-19 report, and a total of 15 players. I dunno what to make of that, candidly) These states added 3,623 boys participating in the sport (25% of the overall increase). Most new schools: CA (280), VA (64), WI 57, FL (37), NJ (34). Most New schools - % increase: DE (83%, 6 to 11), AZ (46%, 65 to 95), CA (42%, 664 to 944), NJ (30%, 114 to 148), FL (24%, 163 to 190) [excludes the "new states"] Participation Increase: CA (16k to 22k), WI (0 to 1,716), VA (0 to 1,175), NJ (3.4k to 4.5k), IL (6.5k to 7.3k) I think you may have looked at a wrong year or something; Wisconsin and Virginia aren't "new" states (since 2013/14). I just looked at the NFHS site and for 2013/14 see Wisconsin as 51 schools/ 1573 boys and Virginia as 72 and 1,237. So Wisconsin is up approx 9% and Virginia is down about 5% (for players). |
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Post by bealzabubba on Sept 7, 2019 13:50:26 GMT -5
Participation Increase: CA (16k to 22k), WI (0 to 1,716), VA (0 to 1,175), NJ (3.4k to 4.5k), IL (6.5k to 7.3k) I think you may have looked at a wrong year or something; Wisconsin and Virginia aren't "new" states (since 2013/14). I just looked at the NFHS site and for 2013/14 see Wisconsin as 51 schools/ 1573 boys and Virginia as 72 and 1,237. So Wisconsin is up approx 9% and Virginia is down about 5% (for players). You're correct - it appears the PDF to EXCEL conversion (or my user error) mucked things up but cutting off the export at/below Rhode Island, so I also missed Vermont (fixing above after posting this). For anyone else that wants to verify, the 2013 to 14 is here: nfhs.org/media/1020200/2013-14_hs_participation_survey.pdf at page 61. The spreadsheet, if you want to copy / manipulate the data, is here: 1drv.ms/x/s!AjEe4KcohN_kpHr4eL-N1oZWV4Lf |
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Post by cyberVBmidwest on Sept 8, 2019 19:12:55 GMT -5
I was downloading and reporting the HS info for many years and haven't updated my spreadsheet (and graphs) since the 2012-13 period. HS Growth I used to reach out to the HS organizations to get clarifications on some strange numbers. The state HS organizations are/were reporting to the national organization. Not all states report every year. Some reported every two years so drastic year-to-year numbers might be a two year change. Some state orgs would report on boys volleyball even though they were not official state programs, many did not. Some started but quit reporting on unofficial sports causing confusing changes. Some big jumps were a result of their first reporting periods when going official. I can't remember but Alaska might report boys who participated in a girls program. Some big changes were a result of a conference adding or dropping boys volleyball. I am not sure if any of these apply to the current results and analysis but I thought I would share anyway. |
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