I feel like one of the changes that could help would be to make organized sports easier to join as adults. We give kids all of these options and easy opportunities to play a sprt, but then as adults, you have to be pretty proactive and have either the time or money for a sport. I'm about to be 40 and still play hockey, soccer, and tennis, but I'm one of the only people in my social group doing all of this. I'm lucky as I haven't had kids to take up the time and I work very reasonable hours. But even then, it's definitely more of an effort to get involved in these now than when I was in school. And the other big difference is that there is no way to really start these sports as an adult beginner. It's only game times, never practices.
If there were more options for adult team sports, I think that would go a long way to getting people active.
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