As Recreation Sports Enrollment Falls, Towns Explore Shared Services
A recent drop in enrollment points to the popularity of emerging sports such as lacrosse
Recreation baseball and softball enrollment has dipped varying degrees in both Wyckoff and Franklin Lakes. But that doesn’t necessarily mean children are forsaking sports — quite the contrary. “[Children] could be playing three or four sports any given month,” said Wyckoff Recreation Director Andy Wingfield. “And some do.” With the addition of spring lacrosse two years ago in Wyckoff and the extension of club soccer into spring, many active youngsters are finding they don’t have time for America’s favorite pastime. In Franklin Lakes, only nine seventh and eighth graders signed up for spring rec softball. “There are also a lot of other activities for kids to get involved in — the Wyckoff Family YMCA Sharks Swim Team has a very strong …
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Gary Rabinowitz
12:05 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
@ SK -- what makes you qualified to assess a rec program's operational effectiveness, organization and the quality of work done by volunteer coaches? I beg to differ - I have found the rec office to be responsive, courteous and well run. The coaches have varying degrees of competence, but all in all, the volunteer coaches in town are good people who try to do a good job. Of course, being … more ›