Complete List of High School Sports
The USA is the largest sports power in which athletes are considered national heroes and where they are honored as famous Hollywood “stars”.
The most common team sports in America are basketball, volleyball, baseball, American football, hockey. European football (soccer) is rapidly gaining popularity due to the influx of immigrants from Latin America and Eastern Europe. Schools and hockey clubs are opening like a magical blow, and the New York Times has already predicted a great future for the American scooter teams in world championships in five to seven years. Americans also actively play softball, field hockey, water polo. Individual sport includes athletics, boxing, figure skating, swimming, tennis, golf, wrestling, fencing, gymnastics, rowing. Sport is an integral part of high school education. Every student who does not have academic success knows for sure that he can get a scholarship in college if he/she is actively involved in sports and shows good results.
High school sports
Each sports team in high school has its own emblem and its own support group, “cheerleaders”. Now “cheerleadership” is also equal to sport, and “cheerleaders” even have their own competitions at the city-state level. “Cheerleaders” are full participants of the match, along with sports teams, which they support.
The most popular sports in US high school are football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. The participants of these sports teams are more likely to draw the attention of youth sports clubs.
High school and college are the basis of amateur and semi-professional sports in America. The history of university sports is formally starting from 1852 when the teams of Harvard and Yale universities had the first rowing competitions. The worldwide known Ivy league, an association of eight of the most prestigious universities in the USA, began as a sports association. Now the National University Sports Association (NCAA) operates throughout the country, and the best students have a chance to get into the national team.
A complete list of high school sports
- Badminton
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
- Baseball (Boys)
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Flag Football (Girls)
- Football (Boys)
- Wrestling
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- Softball (Girls)
- Surf
- Indoor Track & Field
- Bowling
- Cheerleading / Competitive Spirit Squads
- Lacrosse
- Skiing & Snowboarding
- Soccer
- Swimming & Diving
- Tennis
- Track & Field
- Dance Team
- Field Hockey
- Slow Pitch Softball (Girls)
- Weightlifting
20 best sports schools in the United States
- Ashbury College
- Z-test-School
- Eaglebrook School
- Milton Academy
- Suffield Academy
- Brentwood College School
- Culver Academies
- Phillips Academy Andover
- Vermont Academy
- Deerfield Academy
- The Hotchkiss School
- Proctor Academy
- Rothesay Netherwood School
- Thornton Academy
- Admiral Farragut Academy
- Asheville School
- Berkshire School
- Phillips Exeter Academy
- Salisbury School
- Canterbury School