The month-long celebration in October offers the NFHS membership and the nation’s 19,500 high schools an opportunity to recognize the contributions and benefits young people experience by participation in sports and performing arts
Learn the top 10 reasons athletes aren’t reporting concussions, according to a 2017 Journal of Athletic Training study, and how to properly work with coaches when it happens
The NFHS is here to provide resources for another school year and its executive director, Dr. Karissa Niehoff, talks about what the decline in participation numbers means
The 2018-19 total of 7,937,491 participants is a decline of 43,395 from the 2017-18 school year when the number of participants reached an all-time record high
Additionally, the USA Softball All Games certification mark is now acceptable on bats and pitchers are allowed to be in contact with the pitcher's plate instead of being required to be on top of it
New short relay exchange zones do not requite repainting; helping an injured or ill competitor in cross country no longer grounds for automatic disqualification