I think one way to get more boys or teenage boys involved with swimming is by getting states to expect the sport of water polo. My state doesn't do it and a lot of other states don't do polo. But if more states adoptive the sport more young men would be involved with swimming at least in the high school level. Most guys at my high school in California during the 1970's played Water Polo in the summer and fall and swam in the spring. They were in better shape in swimming and could work more yardage than if they swam for only 3 months which is common for states without water polo. Water polo is so popular with teenagers in California that they introduce even girls teams in the 1990's. Most boys like a sport which is similar to hockey except that its in a pool instead of an ice rink. Also, US water polo would gain by having a bigger pool to draw from on their national team instead of 80 percent or more just coming from California.
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For example a boy from Santa Ana a high immirgrant city who may not expect to graduate from college as much as an upper-middle class boy from south county where you live at has different motvations for swimming and playing water polo. The boy from Santa Ana is less likely to make his decision based upon whether he will swim or play water polo at a 4 year school because of IX, on the other hand, the boy from the upper-middle family who is more likely to finished college will based his decision on whether there is a swim program for men at the 4 year level. This is true thru out the US, even recently in some parts of the US not as many people finished college because there were still some good paying blue collar jobs but in big metros like New York or Boston or Chicago who have to have a 4 year degree in order to have a half-decent living. So, in some parts of the us going on to college wasn't as important and having swimming for men at the 4 year effective people's decisions differently.
For example a boy from Santa Ana a high immirgrant city who may not expect to graduate from college as much as an upper-middle class boy from south county where you live at has different motvations for swimming and playing water polo. The boy from Santa Ana is less likely to make his decision based upon whether he will swim or play water polo at a 4 year school because of IX, on the other hand, the boy from the upper-middle family who is more likely to finished college will based his decision on whether there is a swim program for men at the 4 year level. This is true thru out the US, even recently in some parts of the US not as many people finished college because there were still some good paying blue collar jobs but in big metros like New York or Boston or Chicago who have to have a 4 year degree in order to have a half-decent living. So, in some parts of the us going on to college wasn't as important and having swimming for men at the 4 year effective people's decisions differently.
