Steroids in high school is a growing problem and should be talked about more. The issue starts form professionals sports because kids look up to professionals athletes as their role models. So the kids feel that if it is OK for professional athletes to take steroids, it is OK for them to take steroids. When the truth is that it is not OK to take steroids at any level of sports that you are playing, because you are not only cheating yourself but you are also cheating the game that so many people love.
A big reason why high school athletes take steroids is the drive to be the best they can be and the easiest way to get there. Another big reason for this is that kids are being pressured by coaches and there parents to be the best they can be either to help the team or trying to get a scholarship to play the sport in college. Also kids are playing the sport year round and need to have stamina all year round. Kids play a 20-25 games high school season and then play a 50 game summer season, which really can take a toll on your body.
Coaches and parents need to talk to there kids about the affects that steroids and other performance enhancing drugs can have on your body later in life. For example in a sport like you always here the coaches our always telling their players to get in the weight room and become bigger and stronger. In this article this coach said he found him self telling his athletes, they need to gain strength and size. This coach along with many others that believe that coaches and parents all need to talk to young athletes about taking steroids.
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Andrew: What are your sources in the first two paragraphs for the reasons why high school athletes take steroids? You need to use evidence to support your ideas and not just assumptions. Include hyperlinks to cite your sources, like you did in the last paragraph.
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