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‘Participation in athletic activities should depend upon a
thorough understanding of the health status of the participant.

Special restrictions upon participation, such as participation
during the menstrual period should be determined by individual
differences, In the absence of final evidence conservative prox
cedure should be the ruloe

The program of athletic activities should be based upon the relating
factors of the onvironmont in which tho participant plays, such ass
physical sotting ond facilitics in the community and tho or gonizotion
responsible for the program,

Each community should bo studiod to usc, to improve and to
increase oll availablo space and facilitics for wholesome plays

The program should be carefully adapted to specific local con»
ditions and built in torms of local nocds,

Tho onvironment for play should bo planned, supervised and
controlled by the best stondards of health and safotys

The clomont of competition prosont in all organized group play should
bo mado to function as an important fundamental constructive factors

Tho program should offcr opportunity for canpetition to all
according to the ability of the individual.

Compctition should be wido in rongo rathor thm cnctorod in
one activitye

Competition should be adapted to tho needs ond interests of
the participonts in every rospect.

For competition, those types of organization should be. selected
which will yield the groatost number of dosirablo outcomose

Compctont women officials should be used for athletic com»
potitione

Official rules cither developed or authorizod by the National
Section on Women's Athletics should be usode

The athletic program should progressively cducatc the particis
pant away from the nocd for ortificial incontives ond tangible awards,

Good publicity should devclop a sound public attitude concerning
the program, its standards, aims and outcomos, and the importance of
the welfare of the playorse