definitely a lack of players on the girls side does not help their situation...As far as coaching goes...Say you have ten boys teams at your club.Ten different coaches, but not all the coaches are at the same level. Challenge,Classic and rec.Let's say you only have four or five girls teams with coaches at different levels.I believe that the girls chances of getting a quality coach are quite less.My son was rarely without excellent coaching or a coach that could fulfill his needs and he plays at the Classic level.My daughter plays at the Challenge level and finding quality coaching can be quite hard at times.I am not saying that it is like this everywhere.I can only speak from our experience.I think as a society that we feel girls or women are willing to accept less.Let's just say to get the coaching she desires, I spend alot of money on personal training...and for our area of the state I see alot more girls getting personal training than I do boys