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SZone4
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Posted: 4/23/2009 5:26am
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One Sport Dedication
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With more and more sports going 12 months, at what age (if any) do you feel a kid must focus on a particular sport to give the best chances to make Varsity? Two problems keep popping up in my area....one sport players seem to advance in their sport more rapidly (at least for the time being) and multi sport players "appear" less "committed" due to overlapping schedules. For example, a player playing baseball and hockey will have conflicts in fall and spring. He appears less committed to baseball in the fall and less committed to hockey in the spring. Is this a concern?
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busman__1
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Posted: 4/23/2009 8:25am
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Re: One Sport Dedication
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The job of parents is to prepare our kids for life as an adult, not a varsity athlete. Don't make decisons such as forsaking all other sports simply for improving one's chances to make the varsity. If a child enjoys multiple sports and/or activites, by all means allow them to pursue them. God knows we don't need another Todd Marinovich.
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Lou_B
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Posted: 4/23/2009 8:42am
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Re: One Sport Dedication
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It's been a few years ago now but all 3 of my boys played multiple youth sports and also played multiple varsity sports in high school.
The middle son was All State in Basketball and got a college scholarship.
Picking one sport at a young age is IMO a bad move.
My nephew was good at both soccer and baseball. When he was about 12 "they" decided to concentrate on soccer. Played on 2 travel teams at the same time. Spent God knows how much money on camps and tournaments and then, when he was 17 he "quit" - burned out.
It happens!
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SZone4
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Posted: 4/23/2009 9:04am
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Re: One Sport Dedication
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Thanks for your input. It's frustrating to see your son struggle with this conflict as he sees the sports overlapping. He truly loves both sports and wears a smile on his face from ear to ear in each. I appreciate you all putting it in perspective.
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TG.
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Posted: 4/23/2009 11:12am
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A kid should play as many sports as he can fit into his schedule for as long as he wants to play the game. Then the size of the high school may dictate how many sports he can play. A small high school will take any talent it can get even if a kid isn't focused on the sport. A large high school coach wants more dedication to his sport.
My son played three sports into a large high school. The plan was to decide after soph year what direction sports would take. The plan was to drop one. The varsity basketball coach made the decision for him. He wasn't pleased my son skipped all the preseason workouts until soccer was over. The coach said he was cut for lack of commitment, not talent. It might have been different if he was 6'6". Even after playing varsity soccer as a soph, he's considering dropping soccer to play on a fall ball showcase baseball team.
I've seen too many kids drop sports in middle school to focus on one sport only to get to high school and either not make varsity or get very little playing time. They could have got a lot of playing time on varsity in another sport.
Add: My son had a good time playing in the town's rec high school basketball program. The league is loaded with athletes from other sports and the last cuts from the high school basketball program.
[ Modified 4/23/2009 11:15am by TG. ]
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mackman
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Posted: 4/23/2009 4:52pm
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Re: One Sport Dedication
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It frustrates me that so many parents are pushing their kids to specialize in one sport these days.
First off, making varsity is really not the end-all be-all that its cracked up to be. I was varsity in two sports, only means twice as many people could care less nowadays.
Secondly, look at some of the greatest athletes and almost all of them are great at multiple sports. They didn't specialize until they were getting PAID to play! (And in some cases, not even then!)
Play a sport because you love the game. Play multiple sports because you love multiple games. Stop when it becomes more work than fun.
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