Can you explain kids sports in this region for me?

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Anonymous wrote:The kids who are really good do often start early. Not all the kids who start early will be good. You don’t need to put your kid in some intense training at age 6-7. If you start training more than once per week in middle school, that is probably too late. You will know if your kid is talented.

I have a friend who really wanted her kids to be elite athletes. She started them so early, always taking them to tryouts. The kids are athletic but didn’t have the heart. No amount of pushing by an aggressive parent will make the kid a great athlete. And just because your kid has the heart and effort doesn’t necessarily mean the kid will be an elite athlete either.

It is a mix of genetics, passion, grit and parent support.

Agree. But if you click down on parent support there have been studies on elite and pre-elite athletes that show they are far more likely to have parents were elite or pre-elite athletes. These studies posit it is not just genes it also the fact that parents who were pre-elite or elite athletes can better understand how to support their children emotionally and navigate the rec-travel etc landscape. That said, as PP wrote: kids can only get so far based on parental support.

I don’t disagree with you. I have never heard the term pre elite before. DH was a tennis and soccer player. My boys played tennis and soccer from a very young age. My kids both dropped soccer but both play tennis. My oldest is borderline tennis recruit level. My younger son is a better tennis player but seems to like basketball more.

I already feel my high school kid has so much on his plate with his rigorous courseload and varsity sports schedule. I don’t know how much more tennis he can play but then we see his peers who go to school half time to train 5 hours per day. They are not that much better than DS and we know he could be just as good if he also played that much.

I just want my kids to go to a good college and have a happy life. I am not trying to necessarily have elite athletes. DH is the one who pushes for sports since our kids are so good at it.

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Pp again. It is natural for parents to want their kids to be and do better than themselves. When the parents themselves were at a high level and the bar has risen so much over the years, parents start kids earlier and train harder.

All three of my kids can run circles around me and Dh when we were their same age. They are stronger than us in every way. Yet I’m not sure my kids will even be able to attend the same colleges and grad schools Dh and I attended.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The kids who are really good do often start early. Not all the kids who start early will be good. You don’t need to put your kid in some intense training at age 6-7. If you start training more than once per week in middle school, that is probably too late. You will know if your kid is talented.

I have a friend who really wanted her kids to be elite athletes. She started them so early, always taking them to tryouts. The kids are athletic but didn’t have the heart. No amount of pushing by an aggressive parent will make the kid a great athlete. And just because your kid has the heart and effort doesn’t necessarily mean the kid will be an elite athlete either.

It is a mix of genetics, passion, grit and parent support.

Agree. But if you click down on parent support there have been studies on elite and pre-elite athletes that show they are far more likely to have parents were elite or pre-elite athletes. These studies posit it is not just genes it also the fact that parents who were pre-elite or elite athletes can better understand how to support their children emotionally and navigate the rec-travel etc landscape. That said, as PP wrote: kids can only get so far based on parental support.

I don’t disagree with you. I have never heard the term pre elite before. DH was a tennis and soccer player. My boys played tennis and soccer from a very young age. My kids both dropped soccer but both play tennis. My oldest is borderline tennis recruit level. My younger son is a better tennis player but seems to like basketball more.

I already feel my high school kid has so much on his plate with his rigorous courseload and varsity sports schedule. I don’t know how much more tennis he can play but then we see his peers who go to school half time to train 5 hours per day. They are not that much better than DS and we know he could be just as good if he also played that much.

I just want my kids to go to a good college and have a happy life. I am not trying to necessarily have elite athletes. DH is the one who pushes for sports since our kids are so good at it.

What do you mean by borderline recruit? It is nearly impossible to play at a good D1 team for boys

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The kids who are really good do often start early. Not all the kids who start early will be good. You don’t need to put your kid in some intense training at age 6-7. If you start training more than once per week in middle school, that is probably too late. You will know if your kid is talented.

I have a friend who really wanted her kids to be elite athletes. She started them so early, always taking them to tryouts. The kids are athletic but didn’t have the heart. No amount of pushing by an aggressive parent will make the kid a great athlete. And just because your kid has the heart and effort doesn’t necessarily mean the kid will be an elite athlete either.

It is a mix of genetics, passion, grit and parent support.

Agree. But if you click down on parent support there have been studies on elite and pre-elite athletes that show they are far more likely to have parents were elite or pre-elite athletes. These studies posit it is not just genes it also the fact that parents who were pre-elite or elite athletes can better understand how to support their children emotionally and navigate the rec-travel etc landscape. That said, as PP wrote: kids can only get so far based on parental support.

I don’t disagree with you. I have never heard the term pre elite before. DH was a tennis and soccer player. My boys played tennis and soccer from a very young age. My kids both dropped soccer but both play tennis. My oldest is borderline tennis recruit level. My younger son is a better tennis player but seems to like basketball more.

I already feel my high school kid has so much on his plate with his rigorous courseload and varsity sports schedule. I don’t know how much more tennis he can play but then we see his peers who go to school half time to train 5 hours per day. They are not that much better than DS and we know he could be just as good if he also played that much.

I just want my kids to go to a good college and have a happy life. I am not trying to necessarily have elite athletes. DH is the one who pushes for sports since our kids are so good at it.

What do you mean by borderline recruit? It is nearly impossible to play at a good D1 team for boys

My kid only started high school. I have been talking to other parents of high school juniors and seniors and just starting to learn the process. I do not expect my child to be a D1 recruit. He could be a D3 recruit. I was listening to a podcast recently about the world of sports recruiting and it is intense. My kid has done some summer camps over the years. One sports academy is a boarding school and invited my son to become a boarding student. There are students who are elite athletes and then there are kids like my son who are strong students and strong athletes. The school could place both kinds of athletes at top colleges. We didn’t go that route.

[Anonymous]

I watch my nieces parents hustle her around nonstop to camps, private trainers etc and eventually got a full ride to a D1 school. She had multiple knee surgeries from HS through early college until she had to stop. She can't even walk right anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The kids who are really good do often start early. Not all the kids who start early will be good. You don’t need to put your kid in some intense training at age 6-7. If you start training more than once per week in middle school, that is probably too late. You will know if your kid is talented.

I have a friend who really wanted her kids to be elite athletes. She started them so early, always taking them to tryouts. The kids are athletic but didn’t have the heart. No amount of pushing by an aggressive parent will make the kid a great athlete. And just because your kid has the heart and effort doesn’t necessarily mean the kid will be an elite athlete either.

It is a mix of genetics, passion, grit and parent support.

Agree. But if you click down on parent support there have been studies on elite and pre-elite athletes that show they are far more likely to have parents were elite or pre-elite athletes. These studies posit it is not just genes it also the fact that parents who were pre-elite or elite athletes can better understand how to support their children emotionally and navigate the rec-travel etc landscape. That said, as PP wrote: kids can only get so far based on parental support.

I don’t disagree with you. I have never heard the term pre elite before. DH was a tennis and soccer player. My boys played tennis and soccer from a very young age. My kids both dropped soccer but both play tennis. My oldest is borderline tennis recruit level. My younger son is a better tennis player but seems to like basketball more.

I already feel my high school kid has so much on his plate with his rigorous courseload and varsity sports schedule. I don’t know how much more tennis he can play but then we see his peers who go to school half time to train 5 hours per day. They are not that much better than DS and we know he could be just as good if he also played that much.

I just want my kids to go to a good college and have a happy life. I am not trying to necessarily have elite athletes. DH is the one who pushes for sports since our kids are so good at it.

What do you mean by borderline recruit? It is nearly impossible to play at a good D1 team for boys

My kid only started high school. I have been talking to other parents of high school juniors and seniors and just starting to learn the process. I do not expect my child to be a D1 recruit. He could be a D3 recruit. I was listening to a podcast recently about the world of sports recruiting and it is intense. My kid has done some summer camps over the years. One sports academy is a boarding school and invited my son to become a boarding student. There are students who are elite athletes and then there are kids like my son who are strong students and strong athletes. The school could place both kinds of athletes at top colleges. We didn’t go that route.

Yes IMG says that to everyone