Tell me about travel flag football
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Anonymous
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Is there such a thing?
My kid does it recreationally but he has friends that compete in more competitive league and he wants to do that too. But he is also a top player in another travel sport, which is his priority. My concern is whether it will be too much wear and tear on him. That is, would twice a week flag football practice, and one game a weekend be too much on top of a travel sport (3 times a week practice, 1-2 games on the weekends)? He does other sports outside of his travel sport but just rec level. I've watched his games and it doesn't seem that physical but it is rec level so I don't know how different a more competitive league would be. Thanks! |
Anonymous
| How old is he? Yes, I believe they exist. Would you allow him to play tackle football though? |
Anonymous
OP here. He's in middle school. And no, tackle football is not on an option even though I know he'll be amazing in a few positions. Do most kids who do flag also do tackle? This is purely for fun for him. I don't want him playing tackle at all, whether it's rec or travel or in school. |
Anonymous
| How do you know you aren't going to have a weekend game conflict? It's not fair to the teams if you have to miss games due to the scheduling issues with sports that both compete on the weekends, especially if you are traveling and can't be in 2 places at the same time. |
Anonymous
Games are on different weekend day than his regular travel sport games. But whenever he plays rec, we've always been upfront about which sport will take priority if there is a conflict and we leave it up to the coach as to whether he still wants my kid to sign up and play. It's never been an issue for us though. My kid is very good at whatever sport he plays and coaches and kids are happy to have him play when he can. But that wasn't my question though. There is actually a separate thread I think in this forum about kids who play multiple sports and their priorities and whether that's fair to the other kids, team, etc. |
Anonymous
Well since you God's gift to athletes, by all means do whatever you already decided to do. |
Anonymous
| My son was in a very similar situation last year and it turned out to be too much for his body. He had to sit out the last 3 weeks of the season with a strained knee injury. He was really disappointed. This year he opted to just do his main sport and drop the rec ones. |
Anonymous
| No. Flag football is not too much physically despite whatever other sport he’s playing. |
Anonymous
| No advice, but is the competitive flag football year round? I wonder if flag football will eventually replace tackle football? Tackle football isn’t on the table for my family, but I do love the fact that it’s not year round and doesn’t travel to the extent of other travel sports. Wish other sports were like that. |
Anonymous
OP here, the one he's interested in seems to be only seasonal, so for winter right now. I'm sure there is an opportunity to do it year round but I don't think I'd let him do that although honestly, it really doesn't seem as taxing as his travel sport. Definitely, I'm only considering it because it doesn't require as much travel to attend games! |
Anonymous
It won’t. They are completely different sports. My son had played both in the past and now only plays tackle. When he played flag it was always more relaxed and more of a rec secondary sport. There could be some serious leagues but I have not seen them. |
Anonymous
FWIW. Football programs don’t travel to the extent that there are overnight stays, but it often still takes up the better part of the day. An away game could be 60-90 minutes away. And coach wants the players for warm ups 60-90 minutes early. So a 3:00 game could mean departure at noon. Then the game goes to 4:30. You leave the site at 5:00. And you’re home at 6:30. Def not like pool play days for baseball. But also not like your local rec soccer league. |