Sports with non-Saturday-morning games

[Anonymous]

We’d love to get our 7-year-old son involved in a team sport, but our Saturdays are tied up until 12:30 pm.

I’d be super grateful for any leads. We’re in McLean but happy to travel for the right opportunity.

[Anonymous]

Then your kid us not cut out for team sports

[Anonymous]

In our area (Burke/Annandale/Springfield) I think the flag football league is Sundays only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’d love to get our 7-year-old son involved in a team sport, but our Saturdays are tied up until 12:30 pm.

I’d be super grateful for any leads. We’re in McLean but happy to travel for the right opportunity.

Good luck with that one. Let me know when you find it.

Welcome to the world of youth sports.

[Anonymous]

In my experience, the younger kids have the early rec games and the older kids play later in the day. But try baseball and lacrosse --- games may be on Sundays.

That said... over the long haul, my kid hasn't played on a travel team that didn't involve some Saturday morning activity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In our area (Burke/Annandale/Springfield) I think the flag football league is Sundays only.

This, plus travel soccer is mostly (but not always) Sunday games.

Springfield may be too far for you, but SYC usually includes typical schedules on its website for rec sports programs. For all the things to dislike about SYC, I've found that really helpful.

[Anonymous]

Check i9 schedules. They arent very competitive but have sunday only options. Also just check around various clubs for sports your kid likes. We found volleyball and flag football leagues on sunday. Son played soccer on Saturday and wanted a second sport. Swim or golf are options too.

[Anonymous]

Club soccer

[Anonymous]

Not a team sport, but cross country meets are on Sundays.

[Anonymous]

BCC rec baseball was on Sundays as I recall. Forget soccer as most leagues (rec and travel) have Saturday morning games.

[Anonymous]

Travel baseball at that age is on Sundays, as many kids play Little League on Saturdays. It switches to Saturdays when kids turn 13.

[Anonymous]

i9 Sports is what you want. They are leagues that are once per week, not that competitive and the practice is right before the game. You pick based on the day and time. You search by sport and location. They have options near you for a variety of sports. https://www.i9sports.com/

[Anonymous]

Cross country or flag football

[Anonymous]

It will be hard. If you cannot do Saturdays you are very limited, especially with team sports. Don’t get your child involved in a team sport if you are not going to be able to make most of the games. You will all just be flustered and frustrated. Maybe a singular activity is better for your family schedule like martial arts, swimming, dance, rock climbing or tennis? The reality is soccer and baseball and baseball are Saturdays. I am not sure about lacrosse. You could try i9 flag football because they meet on Sundays and the practices and games are back to back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It will be hard. If you cannot do Saturdays you are very limited, especially with team sports. Don’t get your child involved in a team sport if you are not going to be able to make most of the games. You will all just be flustered and frustrated. Maybe a singular activity is better for your family schedule like martial arts, swimming, dance, rock climbing or tennis? The reality is soccer and baseball and baseball are Saturdays. I am not sure about lacrosse. You could try i9 flag football because they meet on Sundays and the practices and games are back to back.

The poster is just annoyed because they have to get up early on a Saturday to shuttle their kids around in the morning...well, that's what 95% of the parents with kids on teams do on Saturday morning. And as someone said, the younger your kid the earlier the games. Just the way it is. Lacrosse is definitely on Saturday mornings.