DC Speed Track Club

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have experience with the DC Speed Track Club?

https://www.dcspeedtrackclub.com/

It says practices are 3 nights a week, would love to get my 8 year old involved but I don't know that we can do 3 school nights every week. Any ideas? I emailed them but haven't heard back yet.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Is that like running

[Anonymous]

yes, track. like running outside around a track, or track and field.

[Anonymous]

Bumping

[Anonymous]

It’s a real youth track team. They send kids to Junior Olympics. They have older teens who get track scholarships to college. Lots of the top DC -area high school runners got their start on this team.

But if a kid only does 2/3 of the practices they won’t get better all that quickly and won’t be particularly competitive.

As a parent whose kids used to do this team, it was super disappointing to watch parents sign their kids up but they don’t treat it like other competitive sports or dance.

[Anonymous]

High school sports generally require 5-6 practices a week. Our travel soccer teams in elementary required 3 day/week practice plus games. So this isn't that unusual. If the commitment is too much, maybe look for a different club.