What IQ is needed for a kid to be a top student in high school and have time for varsity sports?

[Anonymous]

Of course you need to be above average because average kids can’t balance those two things and excel. But how far above average do you need to be?

[Anonymous]

It's not a question of IQ as much as executive functioning and time management and a personality that thrives on being on the go all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not a question of IQ as much as executive functioning and time management and a personality that thrives on being on the go all the time.

+1

Executive function trumps IQ as far as getting assignments done with little time to do so. Your kid has to realize they need to complete schoolwork in the morning and at lunch, on their own, in order make up for all those lost hours not available to them due to the time demands of practice. The demands of evening travel sports -vs- high school sport is significant. Travel sports consumes almost 3 hours daily due to commuting to practice, getting warm ups in, practice and staying after practice to wok on technical items and commuting back home, where as HS only adds about 1.5 - 2 hours extra.

And the PP is correct. Personality is important as well. Your kid has to feel good about having no free time and not get burned out by it. My kid has a high IQ, but she needs more down time that is required. When she keeps up the daily grind of practice and schoolwork, it only takes about 6 weeks before she feels burned out and drained and has to pull back from practices. -That will start to set her back from the starting lineup in her sport.

[Anonymous]

Kids of all levels can participate so long as they can make the GPA cutoff, which is either 2.0 or 2.5 at our HS. Sports are all.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

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This has got to be one of the silliest questions ever.

Yes, it depends primarily on time management, not intellect but also the specific sport or sports and the school and what "top" means.

There's no rule. If your kid is having fun with sports and it's not hugely interfering with school, don't worry about it.

[Anonymous]

Probably 90 iq I mean look at Tom Brady

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably 90 iq I mean look at Tom Brady

Tom Brady may be a douche, but he's not dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not a question of IQ as much as executive functioning and time management and a personality that thrives on being on the go all the time.

This. It takes organization and the ability to grind.

[Anonymous]

As others said, it's an executive functioning and personality thing. I have a kid who is probably on the brighter end of average but has always been, since preschool, able to do things like wake up early and be ready to go to school on time. Always gets homework done with minimal prodding the night it comes from school, and then asks us to go outside and practice catching a ball. On the other hand, my other child is very bright but is more of a procrastinator.

[Anonymous]

High processing speed and boundless energy. IQ is secondary.

My teen has a high IQ, rapid processing speed, but is low-energy. There is no way she's doing sports outside of her desultory weekly horse back riding lesson

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High processing speed and boundless energy. IQ is secondary.

My teen has a high IQ, rapid processing speed, but is low-energy. There is no way she's doing sports outside of her desultory weekly horse back riding lesson

Ooh lord gag me with a spoon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably 90 iq I mean look at Tom Brady

no he’s not dumb, he’s stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a question of IQ as much as executive functioning and time management and a personality that thrives on being on the go all the time.

+1

Executive function trumps IQ as far as getting assignments done with little time to do so. Your kid has to realize they need to complete schoolwork in the morning and at lunch, on their own, in order make up for all those lost hours not available to them due to the time demands of practice. The demands of evening travel sports -vs- high school sport is significant. Travel sports consumes almost 3 hours daily due to commuting to practice, getting warm ups in, practice and staying after practice to wok on technical items and commuting back home, where as HS only adds about 1.5 - 2 hours extra.

And the PP is correct. Personality is important as well. Your kid has to feel good about having no free time and not get burned out by it. My kid has a high IQ, but she needs more down time that is required. When she keeps up the daily grind of practice and schoolwork, it only takes about 6 weeks before she feels burned out and drained and has to pull back from practices. -That will start to set her back from the starting lineup in her sport.

Reminds me of peeving my Chemistry teacher in high school when I finished his worksheets and started doing my trigonometry homework, I took it as a sophomore so I could program computer games after basketball practices. He took my trig book and threw it in the trash, then taught another chemistry lesson. I did the chemistry lesson and got the book out of the trash. He took the book and started teaching more chemistry, I got the trig done in another course. Only the other basketball player that sat next to me got an A in the chemistry course, not even the future doctor got an A.

Gosh I hate teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High processing speed and boundless energy. IQ is secondary.

My teen has a high IQ, rapid processing speed, but is low-energy. There is no way she's doing sports outside of her desultory weekly horse back riding lesson

Knowing your kid’s IQ is super sus.