Anyone pay more than $6000 per year for your teen to participate in an expensive sport?

[Anonymous]

What are the costs involved for tennis? Lessons?

[Anonymous]

Skiing def over 6k.

[Anonymous]

Swim can easily be with the private groups. We are at a cheaper group but considering a more expensive one. Plus, $80 a week private swim lesson and 1-2 weeks of swim camp.

(not including private music lessons too)

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Anonymous wrote:Well our daughters sport turned into us buying a horse. So we are at about 27k a year with boarding, fees, vet bills, and then the competitions itself. Still worth it as she is very grateful and very hard working. She's been at the stalls everyday at 545 am since we bought the horse 17 months ago. Literally every.single.day.

Heh, a friend of mine who bought his daughter a horse said that a major advantage of it was "she's too busy to bother with boys".

I think there's literal scientific evidence to support this. Not that being too busy means you can't be into boys (althogh I think that's also true) but that girls whoa re into horses are less likely to have early sex etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well our daughters sport turned into us buying a horse. So we are at about 27k a year with boarding, fees, vet bills, and then the competitions itself. Still worth it as she is very grateful and very hard working. She's been at the stalls everyday at 545 am since we bought the horse 17 months ago. Literally every.single.day.

Heh, a friend of mine who bought his daughter a horse said that a major advantage of it was "she's too busy to bother with boys".

I think there's literal scientific evidence to support this. Not that being too busy means you can't be into boys (althogh I think that's also true) but that girls whoa re into horses are less likely to have early sex etc.

Interesting! My sister had a horse and she was late development, lost virginity at 19, had first child at 40.

[Anonymous]

My kids are in MS and I know parents who have been paying this amount easily for kids since 3rd grade for travel/lessons/cross country travel tournaments. Some at this age paying for multiple sports as kids figure out specialties.

Not sure if it was this way when your kids were this age - I know these costs have skyrocketed since I was a young competitive athlete. Just pointing out how things have really changed over time and perhaps quickly. Parents discuss somewhat openly to commiserate or help others determine what to do

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Anonymous wrote:We are between $25-30K yearly for figure skating, so it sounds like a bargain to me! The majority goes to coaching as it’s all individually coached. She does around four half hour lessons a week and coaches are $100/hr. Ice time and travel make up the majority of the rest.

How do you afford it?

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Anonymous wrote:We are between $25-30K yearly for figure skating, so it sounds like a bargain to me! The majority goes to coaching as it’s all individually coached. She does around four half hour lessons a week and coaches are $100/hr. Ice time and travel make up the majority of the rest.

How do you afford it?

This question is getting really old.
Some people make more than you, PP!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are between $25-30K yearly for figure skating, so it sounds like a bargain to me! The majority goes to coaching as it’s all individually coached. She does around four half hour lessons a week and coaches are $100/hr. Ice time and travel make up the majority of the rest.

How do you afford it?

This question is getting really old.
Some people make more than you, PP!

I know but I wouldn't pay that much just because my kid likes a sport. Unless they're Olympic material, then it's a waste of money.

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Anonymous wrote:Swim can easily be with the private groups. We are at a cheaper group but considering a more expensive one. Plus, $80 a week private swim lesson and 1-2 weeks of swim camp)

I was never a swimmer, so I don't get what these lessons could involve. Once you've learned the stroke, you move your arms and legs faster than everyone else, and what else is there to know?

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(1) what is the sport?
(2) how much do you spend annually (or have you spent over the years)?
(3) what are most of the costs from (private lessons, travel, etc)?
(4) in hindsight, do you wish you'd steered your child to a cheaper sport, or less expensive activities?

(1) Competitive gymnastics
(2) About $6500 a year
(3) Monthly gym/coach costs
(4) Not at all. She loves it, it’s taught her a lot about working hard and perseverance. And I love it because it’s indoors in a climate-controlled gym. My other kid does soccer and I either freeze or broil on the sidelines.

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Anonymous wrote:Swim can easily be with the private groups. We are at a cheaper group but considering a more expensive one. Plus, $80 a week private swim lesson and 1-2 weeks of swim camp)

I was never a swimmer, so I don't get what these lessons could involve. Once you've learned the stroke, you move your arms and legs faster than everyone else, and what else is there to know?

My daughter swims with one of the more expensive smaller clubs and it’s $4800/yr. I don’t know a single swimmer who does private lessons. I am curious about this too. What do the private lessons do?

[Anonymous]

$13,000 dance classes, private lessons and summer intensives in LA and NYC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Swim can easily be with the private groups. We are at a cheaper group but considering a more expensive one. Plus, $80 a week private swim lesson and 1-2 weeks of swim camp)

I was never a swimmer, so I don't get what these lessons could involve. Once you've learned the stroke, you move your arms and legs faster than everyone else, and what else is there to know?

My daughter swims with one of the more expensive smaller clubs and it’s $4800/yr. I don’t know a single swimmer who does private lessons. I am curious about this too. What do the private lessons do?

Work on stroke, kick turns, diving. They don't do stroke work and when they do in club its pretty bad. Many of the kids we know do private but are at the cheaper club. It helps a lot as my child is not a natural swimmer but loves it. I wish we did the private lessons sooner. But, with the cheaper club, summer swim, swim camp and lessons is about what you pay. I would prefer 1-1 than a more expensive club.

[Anonymous]

Baseball - $15-16k (last 2 years, cheaper in elementary level with Little League and travel)

Private lessons, team and tournament fees, travel costs - year round. 9th grade.

I don’t think it’s worth it, but DH does.