How was I supposed to know I needed to start playing sports from a young age to make it at the high school level?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can still do it you bum

You can’t do high school sports when you aren’t a high school student

True! And OP will have missed out on the American experience. This is part of the reason why Americans care about more than academic success. There is a huge social development piece that goes along with sports - competing with the people you are competing against- just like the workplace.

[Anonymous]

This is a gross troll. Do not engage

[Anonymous]

Are you still in HS? If so, try cross country, track, indoor track, sometimes swim (if non-cut), wrestling. A lot of schools have at least one non-cut sport per season; you could be doing something year-round. If out of HS, try clubs -- pickleball, hiking, running, training for a race, cricket, golf.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can still do it you bum

You can’t do high school sports when you aren’t a high school student

True! And OP will have missed out on the American experience. This is part of the reason why Americans care about more than academic success. There is a huge social development piece that goes along with sports - competing with the people you are competing against- just like the workplace.

Exactly. Sports are a big part of the American school culture, and it sucks so many are left out of it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in an Asian household that didn’t care about sports, so I was never exposed to them. I didn’t even know things like lacrosse or wrestling were sports until I was like halfway through high school, and it was too late at that point. And it is so frustrating because I will never get the opportunity to play sports ever again. I don’t know how I was supposed to know about this earlier when I was a tiny kid

This is not accurate


My kids didn’t play til HS all were either varsity or jv for multiple sports at MVPS W HS yes this is true. The. Two went on to play Division 1 college

Parents are idiots

[Anonymous]

Join a class at the gym, and join an adult rec league.

More efficient exercise, let me get you out of your provincial neighborhood

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in an Asian household that didn’t care about sports, so I was never exposed to them. I didn’t even know things like lacrosse or wrestling were sports until I was like halfway through high school, and it was too late at that point. And it is so frustrating because I will never get the opportunity to play sports ever again. I don’t know how I was supposed to know about this earlier when I was a tiny kid

I started my favorite sport in my thirties.

[Anonymous]

if you can’t play, the sport asked to be the team manager and that looks good for leadership on your college résumé as well!

[Anonymous]

As a parent, I didn’t know this either until middle school. It’s too late to pick up a sport by then unless you are truly gifted as an athlete. Sadly sports are no longer fun at all.

[Anonymous]

I hear you. I'm sorry.

I was never told that I needed a foreign language for college applications.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's a bummer, OP, but honestly this aspect of youth sports is a reason not to pursue them at a high level. It gets more competitive every year, people have kids specializing earlier and earlier, some people will pour endless amounts of money into coaching and equipment and camps and anything they can find to give their kid a leg up.

If you have to choose between starting a sport at age 4 and spending tens of thousands of dollars on it and shaping your entire family's life around it for years, or just not playing high school sport.... I kind of feel like the smart play is to skip it and do other things. You can play rec sports, and it is totally possible to take up a sport as a teenager and play it well enough to do it socially and for physical fitness as an adult, and that's good enough.

Learn to play sports like basketball, tennis, and golf, which adults play casually to make friends and network professionally. Other that that, don't worry about it.

But I wish I played on a high school team. It’s a unique experience that is very different just from playing something recreationally

Can you run? My niece didn't have any sports experience prior to hs and ended up able to run x-country and track on not only her high school teams but at a Div 1 uni as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did you not see all the other kids playing or see all the sign up opportunities or have any friends that played?

No because my parents never let me socialize with anyone else

You have bigger problems than sports participation, then. Are you in therapy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Join District Wrestling- it’s for adults. My husband just started at 50!

Do they wear costumes? Are there storylines? Is he a heel or a hero? That sounds so fun!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can still do it you bum

You can’t do high school sports when you aren’t a high school student

True! And OP will have missed out on the American experience. This is part of the reason why Americans care about more than academic success. There is a huge social development piece that goes along with sports - competing with the people you are competing against- just like the workplace.

Exactly. Sports are a big part of the American school culture, and it sucks so many are left out of it

What sucks is that so many people believe that if you don’t play sports there is something wrong with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in an Asian household that didn’t care about sports, so I was never exposed to them. I didn’t even know things like lacrosse or wrestling were sports until I was like halfway through high school, and it was too late at that point. And it is so frustrating because I will never get the opportunity to play sports ever again. I don’t know how I was supposed to know about this earlier when I was a tiny kid

I started my favorite sport in my thirties.

And what secretive sport is that