Why do people brag about their kids not practicing?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid doesn't practice. He's the best hitter on his 10U team. He's also the best shooter on his basketball team and the best running back on his football team.

My biggest fear is he will be lazy and it will catch up to him.

lol at you thinking he will remain the best

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Anonymous wrote:My kid doesn't practice. He's the best hitter on his 10U team. He's also the best shooter on his basketball team and the best running back on his football team.

My biggest fear is he will be lazy and it will catch up to him.

lol at you thinking he will remain the best

She said her biggest fear is he will be lazy. Newsflash he probably will. If he’s 9 and not practicing any of those at all he probably isn’t that into it to continue, practice and make the teams when things get more competitive. Some kids will
be athletic and practicing and those will be the ones who are the best on the team.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid doesn't practice. He's the best hitter on his 10U team. He's also the best shooter on his basketball team and the best running back on his football team.

My biggest fear is he will be lazy and it will catch up to him.

lol at you thinking he will remain the best

Some of you never played sports and it is so easy to tell. Some kids have natural talent and they never get passed.

My team mate in high school was the laziest person I knew when it came to practice. He hated practice and wouldn't lift a finger practicing in the offseason (he would life weights and run, but practice? hell no). However, he was a genetic freak and built like a 25 yo man when he was 16. Dominated in high school and then got a full ride to a major program. Some kids are aliens born on planet athlete.

It's like kids who are born smart but for sports.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of the smaller kids end up being bigger after puberty too. You really cannot tell in elemetary school and if you are counting on your kid who doesn't practice to be at the top all the way through, it won't happen. ES is one thing but if you are in any competitive environment, it will be the kids with natural genetic builds + athleticism + work ethic.

I can tell how athletic a kid will be simply by looking at their parents. Both parents average build? Pretty good chance the kid will be the same. I don't care how much you practice. You can't polish a turd.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid doesn't practice. He's the best hitter on his 10U team. He's also the best shooter on his basketball team and the best running back on his football team.

My biggest fear is he will be lazy and it will catch up to him.

lol at you thinking he will remain the best

Some of you never played sports and it is so easy to tell. Some kids have natural talent and they never get passed.

My team mate in high school was the laziest person I knew when it came to practice. He hated practice and wouldn't lift a finger practicing in the offseason (he would life weights and run, but practice? hell no). However, he was a genetic freak and built like a 25 yo man when he was 16. Dominated in high school and then got a full ride to a major program. Some kids are aliens born on planet athlete.

It's like kids who are born smart but for sports.

+1

I think we’ve all encountered kids who not only hate studying but simply DON’T NEED to study and they are still able to completely dominate, academically.

Now eventually even those kids will (most likely) propel themselves into a situation where they will be outworked (and consequently outshined/shone) but that isn’t going to happen until they are surrounded by people as naturally gifted as they are, and that won’t be at their local high school.

There are some people who are just natural born athletes. They’ll probably have to work hard someday, but playing against the little Larlo’s of the world is easy mode for them.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid doesn't practice. He's the best hitter on his 10U team. He's also the best shooter on his basketball team and the best running back on his football team.

My biggest fear is he will be lazy and it will catch up to him.

lol at you thinking he will remain the best

Some of you never played sports and it is so easy to tell. Some kids have natural talent and they never get passed.

My team mate in high school was the laziest person I knew when it came to practice. He hated practice and wouldn't lift a finger practicing in the offseason (he would life weights and run, but practice? hell no). However, he was a genetic freak and built like a 25 yo man when he was 16. Dominated in high school and then got a full ride to a major program. Some kids are aliens born on planet athlete.

It's like kids who are born smart but for sports.

+1

I think we’ve all encountered kids who not only hate studying but simply DON’T NEED to study and they are still able to completely dominate, academically.

Now eventually even those kids will (most likely) propel themselves into a situation where they will be outworked (and consequently outshined/shone) but that isn’t going to happen until they are surrounded by people as naturally gifted as they are, and that won’t be at their local high school.

There are some people who are just natural born athletes. They’ll probably have to work hard someday, but playing against the little Larlo’s of the world is easy mode for them.

There are zero kids on a competitive college team that didn't have to work hard and train to get there. Zero.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid doesn't practice. He's the best hitter on his 10U team. He's also the best shooter on his basketball team and the best running back on his football team.

My biggest fear is he will be lazy and it will catch up to him.

Your biggest fear should be results don’t matter at 10 and under

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Anonymous wrote:My kid doesn't practice. He's the best hitter on his 10U team. He's also the best shooter on his basketball team and the best running back on his football team.

My biggest fear is he will be lazy and it will catch up to him.

lol at you thinking he will remain the best

Some of you never played sports and it is so easy to tell. Some kids have natural talent and they never get passed.

My team mate in high school was the laziest person I knew when it came to practice. He hated practice and wouldn't lift a finger practicing in the offseason (he would life weights and run, but practice? hell no). However, he was a genetic freak and built like a 25 yo man when he was 16. Dominated in high school and then got a full ride to a major program. Some kids are aliens born on planet athlete.

It's like kids who are born smart but for sports.

+1

I think we’ve all encountered kids who not only hate studying but simply DON’T NEED to study and they are still able to completely dominate, academically.

Now eventually even those kids will (most likely) propel themselves into a situation where they will be outworked (and consequently outshined/shone) but that isn’t going to happen until they are surrounded by people as naturally gifted as they are, and that won’t be at their local high school.

There are some people who are just natural born athletes. They’ll probably have to work hard someday, but playing against the little Larlo’s of the world is easy mode for them.

There are zero kids on a competitive college team that didn't have to work hard and train to get there. Zero.

That’s a bold claim with literally zero way to prove or disprove it.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid doesn't practice. He's the best hitter on his 10U team. He's also the best shooter on his basketball team and the best running back on his football team.

My biggest fear is he will be lazy and it will catch up to him.

lol at you thinking he will remain the best

Some of you never played sports and it is so easy to tell. Some kids have natural talent and they never get passed.

My team mate in high school was the laziest person I knew when it came to practice. He hated practice and wouldn't lift a finger practicing in the offseason (he would life weights and run, but practice? hell no). However, he was a genetic freak and built like a 25 yo man when he was 16. Dominated in high school and then got a full ride to a major program. Some kids are aliens born on planet athlete.

It's like kids who are born smart but for sports.

+1

I think we’ve all encountered kids who not only hate studying but simply DON’T NEED to study and they are still able to completely dominate, academically.

Now eventually even those kids will (most likely) propel themselves into a situation where they will be outworked (and consequently outshined/shone) but that isn’t going to happen until they are surrounded by people as naturally gifted as they are, and that won’t be at their local high school.

There are some people who are just natural born athletes. They’ll probably have to work hard someday, but playing against the little Larlo’s of the world is easy mode for them.

There are zero kids on a competitive college team that didn't have to work hard and train to get there. Zero.

That’s a bold claim with literally zero way to prove or disprove it.

Me again. That being said, nobody it talking about kids not working hard and training DURING their in-season practices. Your statement, upon further reflection, amounts to saying “there are zero kids in college who didn’t go to school every day to get there”. I mean, no shit, but you’re simply not understanding the point.

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This is weird. My son has played sports since K. Both travel and rec. He has always worked hard. In some sports he’s been a natural and in others a bench warmer but he always gave his all. These days he’s down to one sport and hoping to play college but that remains to be seen. I’ve never heard a parent in all these years brag that their kid didn’t practice. It’s often more of a competition as to who is doing more. When parents do mention kids not practicing, it’s expressing frustration that they’re child isn’t motivated.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid doesn't practice. He's the best hitter on his 10U team. He's also the best shooter on his basketball team and the best running back on his football team.

My biggest fear is he will be lazy and it will catch up to him.

lol at you thinking he will remain the best

Some of you never played sports and it is so easy to tell. Some kids have natural talent and they never get passed.

My team mate in high school was the laziest person I knew when it came to practice. He hated practice and wouldn't lift a finger practicing in the offseason (he would life weights and run, but practice? hell no). However, he was a genetic freak and built like a 25 yo man when he was 16. Dominated in high school and then got a full ride to a major program. Some kids are aliens born on planet athlete.

It's like kids who are born smart but for sports.

+1

I think we’ve all encountered kids who not only hate studying but simply DON’T NEED to study and they are still able to completely dominate, academically.

Now eventually even those kids will (most likely) propel themselves into a situation where they will be outworked (and consequently outshined/shone) but that isn’t going to happen until they are surrounded by people as naturally gifted as they are, and that won’t be at their local high school.

There are some people who are just natural born athletes. They’ll probably have to work hard someday, but playing against the little Larlo’s of the world is easy mode for them.

There are zero kids on a competitive college team that didn't have to work hard and train to get there. Zero.

That’s a bold claim with literally zero way to prove or disprove it.

Just basing it on my own experience as a D1 athlete (soccer).

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Anonymous wrote:My kid doesn't practice. He's the best hitter on his 10U team. He's also the best shooter on his basketball team and the best running back on his football team.

My biggest fear is he will be lazy and it will catch up to him.

lol at you thinking he will remain the best

Some of you never played sports and it is so easy to tell. Some kids have natural talent and they never get passed.

My team mate in high school was the laziest person I knew when it came to practice. He hated practice and wouldn't lift a finger practicing in the offseason (he would life weights and run, but practice? hell no). However, he was a genetic freak and built like a 25 yo man when he was 16. Dominated in high school and then got a full ride to a major program. Some kids are aliens born on planet athlete.

It's like kids who are born smart but for sports.

+1

I think we’ve all encountered kids who not only hate studying but simply DON’T NEED to study and they are still able to completely dominate, academically.

Now eventually even those kids will (most likely) propel themselves into a situation where they will be outworked (and consequently outshined/shone) but that isn’t going to happen until they are surrounded by people as naturally gifted as they are, and that won’t be at their local high school.

There are some people who are just natural born athletes. They’ll probably have to work hard someday, but playing against the little Larlo’s of the world is easy mode for them.

There are zero kids on a competitive college team that didn't have to work hard and train to get there. Zero.

That’s a bold claim with literally zero way to prove or disprove it.

Me again. That being said, nobody it talking about kids not working hard and training DURING their in-season practices. Your statement, upon further reflection, amounts to saying “there are zero kids in college who didn’t go to school every day to get there”. I mean, no shit, but you’re simply not understanding the point.

You train and condition year round even when you’re not in season.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid doesn't practice. He's the best hitter on his 10U team. He's also the best shooter on his basketball team and the best running back on his football team.

My biggest fear is he will be lazy and it will catch up to him.

lol at you thinking he will remain the best

Some of you never played sports and it is so easy to tell. Some kids have natural talent and they never get passed.

My team mate in high school was the laziest person I knew when it came to practice. He hated practice and wouldn't lift a finger practicing in the offseason (he would life weights and run, but practice? hell no). However, he was a genetic freak and built like a 25 yo man when he was 16. Dominated in high school and then got a full ride to a major program. Some kids are aliens born on planet athlete.

It's like kids who are born smart but for sports.

+1

I think we’ve all encountered kids who not only hate studying but simply DON’T NEED to study and they are still able to completely dominate, academically.

Now eventually even those kids will (most likely) propel themselves into a situation where they will be outworked (and consequently outshined/shone) but that isn’t going to happen until they are surrounded by people as naturally gifted as they are, and that won’t be at their local high school.

There are some people who are just natural born athletes. They’ll probably have to work hard someday, but playing against the little Larlo’s of the world is easy mode for them.

There are zero kids on a competitive college team that didn't have to work hard and train to get there. Zero.

You're missing the point. No one is saying they don't try. But for some it comes much easier than others and they don't need to practice hours everyday in the offseason to be better than everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is weird. My son has played sports since K. Both travel and rec. He has always worked hard. In some sports he’s been a natural and in others a bench warmer but he always gave his all. These days he’s down to one sport and hoping to play college but that remains to be seen. I’ve never heard a parent in all these years brag that their kid didn’t practice. It’s often more of a competition as to who is doing more. When parents do mention kids not practicing, it’s expressing frustration that they’re child isn’t motivated.

PP we've encountered parents along the way who talk about their kids not practicing outside of organized team training, and I think that's largely because the parent is clueless or annoyed with their kid. That said, we've had far more parents talking about how much their DC is doing in addition to team training. It's like an insane d&#k measuring contest and I hate it. DS is now 14 and you can feel the parental anxiety about making HS teams.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid doesn't practice. He's the best hitter on his 10U team. He's also the best shooter on his basketball team and the best running back on his football team.

My biggest fear is he will be lazy and it will catch up to him.

lol at you thinking he will remain the best

Some of you never played sports and it is so easy to tell. Some kids have natural talent and they never get passed.

My team mate in high school was the laziest person I knew when it came to practice. He hated practice and wouldn't lift a finger practicing in the offseason (he would life weights and run, but practice? hell no). However, he was a genetic freak and built like a 25 yo man when he was 16. Dominated in high school and then got a full ride to a major program. Some kids are aliens born on planet athlete.

It's like kids who are born smart but for sports.

+1

I think we’ve all encountered kids who not only hate studying but simply DON’T NEED to study and they are still able to completely dominate, academically.

Now eventually even those kids will (most likely) propel themselves into a situation where they will be outworked (and consequently outshined/shone) but that isn’t going to happen until they are surrounded by people as naturally gifted as they are, and that won’t be at their local high school.

There are some people who are just natural born athletes. They’ll probably have to work hard someday, but playing against the little Larlo’s of the world is easy mode for them.

There are zero kids on a competitive college team that didn't have to work hard and train to get there. Zero.

That’s a bold claim with literally zero way to prove or disprove it.

Just basing it on my own experience as a D1 athlete (soccer).

Soccer seems like one of those sports where there is no way around working hard because there is so much damn running. You have to able to sustain effort over a long period of time. One of my kids plays on a top team with a teammate like the PP’s 10 year old… good at everything. But you can already see how not wanting to work hard is catching up to him in soccer. He is big and skilled when the ball comes his way but he hardly runs during games. The kids who are a bit less skilled but work hard and are running all over the place are getting more playing time.

I was a D1 swimmer and some of the sprinters got away with not working very hard. They were genetic freaks. That didn’t work for the middle and long distance swimmers. There was no getting around the work. So I think it partly depends on the sport and how much sustained activity is required during competition.