Year round training / playing v rotation of sport - break

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS is U14 and just started playing year round at the beginning of U13 season. He does regular club 4 times a week, private training three times a week, and normally two games a weekend. Summer he will do the same private training, but we will be introducing him to athletic performance training. He will do Super Y as well. It’s a lot. It’s a lot of driving too. He will for sure play play collegiate level soccer — probably at a mid tier D1 school — but I’m not sure about anything else. I don’t want to kill his dream either, so I look at it like spending time with him. We get snacks and just listen to tunes in the car. Just try to have quality time with your child if you commit to the NOVA soccer madness

That is madness. Wait until the first serious injury and he will burn out soon after that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is U14 and just started playing year round at the beginning of U13 season. He does regular club 4 times a week, private training three times a week, and normally two games a weekend. Summer he will do the same private training, but we will be introducing him to athletic performance training. He will do Super Y as well. It’s a lot. It’s a lot of driving too. He will for sure play play collegiate level soccer — probably at a mid tier D1 school — but I’m not sure about anything else. I don’t want to kill his dream either, so I look at it like spending time with him. We get snacks and just listen to tunes in the car. Just try to have quality time with your child if you commit to the NOVA soccer madness

That is madness. Wait until the first serious injury and he will burn out soon after that.

He will be fine. Virtual school makes it easier to have two sessions a day. One at 8:30 am and the next at 5:30 pm. He likes it

[Anonymous]

I think many studies will find whatever they set out to find, especially studies that are paid for by an entity with an interest in that outcome.

Meanwhile, let them do what they want. But be careful of overtraining physically and not letting the body rest and heal. I.e. don’t do heavy lifting or sprints or long runs every day. But juggling, foot skills, etc can be done daily as that does not tax the body as much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is U14 and just started playing year round at the beginning of U13 season. He does regular club 4 times a week, private training three times a week, and normally two games a weekend. Summer he will do the same private training, but we will be introducing him to athletic performance training. He will do Super Y as well. It’s a lot. It’s a lot of driving too. He will for sure play play collegiate level soccer — probably at a mid tier D1 school — but I’m not sure about anything else. I don’t want to kill his dream either, so I look at it like spending time with him. We get snacks and just listen to tunes in the car. Just try to have quality time with your child if you commit to the NOVA soccer madness

That is madness. Wait until the first serious injury and he will burn out soon after that.

He will be fine. Virtual school makes it easier to have two sessions a day. One at 8:30 am and the next at 5:30 pm. He likes it

+1 NP. If my kid were in virtual school, this doesn't seem as bad. Kids should get an hour of physical activity daily anyway (not virtual PE). So a teen playing soccer while sitting home all day otherwise- this is doable.