Any other high school athletes having a hard time?

[Anonymous]

DD is a freshman. She plays three sports but basketball is her top sport and she plays varsity. For her sports are a huge stress reliever and she thrives on competition not to mention close friendships with her teammates.

A cancelled season and the possibility of not going back to school this year really has her down. She’s keeping up with school and running with DH but I know she misses her life. And this is just the first week.

I don’t know how to help her through this.

[Anonymous]

Definitely- Sophomore parent here. Coach is posting workouts that DS can do in our basement and he is FaceTiming with a teammate. Running outside, too. Not the biggest problem out there, but it is a big disappointment

[Anonymous]

Oh, yeah! DS is a junior and his best sport is baseball. He’s pretty upset about it plus the loss of his buddies and having way too much pent up energy.

He does work out and works out hard but I know he’s frustrated and angry.

[Anonymous]

My daughter is a junior and plays travel volleyball. The tournaments have been canceled or postponed indefinitely. She’s an athletic recruit and hoping to be rec4uoted to play in college. Not being able to practice or continue is disappearing.

[Anonymous]

I have a baseball player and he is really missing time on the field. He planned out a pretty intense workout schedule, which seems to be helping. But he misses playing with his team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is a junior and plays travel volleyball. The tournaments have been canceled or postponed indefinitely. She’s an athletic recruit and hoping to be rec4uoted to play in college. Not being able to practice or continue is disappearing.

My junior swimmer (and all swimmers) are entirely out of the water. Her official NCAA recruiting trips that were scheduled for April are cancelled. Most likely kicked to Fall now? Or does she just pick the one school she has already done an official visit at and that she thinks will be good with nothing to compare it to? Stressful for all but in the grand scheme of things, these are minor worries. I’m determined to use her free time to develop some new life skills!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is a junior and plays travel volleyball. The tournaments have been canceled or postponed indefinitely. She’s an athletic recruit and hoping to be rec4uoted to play in college. Not being able to practice or continue is disappearing.

My junior swimmer (and all swimmers) are entirely out of the water. Her official NCAA recruiting trips that were scheduled for April are cancelled. Most likely kicked to Fall now? Or does she just pick the one school she has already done an official visit at and that she thinks will be good with nothing to compare it to? Stressful for all but in the grand scheme of things, these are minor worries. I’m determined to use her free time to develop some new life skills!

They’re going to have to push recruiting until the fall.

God, this really does suck for hs athletes.

[Anonymous]

Everyone is sacrificing something, OP. Some have lost their jobs. Some cannot get important medical treatment. Doctors and nurses are risking their lives.

My teen is missing out on AP prep and may not have his extra time accommodation honored by the College Board, which would significantly lower his score. Small potatoes, compared to what others are going through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Everyone is sacrificing something, OP. Some have lost their jobs. Some cannot get important medical treatment. Doctors and nurses are risking their lives.

My teen is missing out on AP prep and may not have his extra time accommodation honored by the College Board, which would significantly lower his score. Small potatoes, compared to what others are going through.

Thanks for the "don't complain, someone else has it worse" scold. No kidding. Plus I'm sure you've never every complained or expressed anxiety about anything, huh?

OP, my DS (HS junior) had his major soccer tournament cancelled where a couple of college coaches had said they were coming to watch him play. He's bummed, I'm bummed. We're moving on to focus on summer ID camps, but not sure if they'll be on either. And it's hard on us as parents since we don't know how to guide them on it.

[Anonymous]

My athlete doesn’t seem to care. My guess is that they won’t be much of an athlete by the time this is over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My athlete doesn’t seem to care. My guess is that they won’t be much of an athlete by the time this is over.

That’s not true! DS stayed an athlete after nearly a year of surgery and rehab and is a recruited baseball player in college.

To OP, yes my DD is having a hard time accepting that it might be over for the semester. I never my kids cases, team sports are both a passion and outlet and losing it is a huge adjustment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Everyone is sacrificing something, OP. Some have lost their jobs. Some cannot get important medical treatment. Doctors and nurses are risking their lives.

My teen is missing out on AP prep and may not have his extra time accommodation honored by the College Board, which would significantly lower his score. Small potatoes, compared to what others are going through.

Thanks for the "don't complain, someone else has it worse" scold. No kidding. Plus I'm sure you've never every complained or expressed anxiety about anything, huh?

OP, my DS (HS junior) had his major soccer tournament cancelled where a couple of college coaches had said they were coming to watch him play. He's bummed, I'm bummed. We're moving on to focus on summer ID camps, but not sure if they'll be on either. And it's hard on us as parents since we don't know how to guide them on it.

The reason I'm scolding is that I'm a scientist and saw the writing on the wall in early January, like many of my colleagues. We have been screaming blue murder for months, nobody has listened. And now many thousands of people are going to die.

So instead of whining about small things (you think I don't have my share of small things to complain about? Of course I do), we should be a little more stiff upper lip in the face of the horror that is about to be visited on the USA.

In two weeks, more people on DCUM and in your community will start to die. I don't know if you guys realize that.
It won't be posts about athleticism. It will be posts about people you know, losing their lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Everyone is sacrificing something, OP. Some have lost their jobs. Some cannot get important medical treatment. Doctors and nurses are risking their lives.

My teen is missing out on AP prep and may not have his extra time accommodation honored by the College Board, which would significantly lower his score. Small potatoes, compared to what others are going through.

Thanks for the "don't complain, someone else has it worse" scold. No kidding. Plus I'm sure you've never every complained or expressed anxiety about anything, huh?

OP, my DS (HS junior) had his major soccer tournament cancelled where a couple of college coaches had said they were coming to watch him play. He's bummed, I'm bummed. We're moving on to focus on summer ID camps, but not sure if they'll be on either. And it's hard on us as parents since we don't know how to guide them on it.

The reason I'm scolding is that I'm a scientist and saw the writing on the wall in early January, like many of my colleagues. We have been screaming blue murder for months, nobody has listened. And now many thousands of people are going to die.

So instead of whining about small things (you think I don't have my share of small things to complain about? Of course I do), we should be a little more stiff upper lip in the face of the horror that is about to be visited on the USA.

In two weeks, more people on DCUM and in your community will start to die. I don't know if you guys realize that.
It won't be posts about athleticism. It will be posts about people you know, losing their lives.

This is true but we can still struggle with what we have to deal with right now. The sh*t has not even begun to hit the fan here and it's about to get a lot worse - even though this was obvious from reports coming out of the rest of the world back in January.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Everyone is sacrificing something, OP. Some have lost their jobs. Some cannot get important medical treatment. Doctors and nurses are risking their lives.

My teen is missing out on AP prep and may not have his extra time accommodation honored by the College Board, which would significantly lower his score. Small potatoes, compared to what others are going through.

Thanks for the "don't complain, someone else has it worse" scold. No kidding. Plus I'm sure you've never every complained or expressed anxiety about anything, huh?

OP, my DS (HS junior) had his major soccer tournament cancelled where a couple of college coaches had said they were coming to watch him play. He's bummed, I'm bummed. We're moving on to focus on summer ID camps, but not sure if they'll be on either. And it's hard on us as parents since we don't know how to guide them on it.

+1

The reason I'm scolding is that I'm a scientist and saw the writing on the wall in early January, like many of my colleagues. We have been screaming blue murder for months, nobody has listened. And now many thousands of people are going to die.

So instead of whining about small things (you think I don't have my share of small things to complain about? Of course I do), we should be a little more stiff upper lip in the face of the horror that is about to be visited on the USA.

In two weeks, more people on DCUM and in your community will start to die. I don't know if you guys realize that.
It won't be posts about athleticism. It will be posts about people you know, losing their lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Everyone is sacrificing something, OP. Some have lost their jobs. Some cannot get important medical treatment. Doctors and nurses are risking their lives.

My teen is missing out on AP prep and may not have his extra time accommodation honored by the College Board, which would significantly lower his score. Small potatoes, compared to what others are going through.

Thanks for the "don't complain, someone else has it worse" scold. No kidding. Plus I'm sure you've never every complained or expressed anxiety about anything, huh?

OP, my DS (HS junior) had his major soccer tournament cancelled where a couple of college coaches had said they were coming to watch him play. He's bummed, I'm bummed. We're moving on to focus on summer ID camps, but not sure if they'll be on either. And it's hard on us as parents since we don't know how to guide them on it.

The reason I'm scolding is that I'm a scientist and saw the writing on the wall in early January, like many of my colleagues. We have been screaming blue murder for months, nobody has listened. And now many thousands of people are going to die.

So instead of whining about small things (you think I don't have my share of small things to complain about? Of course I do), we should be a little more stiff upper lip in the face of the horror that is about to be visited on the USA.

In two weeks, more people on DCUM and in your community will start to die. I don't know if you guys realize that.
It won't be posts about athleticism. It will be posts about people you know, losing their lives.

NP. My DD suffers from depression. The physicality and the camaraderie of sports has been a significant part of her wellness plan. She was injured in December, was in a cast and unable to participate. Despite our best efforts, her mental health took a downturn and she went on an SSRI in addition to therapy. She had just gotten healthy enough to rejoin her team when the pandemic hit. She's able to exercise on her own but without the camaraderie of her team, it's not the same for her. So, yeah, the impact on her as a high school athlete is not a small thing.

Being a 'scientist' doesn't make you the arbiter on how people should feel about this.