Busy with sports....every weekend of their lives???

[Anonymous]

Individual experiences vary a lot, but I have noticed that when the travel sports interfere with academics, parents are loathe to admit it. The preferred solution is to take the kid(s) out of school to homeschool, where academic stardards are whatever is most convenient from the parent's point of view. That is not to say that all homeschoolers are getting a subpar education, just that many of the homeschoolers who are getting a subpar education are travel athletes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Individual experiences vary a lot, but I have noticed that when the travel sports interfere with academics, parents are loathe to admit it. The preferred solution is to take the kid(s) out of school to homeschool, where academic stardards are whatever is most convenient from the parent's point of view. That is not to say that all homeschoolers are getting a subpar education, just that many of the homeschoolers who are getting a subpar education are travel athletes.

They do online schooling

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Individual experiences vary a lot, but I have noticed that when the travel sports interfere with academics, parents are loathe to admit it. The preferred solution is to take the kid(s) out of school to homeschool, where academic stardards are whatever is most convenient from the parent's point of view. That is not to say that all homeschoolers are getting
a subpar education, just that many of the homeschoolers who are getting a subpar education are travel athletes.

Yep. Travel sports are evil

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Travel sport parent here and yes, kid and I do love it. But the schedule you are referring to is only during the main season. Even when you play a sport year round, that tournament schedule isn’t maintained throughout. The intense period for my son’s club sport is less than two months and then he switches to other sports (he plays three) where it’s local school team games and maybe a couple tournaments per season for club.

It sounds like OP is either softball/baseball or basketball and those schedules can be crazy with tournaments every weekend in season. Fall and winter tend to be optional because kids, parents, and coaches get burned out by the end of a season

What does it mean when they say "tournament"? How many games per day/week?

Depends on the tournament but some can be 6 or more games in a weekend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Individual experiences vary a lot, but I have noticed that when the travel sports interfere with academics, parents are loathe to admit it. The preferred solution is to take the kid(s) out of school to homeschool, where academic stardards are whatever is most convenient from the parent's point of view. That is not to say that all homeschoolers are getting a subpar education, just that many of the homeschoolers who are getting a subpar education are travel athletes.

This is not reflective whatsoever of my experience as a sport mom. I don’t know a single homeschool family and almost all my kids’ peers are on the honor roll many at elite privates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Travel sport parent here and yes, kid and I do love it. But the schedule you are referring to is only during the main season. Even when you play a sport year round, that tournament schedule isn’t maintained throughout. The intense period for my son’s club sport is less than two months and then he switches to other sports (he plays three) where it’s local school team games and maybe a couple tournaments per season for club.

It sounds like OP is either softball/baseball or basketball and those schedules can be crazy with tournaments every weekend in season. Fall and winter tend to be optional because kids, parents, and coaches get burned out by the end of a season

What does it mean when they say "tournament"? How many games per day/week?

For us it’s usually 3-5 games spread out over a couple days.