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[quote=Anonymous][quote=FPYCparent]My oldest kid is currently a HS freshman.  She's been on an intermediate-level travel team (i.e., not-elite, college-recruitment-focused) for one sport since 3rd grade ... that's 6 years.  While in 8th grade last year, she fell in love with another sport (without losing any love for her first sport).  Over the summer, we let her know that she could choose to focus on the new sport and take a pause from the other.  If she wanted to experiment, 9th grade would be a great time to do it.  If it didn't work out, she would likely have an easy path back to the other sport. Also, none of us knew if she would even make a HS team in her new sport.

She decided to stay with her original sport and still try out for the new sport (for the fall).  She made the team and the practice schedules aligned so that there were no regularly occurring conflicts (most HS team practices were right after school anyway, whereas travel team practices were later in the evening).  In fact, I think we only missed two travel team practices due to HS sport matches during the fall season.

Now, she has secured a travel team spot in the new sport (December to/through June).  Unfortunately, the practices for both travel sports now overlap and she has elected to pause participation in her original sport.  Again, our thinking is that if things don't work out, she can go back to the original sport next year.

As for why we as parents opt for this lifestyle ... well, it keeps the kid physically active and off screens!  Sure, I wish the new sport was a little cheaper (more than twice the cost of the original sport), but it's at least indoors.  :)  The balance we need to seek now id how to keep extracurricular options open for the younger sibling.[/quote]

What are the sports?

We are considering basketball and lacrosse if DD makes the teams but not sure they’ll line up. We are still in 6th grade.[/quote]

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