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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have three as well.  All three do a year round travel sport or activity.  Each season, they also do a rec-level sport.  My daughter also has non-sports/physical activity interests and has a couple of music lessons. We deliberately choice activities that are close to us to cut down time and also in a pinch, are metro or bus accessible.  We also divide and conquer.

If I were you, I'd see which sport he is more dedicated to and where he has the most talent (likely where he gets the most playing time) and ask him to drop one of them to a rec level.  If he gets lots of playing time at all, all the more reason to encourage him to take it down a notch.  Not necessarily burnout, but because of injuries.  My kid did not  play more than one sport at a time at at travel level, but he has had at least one injury due to overuse - he's very good and rostered on a few teams in different age groups so while practice was the same 2-3 a week, he was playing a few games on the weekends.

Finally, is he getting down time, time to do something that is not scheduled, playing with friends, not missing bday parties, time spent in boredom?  I think parents should be mindful about giving kids an opportunity to develop a life or personality out of sports and/or scheduled activities.  The risk of injury is high in general for youth athletes and kids need to be able to deal with extra time on their hands when they can't play.[/quote]

Same here. We have 3 kids and all are allowed one year round/travel sport. They can also play rec sports seasonally. None have ever done more than 2 sports at a time - we can barely manage as it is! [/quote]

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