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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not about “specialization” to me really, it’s that you’re choosing to do sports with very intense schedules for such little kids. I don’t see how you could take on more than one of those.

I would consider more than once a week for a first grade sport to be a pretty high level of commitment during the school year, tbh. For context. No iudgment, we all dive into something. But yeah, I don’t think you could possibly two sports with those schedules. When does he go to school??[/quote]

I think this is dependent on area. As I mentioned, people are judging us for NOT doing both when it’s already 3x a week for lax. Most people are doing two already in first grade. This is the norm. Super sporty area.

Add baseball in next year and it’s 6-7 days a week. This year it’s been 4 with overlap and it was too much that’s why my husband wants to drop down to just lax in the future which is what we did for my older boys and it worked out. They are busy but their schedule is manageable and the same which helps a lot.

These are ALL recreational teams, so cutting back to one day a week isn’t an option. That’s what is offered through our community programs. Our baseball team just follows the guidelines of the leagues but many coaches on other teams even add additional practice days. [/quote]

Okay well then what is your question? It’s a ton. [/quote]

If the kid is already communicating that they like one sport a lot better than the other would you make them choose one a season and drop due to the time suck? Or would you stay in an extra year or two to be with friends?

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