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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][mastodon]i[quote=Anonymous]Golf?[/quote]

Yep 6-7 players on team gotta be it [/quote]

I’m guessing cross country. Regardless of sport, have your kid try balancing both. If it’s too much, academics come first.  [b]But he shouldn’t quit the team before he even starts. [/b][/quote]

One of the very top XC/TF high school girls in the country did that a few years ago. Got admission to an Ivy & never ran a step again. [/quote]

Has anyone read the book What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen? It may not be that easy for everyone to quit a team.

“The heartbreaking story of college athlete Madison Holleran, whose life and death by suicide reveal the struggle of young people suffering from mental illness today in this #1 New York Times Sports and Fitness bestseller.

“If you scrolled through the Instagram feed of 19-year-old Maddy Holleran, you would see a perfect life: a freshman at an Ivy League school, recruited for the track team, who was also beautiful, popular, and fiercely intelligent. This was a girl who succeeded at everything she tried, and who was only getting started. But when Maddy began her long-awaited college career, her parents noticed something changed. Previously indefatigable Maddy became withdrawn, and her thoughts centered on how she could change her life. In spite of thousands of hours of practice and study, she contemplated transferring from the school that had once been her dream….”[/quote]

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