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[quote=Anonymous]I haven’t read the entire thread, but I can talk about what happened to my two sons at local Catholic privates. They both played baseball through middle school.

In high school, my oldest knew he wasn’t going to make the HS baseball team so tried a new sport freshman year. He joined the crew team, worked hard, became team captain senior year and was named MVP by the coach his senior spring season. He learned that he could do hard things, developed leadership skills, was part of a boat that raced at the national level, and made some very close friends and met mentors that have been helpful now and will be good for him in the future.

Second son was cut freshman year, devastated by that, and almost quit sports entirely. He talked to a friend who was trying rugby and liked the coach. He went to some practices and became a rugby player. He, too, worked hard, earned a starting position his second season, and won the coaches’ award his senior year. He has made some phenomenal friends and developed a personal toughness that I don’t think he would have if not for rugby and trying something new. He may play club rugby in college.

I believe that not continuing with baseball in HS were good things for both young men. There have been stories about baseball team politics that I’m glad my sons avoided. They had wonderful high school experiences in part because of sports. They also learned that change isn’t bad and trying something new can be positive.

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