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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine quit his sport over it. Not worth it at all.[/quote]

Mine is thinking of the same.  He’s a kid that needs a little down time to function.  It’s more of that that being stressed about sleep and classes.  It’s really busy and also very social.  He met great friends but is really struggling with the decision to play at school next year because of the long days and 6 day per week commitment.  [/quote].

Yeah, my kid was looking at the outcomes of the older student athletes at his school and determined he did not see the point in the crazy commitment either for college or personal fulfillment. He did not need sports socially. [/quote]

My sons play soccer which requires year round Club play (more important) and then some do high school soccer on top. You find most often neither coach wants to budge an inch and overall neither care about the treat of overuse injury, burnout, etc.

My son's high school coach wants 3 morning (starting at 7am) sessions in the off-season--Jan-June and it is a Fall sport at their high school.  All of the kids on the team are playing year round club soccer, winter indoor and many play a spring sport too.  They are threatened about showing up--even though they have weight room days and training with their other teams---and nightly practices and weekends filled with games.

I just said f-it.  Pick what you want the most, but after two injuries brought about by overuse, he's not doing it.  He works with a PT and trainer and there is no way in hell they would advise him to do all of these things each manic coach wants.

I would never tell him, but the injuries were a blessing in disguise.  He has a very rigorous AP/honors schedule and straight As and seeing the workload this year (Jr. year) it would have been a nightmare.  I really am a big proponent of 'things happen for a reason' and this really helped him seem what was too much for his body.[/quote]

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