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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yep. My daughters play both a fall and spring sport. My youngest considered trying out for a winter sport but, while leaving the decision solely up to her, I did say it is nice to have a season off.

I don't remember sports being so time consuming when I was in high school. Is there really a good reason to make it a 6 day commitment? I also hate when practices start at 5. I wish all practices were after school.[/quote]

Ugh. DS’s buddy was bemoaning how he just feels like all he does is go from school to basketball to sleep and repeat. He loves bball but he wishes he had time for other stuff as well. I played bball 3 seasons a year but the two off-season seasons were shorter. Today some kids do 4 plus seasons through middle school (with an overlapping season, like in rec, playing with school friends). I coached for many years at different levels. About 10 years ago I coached some girls who played rec bball as their extra work out.[b] They’d have bball practice before heading off to their travel soccer practice/game (8th graders). I’m not sure if  that is possible today — and I thought that was bananas then.[/b] [/quote]

It is bananas.  That is what the soccer kids do at our high school.  The boys are all starting to get injured because it is too much on the body, particularly when many of these boys are just starting growth spurts and their tendons/muscles haven't caught up with bone length, etc.  It's a recipe for disaster.  One of my kids was out with a hip/groin injury that the orthopedist said was growth/overuse related.[/quote]

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