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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is similar and in high school now. Our rule was one year of travel overlap and then they have to choose. When there are no conflicts, they had to both choose and tell the coach that they were missing. It worked well enough, they ended up with one year round travel sport plus rec swimming in the summer, soccer and volleyball fall and spring and travel basketball year round. They play three sports in high school [/quote]

How did the rec-level coaches handle it?  We allow my son one travel sport and they compete about 9 months a year, which means we often have to miss rec-level games, and the coach and other parents seem annoyed.  I really love the idea of multisport athletes but I feel ashamed to show my face at the rec-level games we can attend lately.  [/quote]

Rec rosters age huge. A no show means more playing time for other kids [/quote]

That’s not true and in some sports it’s disruptive to the team to have a kid missing when they practice plays that use that kid. Missing more than 1-2 games a season is selfish and you should not do the rec sport. You are not doing the rec kids or coaches a favor by gracing them with your child’s presence to occasionally participate in your kid’s 2nd or 3rd choice activity.  The parents are annoyed. Don’t sign up for that rec team again if you can’t make an effort to attend the majority of practices and games. [/quote]

He rec soccer roster was 17 in the fall and 16 in the spring and basketball was 14. Any kid not going really does mean playing time for everyone else. [/quote]

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