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[quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Welcome to 2023 when kids specialize at 6 and burn out at 12[/quote]

So true!

Puberty is a game changer.  Most of these parents that are jumping on this bandwagon are doing it out of insecurity and fear of missing out.  Most never played a sport competitively. [/b] I was a D1 athlete and I don’t push my kids; if they want to be competitive they need to push themselves.[b]  Their “favorite” sport may even change after puberty as new skills and strengths emerge.  Just keep your kid in as many things as he wants to do, so long as it fits with your schedule and it works for your family.  Make sure he stays physically fit.  Let him specialize later when HE TELLS YOU that he wants more lacrosse training and less of whatever.  Personally, I loved basketball and baseball until I was about 11 years old.  All the kids grew and I grew later.  Turned out in soccer speed was more important than size and brute strength, so I developed more skill as a smaller quick player.  Then, when I finally grew, I was very powerful.  That was unexpected because until age 11 it was kind of a 3rd tier sport to me.  I notice similar things in my kids.  My 16 year old changed her sports at 11 years old and tried some sports that weren’t even on my radar screen.  My 13 year old, I thought would be a runner, but has decided to focus on swimming.  My youngest is 7 and does a variety of things.  Right now she thinks ballet is everything (eeewww, I don’t know why, but we just support what she wants).  I fully expect her to change her mind like the others did in a few years.[/quote]

Also a former D1 athlete and I agree completely. It takes a unique combination of talent and an inner drive that most kids just do not have. A lot has changed about youth sports, but I think that is a constant. A lot of parents think they can mold their child into a great athlete. Very few have the talent that makes all the time and money worth it, and even fewer are willing to put themselves through the day in and day out hard training in their teen years when there are so many other competing interests. [/quote]

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