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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As is documented in this thread. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1223953.page

[b]Competitive sports, rec sports, school sports are kind of failing students without exception.[/b]

Ignoring college admissions for the time being.

How do you go about getting that key vitamin that kids need to develop?

Personally, this year I am forgoing most of the organized sports and have decided to basically just get a gym membership and take my kids as often as I can.  I feel the problem with this is keeping kids motivated.[/quote]

I don't buy this premise. Plenty of kids are happy at all levels of sports. [/quote]

Yes, that's the sign, that this just might not be the thread you need to post in.  Kind of like being cut.[/quote]

My kid is happy playing rec and it works well for our family. How does a rec player get cut? [/quote]

Is that supposed to be humorous?  I think rec kids get cut all the time.[/quote]

How? You register and pay dues. That's how rec work [/quote]

Let me explain.  Rec basketball is two months, summer league swimming is two months.  What do you do the other eight months of the year?  Rec basketball is only one day of the week, what do you do the other six?

There are some major gaps.  There are some other sports, but we decided we didn't like soccer that much, too tall and doesn't want to be goalie. [b] Softball for girls isn't much of a thing[/b].[/quote]

Where do you live? Fairfax County is covered in rec leagues, including some Little Leagues (mostly newer, except MLL and SYA) as well as established independent leagues (NVGSA, VGSL, HRYS, BRYC, SYC). Alexandria has FHYAA and ALL has a relatively young softball program. Arlington has AGSA, Loudoun has all the leagues in the Loudoun County Alliance plus some Little League programs. Prince William has at least 3 rec leagues - one independent , one Babe Ruth that does very well in that tournament every year, and one Little League. DC has all the Little Leagues but I have heard varying things about CHLL and NWLL softball from families who drive out to Fairfax County to do softball even though they're in DC. But those leagues do exist.

If you're in Fairfax County the indepdent softball leagues also offer rec+, which is basically the softball equivalent of NVTBL - Sunday afternoon double headers played but what are supposed to be the all-stars in addition to your rec season. Of course there's travel, but this thread is about rec so we'll ignore the travel organizations for now.

And when you get to high school there are many strong programs in VISAA and VHSL. But there are also programs where your rec or rec+ only kid can play at least on the JV team and maybe even make varsity.[/quote]

MoCo maybe just not many kids in her class are doing it.  I think they have to play with the boys 8 and under.[/quote]

Must be little league then. See if there are any youth club softball leagues or independent leagues where you are. We both 6U and 8U for girls in our softball league and a few VA leagues offer a 4U/BlastBall type thing.[/quote]

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