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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Must we have one of these anti sports threads every few weeks? It’s always an attack on sports but never any other extracurriculars that other kids spend tons of time doing.

Some kids just enjoy sports. It’s not about college, or professional opportunities or any other ridiculous social currency for parents. The kids enjoy their sport and want to play with other kids who share the interest. [/quote]

I was going to answer from the perspective of classical ballet, which isn't a club sport but takes up as much time and money as one. Even as a 2nd grader, kid wanted to be great and be around kids who wanted to be as serious about it as they were. They got annoyed when kids were messing around and could not fathom how someone could just skip class all the time since their performance depended on everyone being present. Kid could have gone to the local dance studio down the street and taken a ballet/jazz/tap combo class once a week but they wanted as much ballet as possible, watched ballet videos in their free time, wrote down every correction after class in a little notebook, constantly practiced at home on their own initiative, dreamed of getting the big roles that older dancers get, asked to do more and more and more. We were happy to pay for the best training we could within our budget and commuting distance. For this kid, ballet was (is still) their passion but I have absolutely no doubt that if they'd been as into soccer or lacrosse with the same intensity, we would have put them in travel as soon as possible and never looked back because that's where the training is. [/quote]

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