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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You get to a certain point in high school for most kids where you have to pick.

You can't be a super sports kid AND a super academic kid. Or you can't be a super sports kid and a kid who struggles with school (and still does well).

So as much as I hate to say it, you/she should think about college options. If she thinks she really wants to aim for "good" schools as her primary option, she should gradually taper off the sport.

Unless...she has a legitimatey good shot at being recruited for these types of schools, which is different. Meaning, if she's a unicorn superstar she can relax a little on the choices.

If she aims to play her sport in college at any recruited level (D3 school a lot of people haven't heard of) she should keep doing all the seasons and take whatever classes she can manage while doing it.

Her capacity/desire/bandwidth should start to be apparent by late Freshman year. 
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Many or most of the kids who are playing sports in college at HYPS, etc. are super sporty and also super academic.  It can be done but it requires a lot of effort and discipline on both fronts.[/quote]

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