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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At 8 I'm going to strongly disagree with a hard "1 sport 1 season" mentality.  Assuming you are playing rec, most of those come with at most 1 practice and 1 game per week.  And these practices/games aren't exactly high intensity.  Also, as above, some of these sports will more just be a class or training session once per week with no games.  It would not be difficult to fit in 2-3 of these sports within a season, if your family can handle the logistics.  And assuming two different sports with games, the chances of consistent conflicts will be quite small.

Once you get to more competitive levels, the time commitment will go up, but you will be glad your kid got a chance to dabble in a larger variety of sports before narrowing down.[/quote]

Its not the 'intensity' its the logistics and the commitment you make to the team.  If you find a league where one plays games on Saturday and the other plays on Sunday, and you are willing to coach (hence giving you control over the practice schedule) you can make two team sports a season work.  (This is assuming you are willing to make your family life primarily about running your 8 year old around).   If they both play on Saturday?  chance of conflicting baseball and lacrosse games is super high.  [/quote]

PP here.  I agree if the logistics are too much for your family, absolutely take a step back.  We personally didn't feel like going to two activities per weekend (significantly more nowadays) was "making our family life primarily about running our 8 year old around", but I understand every family has their own constraints and priorities.  And +1 for coaching if you need it to give you the scheduling edge.

Very much disagree with this "commitment" concept in rec where you have to have be 100% attendance or you can't sign up.  Obviously your mileage may vary, but I've had a kid in multiple competitive sports along with a rec sport and the number of conflicts was fairly low, and if the kid missed 1-3 rec games in a season, I'm not gonna sweat it, and that's more playing time for the other kids.  [/quote]

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