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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are Middle School A students. Both in advanced math (IM 6th and Geometry 8th) and Languages. So I am not exactly what you are asking about.  But still, I personally would love if they spent the 12hours + a week doing academic things instead of the sports they do -- or at least 50% and less competitive Sports.  I truly would, travel sports suck all our time. [b] But my kids would not spend the 12 hours doing anything productive.  They would play on phones, watch tv or socialize.  So I really do not look at it as an either or. [/b] They put enough time in school to do well enough but nothing extraordinary.  But they enjoy the sports and want to do it.  So I let them choose.  It had nothing to do with thinking they will get athletic scholarships.  And it irks me how every non sport parents think that the parents of kids that play sports are looking for athletic scholarships.      [/quote]
This is the point people like OP always seem to miss.  Unless you are trying to balance both extraordinarily demanding academics and athletics (like a top TJ student who is also a nationally competitive equestrienne), you can still spend a significant amount of time playing sports and be a highly successful student, so long as you are motivated and academically capable.

Sports have had a huge positive impact on both my high-school aged kids, both of whom are A students at a demanding MoCo school.  One does not find school to be interesting at all, and would rather spend the time when he is not at school or practice/games (he spends at least 20 hours on sports each week and travels overnight for games 10 weekends per year) texting or hanging with friends.  But he wants to play in college and knows he needs to keep his grades high to have the options he hopes for.  My other child will likely just be an intra-mural level player in college, but loves the friendships and stress relieve that come from practicing/playing 6 days a week.  She would do well in school with or without sports, but wouldn't be nearly so healthy or happy. I think these things are true for many or most kids who play sports.[/quote]

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