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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s just the dc area. Move to the south or Midwest [/quote]

THIS - or mountains.  East Coast metro is the worst for rat race competitiveness.[/quote]

If you’re speaking about sports, the DC area isn’t exactly known as a sports hub.   It’s also not an area where a lot of pro athletes come from.   The travel sports are similar to cheerleaders traveling to compete.   It can be a fun activity for the whole family to involved in.    But there might be a handful that can play in college, maybe 1-2%.  Same with grades, 1% of students will get SATs greater than 1500.

So is it really competitive?  You can’t give your child the genetics necessary to be a super athlete.  He can only be the best he can be with what he has to work with. Same with academics.  So students aren’t really competing against other students, they are just working on being the best that they can be.  Parents need to be happy with that. [/quote]

It is competitive enough where you need specialized training from a young age to make it to the high school level. It isn't like in the Midwest where anyone can sign up for any sport they want. [/quote]

There are more D1 basketball players who go pro from the Midwest than the DC area.  So they must be doing something right. Same with Hockey where cold states like Michigan produce a lot of the pro hockey players.  The Southern states dominate football.  D1 baseball players come from all over and pro baseball has a lot of  Dominicans and Cubans who did not need specialized training. Just incredible talents.

No need to be crazy competitive about sports.   If the only goal is to play high school sports how much time, commitment and money is really needed?   The student will probably play in high school and probably not in college.  Relax and let the kid enjoy it.   [/quote]

The DC area has the highest concentration of NBA players for a metro area…not really fair to compare it to 7-8 states combined.  Also, the DC area has 4 HS teams ranked in the top 20 in the country which is actually incredible that they are within 20 miles of each other (and they aren’t the crazy national private schools that recruit kids nationwide).

Kids from the DR literally do nothing but play baseball all 12 months and are all gunning to make MLB academy teams at 14 where they receive incredible training for free (and a number sign pro contracts at 15).[/quote]

I’m not sure how you're defining the high concentration of NBA players.  I was talking about where these pro athletes grew up.   Are you saying more grew up in DC than any other area?

And where did you get the information that DC area has four high schools nationally ranked in the US?  I don’t see it.

I know there are a couple of Catholics schools in the area that do very well.   The crazy national privates schools as you call them dominate the top 100 and like it or not that’s where a good amount of future college players are. 
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At the end of last season, you had PVI, Gonzaga, Sidwell, Jackson-Reed and Bullis in the top 25. PVI finished #2.

Yes, more NBA players grew up in the DC area than I believe any other metro area…Kevin Durant is of course the most famous and his Team Durant AAU program is always one of the best in the country.[/quote]

What are good girls basketball programs in Dallas, not exurbs. Our friend there can’t find any, especially for kids under grade 9.[/quote]

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