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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most kids are not playing college sports and even less becoming pros. This was back in the day and now.

What has changed and become more difficult is to make varsity teams. Your kid may not make the baseball, volleyball or basketball team. To make these teams, your kid has to play early and train. It isn’t that competitive for a kid who is good and has played since he was young. Yes, it is hard for a kid who isn’t so talented and has only played rec.[/quote]
Not sure that kids not making HS sports teams is new.  I was not a particularly gifted athlete when I was in middle and high school (in the 80s!) and have memories of not making numerous school sports teams. I went to a public school that only graduated about 125 students every year and still had this experience. For many of the large suburban schools in the DMV that have many more students, it is simply a numbers game that many kids aren't going to make the more popular sports teams.  For some smaller private schools, the reason some students attend certain schools is to play certain sports. It's not an accident that the Sidwell basketball teams, Bullis track team, or Flint Hill volleyball teams are dominant most years. I'm sure that makes it hard for the "regular" kids who just want to play a sport as an extracurricular activity, but again I don't think this is new.  There have been private school sports machines taking top athletes in certain sports for many years (e.g., DeMatha basketball in the 70s and 80s).[/quote]

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