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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My rising 8th grader moved up from a regular travel league to one with additional practices and away games that are out of state/often with a hotel stay.  I notice my kid often gets nostalgic about the rec days when the sport was “fun”. I do think that playing a sport at a more intense level means it often isn’t fun. It’s hard work, every game is a grind and sometimes you lose and have a 5 hr drive home. Sometimes your body is sore and you don’t want to practice. Or you don’t want to be out of town all weekend and miss fun stuff with your non-team friends.
We take it one season at a time. We don’t talk about playing in college. We tell our kid to finish out the season then decide to take a break, try something else, heck - go back to a rec team. I learned that for my kid at least, it was ok to skip practice once in a while or miss a game cause a weekend off is really needed. We ease up where we can and if it means he doesn’t start or spends more time on the bench so be it. I’m impressed with the kids in any intense sport who are super passionate and goal directed - especially in the middle school age group. That’s not my kid’s personality. OP my advice is to try your kid’s intense sport for a season and see how your DC likes it. If it’s too much, move down a level, or try a new thing.  And reserve the right to make the call on behalf of your family that the intense level is too much.[/quote]

this is correct![/quote]

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