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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]College.

Both of my sons went to New England prep schools (think Deerfield, Hotchkiss, etc).  They each played some combo of soccer, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, baseball for every year.  Recruited in one or more sports, picked the one they liked best to play in college.

Don't let people convince you they should specialize if it's a team sport.  Can't speak to more individual sports like gymnastics or swimming. [/quote]

Ps. Recent info, they graduated '19 and '22[/quote]

It seems like New England prep schools have created a system that works for multi-sport athletes, yet here we are struggling to make 2 sports work with a much younger kid.  I am primarily frustrated with the overuse injuries that are creeping up. Both sports are putting stress on the same hot spots. [/quote]

Both my son and daughter play golf and tennis from the age of 5 until 9th grade.  In HS, they play varsity golf in the fall and varsity tennis in the spring but they started specializing in golf at the age of 14th.  My daughter played golf for UCLA and my son played golf for UVA.

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