Reply to Athletic culture at area privates

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "Athletic culture at area privates"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the son for the IAC:  basketball is high level, just not as high as WCAC, but WCAC might be the best conference in the country.  To play meaningful minutes in the IAC you have to be very good or very big or both.  There are no bad teams, but Bullis and Prep are a head above the others, at least last year and probably next year (Bullis returns a 6-10 center who can play).  Most of the kids are basketball only.  For baseball, there is a bigger range.  Prep is really good, Landon and STA are good, others are not as good.  If your son can flat out play, then he would be good to go everywhere but maybe Prep. 
The IAC schools are fairly sports focused.  Most of them are very good schools, too, but sports are a big part of life there.  But at Prep, STA, Landon, and probably at the others, you still have a bunch of kids who are not focused on sports.  All schools want some balance.
In the IAC or ISL, it is difficult to play two or more sports, particularly if you are a serious student.  It is draining, and you usually end up sacrificing some achievement in your main sport (can be beneficial though with cross-training and mental health).  Some do it.[/quote]
I disagree that in the ISL it’s difficult to play multiple sports. At our k-12, many girls play 3 and even 3 sports. Kids need something 2 out of the 3 seasons in upper school. One has to be an actual sport but the other can be a different activity (musical, play, robotics, debate, yoga, etc). It would be doable to be on jv if athletic even if she hasn’t done the sport before for certain sports. One issue is the 3 sports she’s interested in are all the same season [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics