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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No expectation here of college sports at all. If it leads there I would be pleasantly surprised but I know it’s very, very unlikely. And that’s fine.

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Here's the thing. Except for the very rare stud athlete or football if your kid isn't on a travel/club team, your kid is going to struggle to get on the field at most highly competitive high school programs or large HS. It stinks but kids that have been playing on a club/travel team will just be that more advanced than those that don't. Doesn't mean there aren't rare occasions where a rec player can't make the jump or that that there are some HSs or teams that they can't play but for your big sports - baseball, basketball, soccer, etc., you better have more than rec sports in your kid's history. This is especially true if your kid is a boy. For girls there is more lee way.[/quote]

Agree with this except for the part about being a girl. Most girls sports at our HS are rostered with girls who play high level competitive travel sports. Particularly soccer, lacrosse, and softball. [/quote]

Well that’s cool but  girls sports in general are way less competitive [/quote]

DD is a rising freshman. At the athletics meeting in the spring, the volleyball coach told all of the interested girls and their parents that any girl not playing club probably would not even make JV. The soccer coach has a very obvious preference for girls on the top teams of two clubs. Lacrosse is almost entirely fed by one club. Basketball by a handful of aau teams. Lots of parents with your attitude are going to have very disappointed daughters unless they happen to love crew [/quote]

Still not convincing me it’s harder in general for girls to make the high school team in their respective sports [/quote]

That's fine. Look at the numbers. Boys basketball is the hardest, but after that it's mostly girls sports. Boys football is the largest sport at most schools and no cut. There aren't any no cut girls team sports. The closest is field hockey, but they still cut [/quote]

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