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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The whole system is ridiculous, and what is more ridiculous is that people support this broken system. You have to play for years just to make it into a high school JV team, and once you make it, you have to spend 20+ hours per week training. It takes time away from academics and other extracurricular.

And all of this time and money invested into sports is for nothing for most parents. Most kids will never play at the NCAA level. It doesn’t matter much for college admissions. I know a kid who has perfect grades and a 35 ACT who was a captain of the varsity football and lacrosse teams (and was class treasurer, NHS president, volunteered, and did part time work), and he got rejected from every remotely selective college. The Ivy Leagues, Notre Dame, Michigan, Duke, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, UNC, and UVA all rejected him [/quote]

Break out the 20+ hours of YOUTH and HS training programs please.  I just can't get there with the math and my kid is on an ECNL team and plays AAU basketball.[/quote]

+1 for our ECNL player and another on a top volleyball team.  Maybe a tournament weekend would push us close to 20 if you add in travel.

Or maybe my nephew who was a golfer and would joyously do two rounds of golf Saturday and Sunday with friends.

But otherwise no, unless you are at the elite Olympics level and most of those kids don’t attend public high school. [/quote]

Serious HS baseball players are getting 8 hours of games, 4 hours of warmups on a normal fall tournament weekend. Plus 2-3 hours daily of practice, conditioning, BP, arm care during weekdays.

Kind of surprised the soccer and basketball players at that level aren’t spending enough out of practice time shooting, lifting, etc. to reach 20 hours. But obviously different sports require different time commitments. [/quote]

Your kid shouldn’t be spending that much time on fall baseball, it’s completely unnecessary and a great way to get them injured. [/quote]

He’s playing college ball and is just fine.

I do appreciate the sentiment, although it comes off as arrogance. I am a huge believer in playing multiple sports and not specializing at young ages. I was specifically referring to serious high school players who aren’t in season for another sport. FWIW I do believe proper conditioning and arm care is critical to keeping baseball players healthy, and that takes time. [/quote]

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