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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s your goal?[/quote]

To reach their potential in sport. [/quote]

That's too wishy-washy.  [b]If you don't care at all about college recruitment, then play three sports.
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Some incredible athletes like Patrick Mahomes could have gone pro in either football or baseball...most professional or even college athletes had to specialize.

I don't think you will ever hear of a top professional soccer player ever seriously playing another sport.

The Dominican Republic has the most per capita players in the MLB, and those kids don't do anything else.[/quote]

That's wrong.  I have two kids who played three sports, one each season.  Both ended up playing D1 in one sport, one of them after only having started to play it as a sophomore.  If you're trying to develop your athlete's general skill, they can excel at most any sport.  Of course you can't take up ice hockey as a 16 yr old, but you can switch from hockey to lacrosse or football or whatever.[/quote]

Can you tell me more?  I have a kid who is a very strong athlete.  He wants to play 3 seasons of varsity in high school and no club, but he also wants to keep college doors open.  I'd love to know about people who have successfully done so.

If you mean they played varsity and club in 3 sports, or varsity in 3, and club in 1 and got recruited for club, I guess that's different.  [/quote]

Different poster, but my kid played three varsity sports. Also played summer club for the sport he plays in college.[/quote]

Just summer?  Can you tell me the sport?[/quote]

Sure, it is baseball. Played club in the summer and hs baseball in the spring. In fall and winter he’d do some baseball training when he had time, but mostly just focused on the in season sports. 
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