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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ Sports are about commitment, respect, sportsmanship, effort and teamwork.

All of these amateur parents are teaching their kids the wrong values.

If we weren’t 5 minutes early we were late.
If we missed practices we were benched (YES- even the Stars)
If we acted like a prima Donna, nasty to our teammates- benched

Watch old sports movies like:  Miracle, Hoosiers , etc.
Those are the values kids should be taught.

I played on rec teams and I played on National Championship teams, States, etc.

That experience with a team sport and responsibility is the defining moment in my life.  It’s why I am not late for work, appointments.  It’s why I don’t let people down.  It’s why my word means something.  It’s why I’m tough and I expect more out of others.  It’s why I can be supportive.

The youth sports business market and arrogant parents that teach their kid they are a star are endemic of what is wrong with our society.

Travel sports require a bigger commitment.  If you can’t make it routinely,  then a CHOICE needs to be made.

But even at the Rec level, if my kids decided halfway through the season that they didn’t like baseball.  They finished the season.  They didn’t give up halfway through.

Coaching a rec team and never knowing if enough kids were going to show up for the game was a major PIA.  Parents were too important to ha e the courtesy to send an email.[/quote]

This post cracked me up.  My husband played high level sports all the way through college, loves Hoosiers and all those other stirring sports movies, and he always would say the exact same sorts of things about how sports taught him everything he knew about being a good, responsible person.  And I would always comment that is was funny how I ended up with the exact same values and abilities without ever playing a day of sports in my life--we really are remarkably similar people in many ways.  He never really has had an answer for that.

Back on topic, my husband has coached several of our kids' sports teams, and I have managed many.  From that experience, my view is that there is no simple yes or no answer to these sorts of questions.  You need to have a frank discussion with all potential coaches before accepting offers/starting a new season and tell them what other activities the kid is doing and what commitment level is realistic for each sport.  It is the coach's job to be honest in return.  If it's a serious team where everyone is very committed to that sport and to developing into high level players, the coach may tell you that outside sports are not going to work or are OK only in winter (or whatever the off-season is).  That's not the team for you if you want to do 2 sports seriously during the same season.  Many coaches of the 8-10 set, even serious coaches, are perfectly happy with kids doing a variety of sports and fine with missing the occasional game or practice, and they will carry a larger roster so that kids are free to explore.

As many others on here have pointed out, times have changed since most posters were playing youth sports.  There was no need to try to play 2 or 3 sports at the same time 20 or 30 years ago, because you just played one each season.  It's way too simplistic to just say all kids should be limited to one travel team at a time. [/quote]

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