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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS was on this track, but [b]burnt out completely by start of junior year and completely quit his sport.[/b] I would never have imagined it, given that he would argue to go back to the gym at 10:00 PM the summer of his freshmen year to get in another hour of practice (after multiple hours of team and individual practice during the day), but it happened.  That really impacted college plans and caused some awkward conversations with college coaches who wanted to know why DS wasn't responding to them.  It will make college applications interesting because his life was 24/7 this sport until this (his junior) year and then there's not a lot outside of school and volunteer work.[/quote]

By "burnt out" you mean personal freedom (driving) and parties and hormones (dating/sex) because that's how probably 95% of teen sports obsessions end. My in-laws are 100% convinced their twin daughter are going to be recruited swimmers. They're 12yo. It's just delusional to put all your eggs in the athletic basket.[/quote]
Um... thanks for telling me what I mean but no, none of this.  DS doesn’t drive and had uber when he played his sport.  What I actually mean is that he loves his sport but got sick of every weekend in a Marriott courtyard and a convention center.  He got sick of 11 month a year practices and competition, with August being the month to « get in the gym»  and learn some new skills for fall ball at the start of September.  He got sick of coaches saying he needed to be practicing 2.5 hours on his own every day there wasn’t team practice.  He got sick of remembering to dress based on which sponsor is paying for this team (Nike for school, Adidas for club, and the « low pressure » club he tried to switch to has a list of demands from New Balance of all people).  That’s what I mean.[/quote]

You had me at Courtyard Marriott.   :)

My DS is close to burn out too (junior in HS).  A few months ago he suffered an injury that has side-lined him for over two months.  He misses the sport and is anxious to get back, but he’s also really enjoyed being able to hang out with friends on the weekends, not getting up before dawn on the weekend to travel to a game, missing school on Fridays for a weekend of meaningless tournament games...  He’ll continue playing on his HS team, but he’s considering not continuing with club.  And while he could definitely play D3, maybe D2 college, it’s not playing into his decisions at all on where to apply.

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