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[quote=Anonymous]For the two posters squabbling over this:

You are both correct, to some degree.

IME there is a small subset of kids that are simply incredible athletes, very talented, and can easily play multiple selective sports all the way through HS varsity (if they want to). Even at very large, competitive suburban high schools. It ends up being pretty unusual by the time they are upperclassmen, however- many choose to focus on the main sport (& college recruiting etc). These are the kids most likely to play in college, often D1. At least at our HS. There seem to be a few in every grade.

But that is a very small portion of kids. Most have nowhere even close to that type of talent or athleticism. These are the kids that are reasonably athletic and just want to make a very competitive HS team and contribute. Some might end up playing in college but not most. And these kids makeup the majority of (most of) the competitive high school varsity teams. For these kids, eventual specialization is what works (focusing on the sport they are best at, rather than being mediocre at 2 sports and potentially mot making either team). Sure, maybe they will do a no cut sport in the offseason to keep in shape, but two intensive cut sports like basketball/baseball? No. Most aren’t talented enough. And that is OK.

I also think the above becomes obvious to most parents around the middle school years or so. Most just want their kid to play a high school sport for the experience, having a “group” etc. - most know their kids will never be D1 recruiting material. [/quote]

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