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[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]

Must be a joke sport [/quote]

No, dude. The intense craziness is to get mediocre athletes to be good at a particular sport. I say this who has one mediocre athlete who is very driven and has become great at his preferred sport. But he’ll never be as good as the gifted athletes who don’t need all the intense training to be great.

Those are the Pat Mahomes, Caitlyn Clark, LeBron athletes, and it’s not most of our children. Athletic ability can be learned but we all have a ceiling and a floor.

For most average athletes, it’s probably better to play multiple sports at a lower level, and save your money and time. They’re never going pro.[/quote]
Yup.

Parents don't want to accept it but it's true. Who you parents are will make a much bigger difference in how good you are then the amount you practice. [/quote]

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