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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can’t believe looking at the practice and tournament schedule of some of these club teams that kids really do play other sports and do non-sport stuff. If they do, they either don’t get much sleep, get no downtime or don’t need to study to keep up their grades.

I’m sure they encourage other sports. That’s the reasonable thing to say and parents eat it up. But I don’t really believe they mean it. They may want you to play a little of something else but nothing that will lure you away and nothing that conflicts.

We have friends who tell us their girls can totally do competitive gymnastics and competitive dance. It means every single day after school they are doing something for three plus hours in addition to all the training and competitions on weekends.

Sure, on a calendar you can fit it all in. But, really?  [/quote]

Yes, really, it does work if this is what your child wants.

I am the PP at 16:12.  DD plays 3 varsity sports, lax for the top club in the area and is involved in 2 other extracurricular activities.  She takes tough classes, spends 2-3 hours a day on HW and usually gets enough sleep. She also has a pretty good social life and occasionally babysits on the weekends.  Since ES she has been a very outgoing, competitive and athletic person who prefers to keep busy.  I like to joke that she is busier than all her siblings combined.  She is able, so far, to keep herself organized, balance all of this and do well in school.  She is a happy teenager (mostly) and so we follow her lead (mostly) in terms of how she structures her time. If anything, we have to say no to her when she asks or tries to do even more.

Most of the girls on her club team appear to be happy, well-rounded kids who play at least one other sport for their HS. Yes, the club means it and supports it as long as it does not regularly conflict with club events.  Since the club, for the most part, takes into account HS sports' schedules when scheduling practices, it seems to work most of the time.  As far as tournaments, those are always on weekends and rarely, if ever, conflict with HS sports.

I've been around and raised enough other DCs by now to know that this isn't for everyone; it never would have worked for my other DCs. And it won't work for a family that is not willing or able to accommodate such an intense schedule.  For now, for us and our DD, it works.[/quote]

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