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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You clowns buy into team sports and end up getting cut and fat and out of shape later in life [/quote]

I want to move my kids from basketball and football to golf + tennis.  And dad played in college. I just have a gut feeling it's not worth it and they could be just as happy with an individual life sport. [/quote]
Sorry meant to add dad played football in college. He doesn't do any sports now. What a waste. Seems like individual sports just have lifelong benefits. Our golf and tennis team are hard to make but at the min. at least you can play post HS and college. [/quote]

Golf a kid will play for life...because you can play a competitive game with other competitive golfers or you can easily play for fun with scratch golfers.  Also, it's not like a competitive game of golf involves sprinting on the golf course...you can still walk leisurely (or now rent a cart) on the course.  Honestly, it's hard to really be able to say that you are working out as a 50 year old because you continue to play golf.

[b]Plenty of former tennis players don't play that often...plenty of former swimmers don't really swim in anything resembling training anymore..etc.[/b]

Lots of former basketball players still play basketball as adults.  Not sure why you would think that isn't fairly popular for adults.[/quote]

They don't swim or play tennis everyday but they do swim or play tennis regularly.

Golf and tennis are the two sports that you can play for life.  As you get older, you can switch over to pickleball if tennis is too much for you.  Golf and tennis are two of the sports that are objective and not subjective.  The coach can not cut you from the team and put another inferior in the team because the scores do not lie.  That being said, they are two of the hardest sports to make in high school, especially if you live in wealthy areas, and due to a small roster size.[/quote]

Golf and tennis are two of the hardest HS sports to make? LOL! No.[/quote]

You must go to a poor school [/quote]

+1  That poster must had gone to a poor school.

Go to McLean, Langley or Oakton HS with almost 3000 students and looks at the roster of the tennis/golf teams.  There are 10 players on the varsity golf team, I think.  The chance of making the golf team is  10/3000, and just about everyone in those areas have $$$ to private training and coaching.  [/quote]

Isn't that the definition of not fair.  Just to be clear.  What does "private" mean private means not publicly available.  So, by definition private training and coaching is not "fair", because not everyone has an opportunity.  [b]In this instance the unfairness is not due to some innate talent, but due economic and political station of those who can afford private coaching and training as well as just greens fees.[/b]  EG it doesn't have anything to do with the sport as to why some kids get to make the team and others don't.  It would be another if it was an innate talent or skill that could be acquired through common low-cost activities.  EG go running get faster lift some weights get stronger.  Shoot a basketball get better at shooting a basket.

Some team sports seem inexpensive eg soccer.  Anyone can wear out a soccer ball, but there is a substantial component that has to be learned by interacting within a team.  EG the MSI travel coaches' kids (paid coaches and private club owner not just parent coaches) were on my kid's team they felt very strongly that my kid should play defender, but she was the only one of the younger kids playing up a year to score a goal.  One of the kids with, parent coach, started at striker nearly every game despite being older and didn't score a goal the entire season and was repeatedly tackled whenever they got the ball to her.  Soccer they don't really care if they win.  Soccer isn't so competitive here.  It is generally run by private clubs and there is someone who will take your money, but I'm not paying for that.

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That might be your definition of "unfair" but to others, someone who did nothing to achieve their height or stature (which is almost always an advantage) other than to have had tall parents, might be the definition of "unfair". In both cases the kid has no control over these factors (genetics and finances). In which case "fairness" is an illusion regarding sports. There is always going to be inherent unfairness because every kid has different genetics and HHI.[/quote]

You have the right to an attorney, and if you can't afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you.  There is a difference between "public defender" and "legal counsel" that the best money can buy, you understand that right?

It is like complaining about "unfair" for not being able to attend McLean high school when you live in Annandale, because you can't afford to buy a home in McLean, LOL....

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School zones may have boundaries, not everything in life does.  I would be more than happy to keep the kids from Potomac(that don't pay city taxes) with their private lessons, out of our city swim teams.
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Do you realize how ridiculous you sound?  Those Potomac kids' parents have to pay property taxes to support public schools even though they don't even attend public schools.  You gladly take their taxes money, and want to keep them out at the same time.  What a hypocrite....[/quote]

They don't pay taxes to fund our city pool.[/quote]

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