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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been discussing this with several friends. Long gone are the days from when we parents played HS sports and you could be dual or even tri varsity depending on the season. Now kids are forced to specialize far too soon and it’s terrible for burnout and injury purposes. HS crew teams practice year round at 5am before school. Basketball and volleyball practices can run until almost 10pm. And then there are kids who also want to play music or he in the school play. It’s not good and limits well rounded members of society. [/quote]

Basketball and volleyball are sports for not wealthy kids.

crew teams practice year around at 5am before school?  Do they also practice outdoor in December, January, and Feb?[/quote]
Volleyball is very much a sport for kids from families with money. To play high level volleyball (and make the varsity team at a HS with a decent team) players have to play club volleyball, which is a significant investment of time and money. DC high schools are a good example of how this plays out. On the public side, Jackson-Reed is the largest DC HS by far and being in upper NW tends to have kids from families with more resources than other parts of the city. Nearly every player on their varsity team plays volleyball outside of school.  The girls volleyball team has won the DCIAA (regular DCPS public school conference) all except one year as far back as anyone can remember. The only other DCPS HS with even a half decent team is School Without Walls which while smaller, tends to also have kids from families with more resources and therefore more club volleyball players.  Most of the other other DCPS high schools have no club volleyball players and are not very good.  JR wins most DCIAA matches by a huge margin. The charter schools aren't much better.  St Johns had historically been the best private school volleyball in DC but GDS has take over that spot for the last few years. Both St Johns and GDS recruit players for volleyball (within whatever rules exist) and virtually every player on those teams plays club volleyball. [/quote]

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