Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 16:24     Subject: When did your child stop high school sports?
My kids played two sports freshman year, dropped one after sophomore year and continued the other all the way through senior year.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 10:56     Subject: When did your child stop high school sports?
Anonymous wrote:After freshman year. He thought he’d make JV but knew if he did, he’d never see a minute of playtime in a game. That actually happened to a couple of friends and they left after tenth grade.

It was okay, other interests developed and many ended up getting very into their part time jobs after they turned 16 and focusing on the future, looking ahead to college etc. We were worried but there was a life after sports.


Ditto this exactly
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 08:26     Subject: When did your child stop high school sports?
Anonymous wrote:My adult kids are still doing the sports they did in high school and so are my spouse and I.


What sports
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 07:06     Subject: When did your child stop high school sports?
My adult kids are still doing the sports they did in high school and so are my spouse and I.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 07:06     Subject: When did your child stop high school sports?
My kid played one year of soccer freshman year. The team dynamics were not great.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 07:01     Subject: When did your child stop high school sports?
The grades really have to come first, plus SAT prep. Colleges don’t really care (at all) about sports if you’re not a recruited athlete.

Don’t waste your time if it’s toxic.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 06:51     Subject: When did your child stop high school sports?
DC Catholic school parent here- many don’t make teams after freshman year. Another group stops after sophomore year - usually b/c they don’t make the team. DD played 2 sports through sophomore year, but stopping one this year due to time constraints.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 06:12     Subject: When did your child stop high school sports?
After freshman year. He thought he’d make JV but knew if he did, he’d never see a minute of playtime in a game. That actually happened to a couple of friends and they left after tenth grade.

It was okay, other interests developed and many ended up getting very into their part time jobs after they turned 16 and focusing on the future, looking ahead to college etc. We were worried but there was a life after sports.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2024 13:31     Subject: When did your child stop high school sports?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lots of negative kids on the team who just blame each other for bad outcomes and are overall just not nice. Would miss the coach though. The coach is great.
Wondering when your kid left the team and whether they have any regrets? Junior year? Senior year?

For HS, the most common exit time is the transition year from JV to Varsity, which for most schools is Sophomore or Junior year.

For club sports, most players leave their junior or senior year.

Life is too short to play sports with negative/bad kids. In HS you can't change much unfortunately.

The most common exit time is freshman year when so many kids don’t make Jv sports.

This. Or junior year, when they don't make the Varsity teams. But students leave any time due to injuries, change of sport, a bad team culture, a bad coach, whatever other reason. OP if I were you, I'd help my teen think through what next.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2024 13:19     Subject: When did your child stop high school sports?
Mine quit after 10th, continued playing club through senior year. HS team conflicted with some other things she wanted to do academically.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2024 13:17     Subject: When did your child stop high school sports?
Mine did a sport freshman year and while it was varsity the coach and level of play was terrible. Opted to keep playing club but it was good they tried the sport at the HS to realize it wasn’t for them
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2024 12:47     Subject: When did your child stop high school sports?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lots of negative kids on the team who just blame each other for bad outcomes and are overall just not nice. Would miss the coach though. The coach is great.
Wondering when your kid left the team and whether they have any regrets? Junior year? Senior year?

For HS, the most common exit time is the transition year from JV to Varsity, which for most schools is Sophomore or Junior year.

For club sports, most players leave their junior or senior year.

Life is too short to play sports with negative/bad kids. In HS you can't change much unfortunately.


The most common exit time is freshman year when so many kids don’t make Jv sports.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2024 12:44     Subject: When did your child stop high school sports?
Anonymous wrote:Lots of negative kids on the team who just blame each other for bad outcomes and are overall just not nice. Would miss the coach though. The coach is great.
Wondering when your kid left the team and whether they have any regrets? Junior year? Senior year?

For HS, the most common exit time is the transition year from JV to Varsity, which for most schools is Sophomore or Junior year.

For club sports, most players leave their junior or senior year.

Life is too short to play sports with negative/bad kids. In HS you can't change much unfortunately.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2024 12:10     Subject: When did your child stop high school sports?
A bunch of kids did after sophomore year because of the time commitment, level of play, and it not being really fun. Some years you get nice kids and other years you get kids who can be kind of nasty.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2024 11:58     Subject: When did your child stop high school sports?
Lots of negative kids on the team who just blame each other for bad outcomes and are overall just not nice. Would miss the coach though. The coach is great.
Wondering when your kid left the team and whether they have any regrets? Junior year? Senior year?