Anonymous
10/27/2025 19:36
Subject: What sport for cross training?
I'll put in a vote for Swim. Great for Goal Keepers (building upper body strength) and lower stress on the lower body.
You may trade some explosive power for endurance. So, he may need to re-train for explosive power when he goes back into soccer in the Spring.
You may trade some explosive power for endurance. So, he may need to re-train for explosive power when he goes back into soccer in the Spring.
Anonymous
10/27/2025 19:05
Subject: What sport for cross training?
I should add that he is at a small high school where swim and wrestling will be no cut, and freshman basketball is not super competitive either.
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Anonymous
10/27/2025 19:00
Subject: What sport for cross training?
My high school GK so is hoping to mix things up and play a different school sport this winter. He is growing very fast and has had some growth/repetitive stress issues and so one goal is to find something that moves his body differently.
Options at his school include
Basketball
Wrestling
Swim
He has done a fair amount of swim and basketball but has never wrestled.
He is a big kid, over six feet in 9th grade and projected to be 6’5” or 6’6”. Broad shoulders, muscles, so his weight is high.
Thoughts on which sport? He is undecided.
Options at his school include
Basketball
Wrestling
Swim
He has done a fair amount of swim and basketball but has never wrestled.
He is a big kid, over six feet in 9th grade and projected to be 6’5” or 6’6”. Broad shoulders, muscles, so his weight is high.
Thoughts on which sport? He is undecided.