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skywalker1
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Nov 12, 2018 - 01:01pm PT
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We used to play pick-up football games when I was a kid. Still happens. Why do you need to put your kids in organized sports?
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Nov 12, 2018 - 01:05pm PT
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Sounds like a lot of conjecture mixed with some truth.
I coach rec soccer, half of my team is good enough to do very well in comp soccer. And they’ve asked me multiple times to coach comp. But comp is year round and a huge time commitment. The boys and I are just not that into it and want to do other sports the rest of the year. I agree that the Norwegian model where youth sports are paid for encourages participation among all income levels but Norway has a lot of oil money, it would be a much tougher sell in the US. I know some of the best comp soccer teams in NorCal are from lower income places like Salinas where they play a ton of soccer and are really into it.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
Wilds of New Mexico
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Nov 12, 2018 - 08:36pm PT
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We faced the travel team thing with both of our kids. It seems to really kick in around 6th grade where, at least where we live, rec leagues sort of fade out. My son played baseball until he (we) had to choose whether to travel to keep playing, basically year round. Totally nuts, it’s a lifestyle I couldn’t sign up for. Plus we love to ski and do other stuff.
My daughter is getting to the same point with soccer and we will bail before her team ages in to a full travel team next year.
It’s really an industry. Organizations hold tournaments that require teams to book at certain hotels. Paid coaches. I know a family that flies to Southern California every weekend so their daughter can play on a more competitive team, even though it’s a thousand miles away! $600 bats for 10 year olds, private goalie coaches, screaming parents. What’s really crazy is that at least some parents are hoping for a scholarship even though if they just saved the money they spend on travel sports they could probably pay for college twice over.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Nov 13, 2018 - 06:46am PT
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I didn't read the article linked, but coached rec and travel sports for 13 years in our township. I've seen some crazy behavior from parents and coaches. And as far as being too serious, I think it is way too serious. I played baseball into HS but only until I found activities that were more fun (e.g. climbing).
However, the social impact needs to be considered for the kids. These days not many kids go outside and find a pick-up basketball game or football game or street hockey game. They stay on their phones or computers and don't interact with the real world like us old farts did as misdirected youth. Which was far less misdirected than we ever thought.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 13, 2018 - 07:12am PT
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Yep, a higher percentage of rich kids play sports but I’ll bet the poor kids that do play kick the sh#t out of the rich kids on a regular basis.
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