I know you didnt say it was all unhealthy. I was referring to the general attitude of some other posters. I meant to clarify that when I typed it. My bad.DannyDuberstein said:
Didn't say it was all unhealthy. But some of it is. I also think it is ridiculous for an 8-9 year old to be locked in on one sport already. I just think it's unwise to force decisions that require abandoning other sports and activities when kids aren't even 10-11 years old yet, and the business model is designed to do just that.
As for the 'locked into one sport' I agree with that. My son plays three sports, Baseball, Basketball, and Golf. The older boys are 12u majors and most of them play at least two if not three sports.
Maybe it is the difference in living in a smaller town compared to what the inner city kids deal with. But here our kids play multiple sports. And our coaches encourage it.
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