@baseballhs posted:Our hs is extremely competitive. Very few kids make the teams if they don’t specialize. Not saying it’s right, but it is a fact.
This is how our large high school preferred it to be. My son bucked the trend. His baseball coach didn’t care. His baseball coach had been a three sport high school star. The basketball coach cut him soph year for never appearing at “optional” practices and not playing in a summer league. A former NBA player parent said he should have been the point guard soph year. The soccer coach rode him unmercifully about not playing elite travel soccer in the summer. He was a better soccer player than baseball player. He attended an elite goalie summer camp. Punting for the football team was something he just had to show up after soccer games to do. He tried place kicking. He didn’t have time to learn and practice quickly elevating the ball. The previous kicker was a soccer player who went to summer kicking camp and became a D1 place kicker. That kid played three sports.
Since there were less female athletes the girls were encouraged to play multiple sports. During my daughter’s time in high school more girls went D1 than boys. She played four. Even a couple of kids (one boy, one girl) who were on Team USA teams and went on to play professionally played multiple sports.