Single sport or multi sport

I've read this same question posted a couple times over the last year in different forums.  In Texas, the higher the school classification the more likely kids will play one Varsity sport.  Football coaches are normally the AD's so guess which sport he wants you to play.  This is especially true for the baseball kids who's summer schedule conflicts with football off-season and 7 on 7.  The few kids I know who play multiple HS sports don't play any summer baseball or tell the Football coach they'll see him sometime in July.

2 Son's - both baseball only 

LibertyBB posted:

I've read this same question posted a couple times over the last year in different forums.  In Texas, the higher the school classification the more likely kids will play one Varsity sport.  Football coaches are normally the AD's so guess which sport he wants you to play.  This is especially true for the baseball kids who's summer schedule conflicts with football off-season and 7 on 7.  The few kids I know who play multiple HS sports don't play any summer baseball or tell the Football coach they'll see him sometime in July.

2 Son's - both baseball only 

 

My son will play in the highest classification  (7A - Georgia) next year and we are fortune that he will be allowed to play football and baseball. 

Now, this summer will be intense as the football team works out 8a - noon, M - F.  He will be expected to participate in those workouts unless he has a baseball game. This will be a good test for him to see if it's really what he wants to do. 

He's a receiver and will miss all of the 7-7 activities so it will be interesting to see how it all works out. 

Son freshman year = 2 next year plan is 3

daughter not in HS but I predict 4. Her favorite sport is the one she's playing. 

Daughter - 2 sports

Son - single sport

1 son, 8th grade, he wants to play baseball and cross country (are we counting cross country as a sport?)

CaCO3Girl posted:

1 son, 8th grade, he wants to play baseball and cross country (are we counting cross country as a sport?)

Oh, no, you may have inadvertently started the classic "distance running for pitchers" debate! ;-)

2019Dad posted:

CaCO3Girl posted:

1 son, 8th grade, he wants to play baseball and cross country (are we counting cross country as a sport?)

Oh, no, you may have inadvertently started the classic "distance running for pitchers" debate! ;-)

My son did both as a freshman.  He found it hard to participate in fall ball as well as cross country.  Also, the slow twitch muscles used in long distance running didn't translate to speed on the bases.  But it did keep him in shape (and give him shin splints).  Sophomore year, he was baseball only. 

bballdad2016 posted:

2019Dad posted:

CaCO3Girl posted:

1 son, 8th grade, he wants to play baseball and cross country (are we counting cross country as a sport?)

Oh, no, you may have inadvertently started the classic "distance running for pitchers" debate! ;-)

My son did both as a freshman.  He found it hard to participate in fall ball as well as cross country.  Also, the slow twitch muscles used in long distance running didn't translate to speed on the bases.  But it did keep him in shape (and give him shin splints).  Sophomore year, he was baseball only. 

This was the first year his High School did not take part in the Fall Ball league.  If baseball is an option in the fall I'm sure he will choose that route. 

2018 has an interesting predicament - both his sports are in the same season (100m, 200m & 4x100 in track & baseball). Last year (freshman) it was a mishmash. The track coaches were terrific about him missing track practice and focusing on meets. The baseball coaches were very territorial, and definitely held it against him missing one practice a week to run track meets. 

The track & baseball seasons both officially start next week, and he is nervous about doing track this year despite him running Varsity as a sophomore. He just doesn't want to get the baseball guys mad, but the baseball team has 24 kids on it (!) and everyone shares playing time - and it is just JV as they have no sophomores on Varsity - so how many AB's could he really miss when he'll only hit 3-4x a week anyways? You could be 2 for 2 with two bombs and you will come out after the 4th inning regardless. 

As parents our take is that 2018 should do whatever he feels is best in making this decision. Personally I could care less about the impression it makes on the high school baseball coaches as in summer & fall he plays in a high level travel program that will take him to FL, AZ, etc. and get him infinitely more exposure than his HS program ever will. I do worry about him being good, not great, at both sports by not completely focusing in the spring - but he isn't going to the Olympics in either sport anyways, so have fun and compete. 

2020dad posted:

3 - football, basketball, baseball.  Will re evaluate after freshman year.

Didn't realize we were tabulating the non baseball players as well...  son 2 swimmer and basketball.

I'm not going to tabulate non baseball/softball players or non varsity baseball or other non varsity sports. I'm going to do the first compilation tonight or tomorrow.

I don't consider my son a three sport athlete because he played rec basketball in high school. Or four sport because he snowboarded. The demands aren't the same as playing varsity.