My son is a three sport athlete and is a sophmore in HS. He has played Varsity football, JV basketball and plays both JV & Varsity baseball and select ball in the summer. In short he is very tired. He called for a family meeting last night at 10:30 after having played the whole JV game at 4:00 and DH'd in the Varsity game at 7.
I have read many post that have touched my heart when your sons have decided to stop playing baseball. Everything flashed before my eyes and thoughts raced through my mind about what could be a family meeting problem. My son looked beat up and he still had two hours of homework to do. He announced to us that he had given this alot of thought and in the last two years he had not progressed at baseball the way he should and he could tell in his hitting & pitching and he had to make a change. He wanted to get our thoughts to see we minded if he stopped playing football and basketball and just focused on baseball for the next 2 years. He loves basketball and he holds a record in field goals distance average in our state, however, I felt a sense of relief. As parents we want our sons to make these types of decisions on their own, however, it was nice to know that we did not have to talk to him about it this summer, but I am so glad he picked baseball to stay with but sad I won't see him pplay in the other sports. OK, I have now realized I am selfish but dang do I love baseball!
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I loved your post! Your son is a wise young man