Forget College...Im talking about 11 year olds and I'm talking about immediate investments. This is now not high school or college. An Athlete can play any sport and I never said that kids shouldn't play more than one. I'm talking about getting the most out of the travel Lax experience and fulfilling the commitment to the team. Your son deserves all the tools to develop not just 1/2 the practices. Signing Johnny up to every sport and not showing up to practice or games is not the commitment we should be teaching our boys. Football is a HUGE commitment as it should be for reasons that are obvious to some. I guess I'm the crazy person that thinks travel lax is something special and not just another sport that kids do to pass the time.
Got it - travel lax @ 11 years old is when you should be totally "committed", but when they get older, they can diversify athletically. You go think on your (il)logic there some more . . . And I don't know about what club your son plays for, but my son's coaches purposely schedule practices so that they likely don't conflict with football. Further, it's not just just for the kids' sake that they are doing this, because the coaches are also coaching . . . wait for it . . . football!
Football= concussions, broken arms, etc. There are other sports that kids can do to help with lax. I prefer wrestling, soccer, swimming, boxing, skiing.
I've been coaching youth football for 4 - 5 years - only 1 concussion and no broken arms or legs. Personally played football for 14 years of my youth/early adulthood - no concussions, no broken arms or legs. You've bought into the fear . . .
Did you play in the lingerie league?
I've been coaching youth football for 8 years and have never seen an injury of any kind. All of the soccer kids that played year round couldn't run by 15. Don't commit your kid to a single sport. It's a terrible idea.
You are so full of crap. I love it when you say you haven't seen an injury in youth football. The prior post said it all. You must coach in the lingerie football league!
