I also hate high school sports. I know this is heresy and there are those on other boards who would jump down my throat for saying that. DD has started a sport this year and is enjoying it--that's great. BUT really, is there any reason that this $@#%$^ sport has to practice 3 hours/day 6 days/week? I honestly don't think that much practice time is necessary for anyone every day and I think it's just a macho thing. It makes it flat out impossible for dd to continue with other activities that she's really enjoyed, some of which she's excelled at, and it intereferes with religious practice on weekends for EVERYONE. I have to bite my tongue because she's enjoying this but I am not. I have no idea how she will manage this in conjunction with academic demands and other commitments. It just seems really unreasonable and the time commitment excessive for a jv beginning team.
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And yes, this is too much. Maybe start before school starts, but really? But then, that is why we do a non-competitive soccer group - so that I don't have to take kids to three different fields each Saturday and spend my whole time running around.
Ramona Mom to 2 great kids and wife to one wonderful hubby since 1990!
Well, I don't blame you. That is a ridiculous time commitment.
DD hasn't been able to be on either the volleyball or tennis teams in HS because it would mean giving up everything else she enjoys. Kids shouldn't have to make that kind of trade-off when they're not going to be trying for athletic scholarships.
Another voice saying, "yep, hate it!" With my dds it was show choir in HS (they were #1 in the nation 2 out of 3 years for dd19) and for ds12 it is Cross Country.
I think a lot depends on the academic load as well. At ds's middle school, the gifted program can easily take hours of work every night and more on the weekend. The "reg-ed" kids, as the teachers call them, often have NO homework. It irks me to no end. These kids are supposed to have more appropriate work, not MORE work. Ds also does a lot of extracurriculars and it only works because he's very organized, he ends up having no social life during school, and we all work together (and I don't mean that in a "isn't this wonderful" kind of way... I mean that in a "geez, it takes an entire family to get this kid through 7th grade" kind of way).
It's not like we're doing his homework for him, but it's that Friday I got a variety of books for his research project at the library, Sunday I stayed home from ds10's baseball game to help him with citations (he had questions), I shopped over the weekend for jeans without him (none of them fit, so now I take them back) and I do end up going to every CC meet, so perhaps I can pull him early after 7th grade runs, and the meet only takes 2-2.5 hours instead of 3.5 hours if he waits and takes the bus. It is JUST TOO MUCH! But, at the same time, I'm so happy he's exercising and staying fit so I don't want to lose that (he's not been my athletic one).
I just don't understand why every sport, every class, every activity, has to be SO MUCH. Honestly, adults would never put up with the schedule a lot of these kids have.
Ramona Mom to 2 great kids and wife to one wonderful hubby since 1990!
Well, today for example. Ds has football from 2:30 to 6:15. Came home ate dinner and is bringing his homework to Boy Scouts. They do miss some club meetings now and then, that is OK. Tomorrow, he has German club before school. Jazz band will start in the winter. He plays in regular band, but opted out of marching band this year. We are always busy. Dd would not finish homework until after midnight usually. She was OK with it, and with her tough classes, sports, music, scouts, clubs and more, she scored a nice scholarship.
Ramona Mom to 2 great kids and wife to one wonderful hubby since 1990!
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