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buckybadger wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Stanley wrote:</div>
He didn’t play fall ball. Chose football instead but said this is his last year of football so maybe next year. His favorite sport is wrestling with baseball becoming a close second now lately the more he plays. He has an arm and throws upper 50’s but not much control. He played infield all last season with mostly catcher by the end of the season.

Have him play football. I hate sport specialization.

As someone who has coached at the varsity level – multisport athletes generally learn concepts faster, have more rounded coordination and athleticism, learn time management, and are often easier to coach in general.

Right now he is a 3 sport athlete. He’s quitting football because he’s 5ft 95lbs and the smallest kid on the team.

2 years ago the leading rusher in the state of WI (for all divisions) was 5’7, 170# from a small rural town – Durand.

He wasn’t 100# in 8th grade and had multiple offers to play Division 2 football after graduating.

…an extreme example but size is far from everything.

I’m glad to hear your kid is involved in a lot. It pays dividends in the long run!

A speaker at a recent clinic I was at said it best by saying “The more your kids are involved in, the sooner they will be off your payroll” in a presentation to athletes’ parents