Crazy to see parents push kids to participate in sports at such a young age plus playing one sport for an entire year. Professional athletes do not even participate year round. Best thing to do is allow them to participate in multiple sports but be mindful of the coaches that do not know jack about the youth sport they are coaching. A bad coach can turn a kid away or hurt a kid in the future with the way they teach them to perform certain motions. Biggest thing I see year end and year out is kids who are injured before the season even starts here at the school I work at. Mainly in baseball and softball due to the kids playing throughout the summer and winter then taking a week or two off then playing high school ball. I have talked to some kids with recurrent shoulder and elbow problems and they have been playing baseball softball year round since 8 years old. Thank goodness we have a decent baseball staff here and the coaches do not preach year round baseball and know what the heck they are doing. Yet some parents think that there kid has to play one sport year round.
“Duck hunting gives a man a chance to see the loneliest places …blinds washed by a rolling surf, blue and gold autumn marshes, …a rice field in the rain, flooded pin-oak forests or any remote river delta. In duck hunting the scene is as important as the shooting.” ~ Erwin Bauer, The Duck Hunter’s Bible, 1965
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