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Post by Soccerhouse on May 1, 2017 9:15:52 GMT -5
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Post by mightydawg on May 1, 2017 9:47:50 GMT -5
Does running track really count as being a multi-sport athlete? Seems like the same skill set as football--play football in the fall and run track in the spring to stay in shape. It would be similar to saying that a cross country runner in the fall and soccer player in the spring is a multi-sport athlete.
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Post by jash on May 1, 2017 12:33:29 GMT -5
Disclaimer, I didn't have time to read the articles, but perhaps the tail wags the dog here. They are multisport because they are tremendous athletes and a huge asset to their school's teams. They aren't necessarily great athletes because they are multisport.
I'm not arguing against a non-specializing approach, but there is a risk of causation/correlation confusion here, perhaps.
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Post by Soccerhouse on May 1, 2017 12:40:49 GMT -5
A lot of it is the nature of football being a "seasonal" sport where kids can play a winter and then a spring sport and like you said, we are talking about some seriously freakish athletic ability for a lot of these guys.
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Post by mightydawg on May 1, 2017 15:40:06 GMT -5
I am fully in support of multi-sport athletes. Kids specialize way too early these days. I hate it. Kids ought to play as several different sports because the skills that are taught in one sport translate to other sports and make for better athletes. Basketball is the perfect compliment to soccer.
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Post by guest on May 2, 2017 8:20:28 GMT -5
Lacrosse! It's like soccer...with weapons! Too bad they're both spring sports.
We would have liked to play a second HS sport in the fall. Unfortunately, we could not make it work with club soccer. The HS sport said you must make 90% of practices and cannot miss a meet. So 5 days a week of HS practice plus 3 days a week club soccer, plus any extra training. That's tough. But the deal breaker was the games on Sat. If you miss one HS meet due to a club soccer match then you're out. Really hard to play club soccer and play in a 2nd HS sport.
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Post by guest on May 2, 2017 8:23:37 GMT -5
Also note that there is no "Club" football. HS football is IT. Makes it easy to play another HS sport.
Nobody gets recruited out of HS soccer or volleyball or swimming, etc.
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Post by mightydawg on May 2, 2017 11:00:41 GMT -5
Also note that there is no "Club" football. HS football is IT. Makes it easy to play another HS sport.
Nobody gets recruited out of HS soccer or volleyball or swimming, etc. You can throw basketball in the same boat. Most kids are recruited out of AAU instead of high school these days. Football may be the only sport that recruiting is done through the high school and that is changing with 7 v. 7 teams.
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Post by soccerlegacy on May 5, 2017 14:33:15 GMT -5
I am fully in support of multi-sport athletes. Kids specialize way too early these days. I hate it. Kids ought to play as several different sports because the skills that are taught in one sport translate to other sports and make for better athletes. Basketball is the perfect compliment to soccer. Agreed! It is sad that in today's world, kids don't get the experience of other sports, gaining other friendships, etc. And it truly does help to translate into the other sports. Another thing that has changed since I played multiple sports growing up, is the year long commitment that you have to make with soccer clubs. I used to be able to play football in the fall and sign up for club soccer in the spring (at the select level, even) without having to commit to a full years worth of money. Most of my soccer buddies did play year 'round, but if you were good enough to make it on the team, you could do what I did and just play in the spring season.
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