My son wants to play in 2 football leagues simutaneously. Thoughts?

[ColoradoHusk]

If you limit the amount he plays for both teams, I don't see the problem.

I don't think I would let him play both Offense and Defense for both teams.

If I was a coach of one of the teams, I would be like "what, you can't give 100% for our team, because you are on this other team?" I agree with Teach on this subject, he should pick one team and commit fully to it.

 

[BigRedBuster]

I would say absolutely not. Now, admittedly, I have real issues with the direction kids sports are going. I think kids are convinced to play too much. Sound stupid? Look at the level of burn out of kids in various sports along with the amount of injuries kids are having younger and younger.

We had a very good AD here the last few years and he totally agreed with me and this is a guy that sports is his life.

It's good when kids get to the end of a season and WANT to play more. It's bad when they are worn out and ready for the season to be over because they are tired of playing.

My girls stopped playing softball for this reason. Softball is just plain evil around here. I went through a period where I would watch the team play at the end of club softball and they didn't give a rip anymore. THEN, the parents would get together and claim they needed to play even more tournaments next year. I said flat out NO and I was looked at as an idiot.

I'll guarantee you that as long as your kid is playing, he isn't going to be noticeably better in HS by playing two leagues instead of just the one. And, by playing just the one, he will be committed to that team, have less burnout and less chance of injury.

 

[killer cacti]

I'd hold out. Kids bodies aren't fully developed. I kinda look at it as teaching a 12 year old to throw a curveball. Sure he'll dominate at the time, but all that abuse on his arm and having Tommy John's surgery before he's 20 isn't worth it. There's a reason football games are only played once a week, the body needs to recover, especially a developing kid's body.

Is there any reason why you would go with the rec league over the school? My school would start teaching the plays in middle school that we ran in high school, so we had them down after 5 years of running them.

 

[ColoradoHusk]

I'd hold out. Kids bodies aren't fully developed. I kinda look at it as teaching a 12 year old to throw a curveball. Sure he'll dominate at the time, but all that abuse on his arm and having Tommy John's surgery before he's 20 isn't worth it. There's a reason football games are only played once a week, the body needs to recover, especially a developing kid's body.

Is there any reason why you would go with the rec league over the school? My school would start teaching the plays in middle school that we ran in high school, so we had them down after 5 years of running them.

Of course, there are jack-wagons who have their teenage kids have voluntarily Tommy John surgery so their elbow ligaments are "tighter" and the kid can now "throw harder". http://www.wired.com...eenage-pitcher/

 

[JJ Husker]

If you limit the amount he plays for both teams, I don't see the problem.

I don't think I would let him play both Offense and Defense for both teams.

What? No double duty iron man ball? What a buzz kill.