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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retired Educator" data-source="post: 152156" data-attributes="member: 3373">I respectively disagree with the idea of young people specializing in one sport. Having been involved in coaching for many years I never found that to be a benefit. At the end of the year, it's not unusual to see many athletes being All-State in more than one sport. Good athletes are good athletes. Even in the larger Class A schools you will find athletes participating in more than one sport. The current most famous from ND, Carson Wentz.You sill find many pro athletes that participated in more than one sport during their HS years. I also found that many college coaches liked athletes at the HS level participating in more than one sport. It often showed ambition and competitiveness.  You can also tell a lot about an athletes ability in FB by watching them run and jump on the BB court. I never thought it took all that much extra time in the off-season. You don't always have to have a bunch of people around to practice or set aside an hour or two per day. You will surprised at how much improvement a BB player would see if they just went to their driveway and shot baskets for 15-30 minutes per day. Doing anything is better than playing video games or watching TV. It doesn't take much, just do something.Do coaches have favorites? I did. My favorites were the players who worked the hardest. It's real difficult to find a coach who doesn't try and put the best players on the field or court. Much easier for a coach to win with the best players participating. Does a name help? Usually. Go to any small town and you will find some families whose names keep popping up in the sports pages. That's usually due to the culture of the family they were raised in. Not every kid is interested in athletics. That's fine. But as it is with any endeavor, the more you put into it, most likely the more you will reap. No different for music or drama. Those are other activities where practice and time outside the classroom is expected. I'm sure no great musician became good by playing their instrument only during the class time in the 9 months that school was in session.I was raised on a farm and worked on that farm. My parents never pushed me in athletics, but they always made sure I was allowed to have the time to participate, and I was a 4-sport athlete. FB, BB, Track, and BasB in the summer. Never remember them being the rah-rah type. They just came to every game, watched and we went home with the usual "Nice game." Never complained about the coach, never coached me, never explained what I was doing wrong. Just fans who enjoyed sports and watching their son play. Also had several cousins in the same boat. I was lucky.</blockquote>

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