Not necessarily a good thing, in my opinion. Playing a sport "year round" is ok, but limiting oneself to one sport for the sake of trying to get a scholarship is a bit short sighted in my opinion. But, to each his/her own.

 

Different thread, but as I stated...extremely gifted athletes are naturals at any sport, can play multiple sports at an A level, recruitment comes. But those athletes are few and far between. For the ones a notch below that gifted level, focusing just on one sport year 'round is the better route. Better to be an A player at 1 sport than to be a B in 2.

What about Mercer County freshman class of Seygan Robins around 15ppg already has offer from Central Florida and has attention of UK and UL. They also have a few other freshman like Emma Davis, Faith Lake, Lexy Lake and Emmy Souder all are Freshman and get significant playing time on a team that is 18-3 and in top 20! I wonder if there is a better freshman class on one team in the state? Bright future!

No love for Mackenzie Scharwber? Also from Legacy!

Amaya Lasley (South Warren) puts up 14.3 ppg for a 16-4 team playing a strong schedule.

Maybe players want to go on vacations with the family, spend time with friends and focus on school. Life is not all about sports. What are you going to remember when you are older? The amazing vacation to Mexico with your family or basketball practice. Nothing wrong with playing one sport. Too much emphasis on playing multiple sports. These kids need to do what makes them happy, not what makes parents and coaches happy!!

I think the emphasis is too much toward playing one sport not the other way around. Of course, the one sport has to be played year around.

 

I do agree with you regarding what these kids are going to remember when they grow up. Not to mention how sick they may be of the sport the played for 10+ years and well over 1000 games. Some parents are going to regret not having those family memory's. I also worry about the wear and tear on their bodies

Not necessarily a good thing, in my opinion. Playing a sport "year round" is ok, but limiting oneself to one sport for the sake of trying to get a scholarship is a bit short sighted in my opinion. But, to each his/her own.

 

I would tend to agree with you. However, I believe that it's got a lot to do with some (not all) of the coaches in the different sports in the high schools. Most have off season workouts, conditioning, skills training etc.. that start a few days to just weeks after their season ends. And I know first hand and have also been told of coaches that look at the kids that don't participate for whatever reason, (playing another sport-just taking time off-working etc..) as not being committed. But it's not like this is something new.. I had a brother-inlaw that was a stud basketball player in the mid '90s and also a very good football and baseball player that was told by the head basketball coach at the high school (rhymes with Mov. Math. Lol) to give up the other 2 sports or he couldn't use him. He didn't and won a state football championship and was all region in baseball. So I think a lot of the high school coaches are putting pressure on some of these kids to pick 1 sport sometimes. You are right in that some kids do focus on one sport in hopes of getting a scholarship, but there are some (my daughter) that choose to focus on 1 sport purely for the love of the game. She does have aspirations of playing college ball, so she chooses to work on her game year round to better herself. My wife and I support her 100% because it's HER CHOICE..

I believe football and basketball cannot be compared when it comes to multi sport athletes. Once kids are in high school, the HS football team is all there is, no AAU for football. Let's see Urban's numbers compared to Duke, Ky, UNC basketball reccruits. I'm sure the recruits for these schools are exclusively one sport athletes, with a few exceptions, of course.

Just read an article by Urban Meyer. Out of 47 of his recruits, 42 were more than 1 sport and 5 were football only. Very interesting to hear that.

I would tend to agree with you. However, I believe that it's got a lot to do with some (not all) of the coaches in the different sports in the high schools. Most have off season workouts, conditioning, skills training etc.. that start a few days to just weeks after their season ends. And I know first hand and have also been told of coaches that look at the kids that don't participate for whatever reason, (playing another sport-just taking time off-working etc..) as not being committed. But it's not like this is something new.. I had a brother-inlaw that was a stud basketball player in the mid '90s and also a very good football and baseball player that was told by the head basketball coach at the high school (rhymes with Mov. Math. Lol) to give up the other 2 sports or he couldn't use him. He didn't and won a state football championship and was all region in baseball. So I think a lot of the high school coaches are putting pressure on some of these kids to pick 1 sport sometimes. You are right in that some kids do focus on one sport in hopes of getting a scholarship, but there are some (my daughter) that choose to focus on 1 sport purely for the love of the game. She does have aspirations of playing college ball, so she chooses to work on her game year round to better herself. My wife and I support her 100% because it's HER CHOICE..

 

Doing the "year round" thing in a sport is tough enough for sure, much less trying to play a "second" sport too. Luckily, my kids have been able to do both, and it has involved some sacrifice for sure. But, my kids have enjoyed it, and that's what matters.

Bailee Harney (Muhlenberg County). PG averages 15.1. Muhlenberg will play 5 Top 20 teams in the State this year, including E-Town and Henderson. Very Young Team

Alexis Nelson, a freshman at St. Francis in Louisville, was averaging 29.2 points per game when the KHSAA released its first numbers. She may have gone up since then; she had 45 points in a game last night.