Sports parents are the worst. Just go there and watch the fucking game. If the kid is actually any good and likes it then they'll practice on their own.
So for Grumble, 100% true story from a NYE party last night. Ran in to a couple we used to be close friends with but have rarely seen in the past ~3 years. Their daughter and our daughter also used to be close friends but drifted apart. They are still in the same grade at the same school, HS freshmen this year. No hard feelings, just kids being kids. Their kid went with lacrosse as her sport. We've heard she's pretty good, and her older sister and cousins also played it.
Asking the dad how much he golfs, cause we used to golf together, he says he hasn't played golf in 3 years. Always something with LAX on the weekend. Complaining about tournaments in the Carolinas and other places. Said he just booked $1500 in hotel rooms for 3 big tournaments in the summer and had to do that now because the costs are even worse closer to it. I'm just like, oh man, that stinks, we only had 2 of those for tennis this past year.
Then he proceeds to show me a recruiting video made for the girl which is on YouTube. Showing highlights of her in tournaments. The girl just turned 15 years old and has not played a single minute of high school varsity LAX since it is a spring sport.
If that is the girl's passion and she loves it, ok, cool, that's really awesome she found it and has the talent and her family has the means to support it. A recruiting video prior to your freshman season??? Come the fuck on, that's all on the parents.
Row boat is the best HS sport of all time. I wish I did it. 5 or 6 races in spring. A few in the fall. That’s it. No recruiting videos. Put a good 2 k score on record and call it good. Physics is physics.
I also really like that you don't have to start at age 3 to be good. You can pick it up in HS or college and be good because physics is physics.
The one problem with row boat is the amount of infrastructure and support required for it.
That's the best part (only?) about soccer, requires next to nothing to play. Good compromise is rugby.
Soccer doesn't have a best part. It may have a few tolerable part. Maybe. No, fuck it, it doesnt.
About once year I make this rant. Look at the sports that are on the decline in HS. They tend to be un PC and require the most mental toughness. Football, wrestling, baseball. Lots of failure, lots of tough stretches. No one wants to deal with that. Now look at the sports that are on the rise. They tend to be sports where you can hide and nobody really knows if you failed. Run around for awhile, slide on the ground a couple times and Gramma thinks you did great. Soccer, LaCrosse. I coached HS baseball and football for 15 years. I never saw anyone eat an orange wedge. Ever.
This country is steadily becoming France.
You can't hide as a bad player on the field in lacrosse. The offense will find you.
Otherwise, agree.
And I was talking about chinfrastructure.
I'm sure your right. I know nothing about LaCrosse. I just know its thriving at baseball's expense. I assumed it was like soccer.
And maybe I meant Capri Sons. But still.
I think everything is thriving at baseball's expense because baseball--particularly played by kids--is about the most boring fucking thing that has ever existed. My kids started soccer at 3, basketball at 4, and my son tried two seasons of tee-ball. Very first tee-ball game, I got through three batters, turned to my wife, said, "Fuck this," and headed across the street to fill a couple growlers and grab some keg cups. Ten minutes later, every parent on my son's team is chugging and I'm a hero. "Thank god!"
My wife grew up in a baseball family, and she played softball her whole life. She's hoping my son plays baseball instead of soccer in the spring. Every time she mentions it, I change the subject. Never. Again.
Baseball was great when the alternative was pushing a hoop down the street with a stick. Nowadays, they make high horsepower dirt bikes for four-year-olds. There are five pump tracks for mountain bikes in my small town alone. Football and hockey are more violent than ever due to pushing the boundaries of physics. Video games melt brains they're so good. And I'm supposed to get my kid to enjoy standing in a field scratching his balls for three hours? And enjoy watching that myself?
So for Grumble, 100% true story from a NYE party last night. Ran in to a couple we used to be close friends with but have rarely seen in the past ~3 years. Their daughter and our daughter also used to be close friends but drifted apart. They are still in the same grade at the same school, HS freshmen this year. No hard feelings, just kids being kids. Their kid went with lacrosse as her sport. We've heard she's pretty good, and her older sister and cousins also played it.
Asking the dad how much he golfs, cause we used to golf together, he says he hasn't played golf in 3 years. Always something with LAX on the weekend. Complaining about tournaments in the Carolinas and other places. Said he just booked $1500 in hotel rooms for 3 big tournaments in the summer and had to do that now because the costs are even worse closer to it. I'm just like, oh man, that stinks, we only had 2 of those for tennis this past year.
Then he proceeds to show me a recruiting video made for the girl which is on YouTube. Showing highlights of her in tournaments. The girl just turned 15 years old and has not played a single minute of high school varsity LAX since it is a spring sport.
If that is the girl's passion and she loves it, ok, cool, that's really awesome she found it and has the talent and her family has the means to support it. A recruiting video prior to your freshman season??? Come the fuck on, that's all on the parents.
Row boat is the best HS sport of all time. I wish I did it. 5 or 6 races in spring. A few in the fall. That’s it. No recruiting videos. Put a good 2 k score on record and call it good. Physics is physics.
Genetics is genetics, either have it or not
That’s what I said. Molecules are laws of physics.
Dude I have the prestigious UW education. I thought this falls under biology
So for Grumble, 100% true story from a NYE party last night. Ran in to a couple we used to be close friends with but have rarely seen in the past ~3 years. Their daughter and our daughter also used to be close friends but drifted apart. They are still in the same grade at the same school, HS freshmen this year. No hard feelings, just kids being kids. Their kid went with lacrosse as her sport. We've heard she's pretty good, and her older sister and cousins also played it.
Asking the dad how much he golfs, cause we used to golf together, he says he hasn't played golf in 3 years. Always something with LAX on the weekend. Complaining about tournaments in the Carolinas and other places. Said he just booked $1500 in hotel rooms for 3 big tournaments in the summer and had to do that now because the costs are even worse closer to it. I'm just like, oh man, that stinks, we only had 2 of those for tennis this past year.
Then he proceeds to show me a recruiting video made for the girl which is on YouTube. Showing highlights of her in tournaments. The girl just turned 15 years old and has not played a single minute of high school varsity LAX since it is a spring sport.
If that is the girl's passion and she loves it, ok, cool, that's really awesome she found it and has the talent and her family has the means to support it. A recruiting video prior to your freshman season??? Come the fuck on, that's all on the parents.
Row boat is the best HS sport of all time. I wish I did it. 5 or 6 races in spring. A few in the fall. That’s it. No recruiting videos. Put a good 2 k score on record and call it good. Physics is physics.
Genetics is genetics, either have it or not
That’s what I said. Molecules are laws of physics.
Dude I have the prestigious UW education. I thought this falls under biology
We are made of matter from exploded stars. Physics is the study of matter and how it behaves.
Well, I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him, Tell me, where are you going This he told me Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm Gonna join in a rock and roll band Got to get back to the land and set my soul free We are stardust, we are golden We are billion year old carbon And we got to get ourselves back to the garden Well, then can I roam beside you? I have come to lose the smog, And I feel myself a cog in somethin' turning And maybe it's the time of year Yes and maybe it's the time of man And I don't know who I am But life is for learning We are stardust, we are golden We are billion year old carbon And we got to get ourselves back to the garden We are stardust, we are golden We are billion year old carbon And we got to get…
Well, I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him, Tell me, where are you going This he told me Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm Gonna join in a rock and roll band Got to get back to the land and set my soul free We are stardust, we are golden We are billion year old carbon And we got to get ourselves back to the garden Well, then can I roam beside you? I have come to lose the smog, And I feel myself a cog in somethin' turning And maybe it's the time of year Yes and maybe it's the time of man And I don't know who I am But life is for learning We are stardust, we are golden We are billion year old carbon And we got to get ourselves back to the garden We are stardust, we are golden We are billion year old carbon And we got to get…
So for Grumble, 100% true story from a NYE party last night. Ran in to a couple we used to be close friends with but have rarely seen in the past ~3 years. Their daughter and our daughter also used to be close friends but drifted apart. They are still in the same grade at the same school, HS freshmen this year. No hard feelings, just kids being kids. Their kid went with lacrosse as her sport. We've heard she's pretty good, and her older sister and cousins also played it.
Asking the dad how much he golfs, cause we used to golf together, he says he hasn't played golf in 3 years. Always something with LAX on the weekend. Complaining about tournaments in the Carolinas and other places. Said he just booked $1500 in hotel rooms for 3 big tournaments in the summer and had to do that now because the costs are even worse closer to it. I'm just like, oh man, that stinks, we only had 2 of those for tennis this past year.
Then he proceeds to show me a recruiting video made for the girl which is on YouTube. Showing highlights of her in tournaments. The girl just turned 15 years old and has not played a single minute of high school varsity LAX since it is a spring sport.
If that is the girl's passion and she loves it, ok, cool, that's really awesome she found it and has the talent and her family has the means to support it. A recruiting video prior to your freshman season??? Come the fuck on, that's all on the parents.
Row boat is the best HS sport of all time. I wish I did it. 5 or 6 races in spring. A few in the fall. That’s it. No recruiting videos. Put a good 2 k score on record and call it good. Physics is physics.
I also really like that you don't have to start at age 3 to be good. You can pick it up in HS or college and be good because physics is physics.
The one problem with row boat is the amount of infrastructure and support required for it.
That's the best part (only?) about soccer, requires next to nothing to play. Good compromise is rugby.
Soccer is an easy sport to play when young, but the coaches demand to specialize in it later on and those select teams and camps are really expensive. Anybody playing soccer after about 12 is paying big money.
I know a family who's 3rd grader is playing in-state travel soccer, to tune of $2k+.
a family? as in one?
I know 30. And it's more than $2k when you add in collateral expenses. They'll start getting on planes and traveling to Vegas, Phoenix and San Diego in a couple of seasons from now.
You're very lucky, @Swaye. If she has any athletic talent at all, she'll get a scholly somewhere, thanks to Title IX. Your first job is to teach her that fat women are gross pigs, no matter what they wear and what she sees on TV, and a healthy body is not 300 lbs., plus. Immunize her against that horrendous Body Positivity bullshit as early as you possibly can.
Women Johnny try hards that are competitive women but lack athleticism have a better shot at a scholly than a male would.
If you’re a girl and your dad works on your jumpshot with you from a young age(really a set shot), that girl can get a scholly for hoops when a male that can shoot but has no athleticism won’t get very far.
The sheer numbers favor women too. More males play sports as kids, so if you’re a girl really into sports and in a competitive atmosphere, chances are you can play college ball somewhere.
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If the kid is actually any good and likes it then they'll practice on their own.
My wife grew up in a baseball family, and she played softball her whole life. She's hoping my son plays baseball instead of soccer in the spring. Every time she mentions it, I change the subject. Never. Again.
Baseball was great when the alternative was pushing a hoop down the street with a stick. Nowadays, they make high horsepower dirt bikes for four-year-olds. There are five pump tracks for mountain bikes in my small town alone. Football and hockey are more violent than ever due to pushing the boundaries of physics. Video games melt brains they're so good. And I'm supposed to get my kid to enjoy standing in a field scratching his balls for three hours? And enjoy watching that myself?
And I was THANKFUL for it
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, Tell me, where are you going
This he told me
Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm
Gonna join in a rock and roll band
Got to get back to the land and set my soul free
We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion year old carbon
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden
Well, then can I roam beside you?
I have come to lose the smog,
And I feel myself a cog in somethin' turning
And maybe it's the time of year
Yes and maybe it's the time of man
And I don't know who I am
But life is for learning
We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion year old carbon
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden
We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion year old carbon
And we got to get…
Ok boomer
I know 30. And it's more than $2k when you add in collateral expenses. They'll start getting on planes and traveling to Vegas, Phoenix and San Diego in a couple of seasons from now.
If you’re a girl and your dad works on your jumpshot with you from a young age(really a set shot), that girl can get a scholly for hoops when a male that can shoot but has no athleticism won’t get very far.
The sheer numbers favor women too. More males play sports as kids, so if you’re a girl really into sports and in a competitive atmosphere, chances are you can play college ball somewhere.