It hurts the quality of the rec league, but now you don’t have some 5’10” 12-year old pitching 70 mph against a kid who

Jan 25, 2023
9:19:48am

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Club sports have definitely hurt rec sports, but another reason for youth sports tanking is lack of participation

shimmy post à la mode scholar

1/25/23 12:10am

I like club but do think it’s a bit over kill

Dr MoBYU

1/25/23 12:19am

A lot of that depends on the club IMHO. There are a lot of great clubs that get it right. My son's baseball is overkill,

shimmy

1/25/23 12:26am

I don't believe Club sports have hurt Rec sports at all.

ManicBlue

1/25/23 1:03am

Taking those club kids out of the Rex leagues has definitely hurt them

Memmo

1/25/23 8:41am

It hurts the quality of the rec league, but now you don’t have some 5’10” 12-year old pitching 70 mph against a kid who

Odysseus

1/25/23 9:19am

Impromptu tackle football in middle school, pickup boxing, riding bikes around,

calvindyer

1/25/23 1:20am

I think the issue is time commitment

Xenon

1/25/23 5:11am

This is not my experience at all

gww687

1/25/23 5:58am

The rec leagues are hot garbage. Club teams are the only way to get any coaching

Swish

1/25/23 6:23am

I wish my kids loved playing sports like I do.

JoeExotic

1/25/23 6:24am

The key is to withhold your love and praise for everything but winning sports.

shimmy

1/25/23 6:25am

I told my son yoga is for girls not men.

JoeExotic

1/25/23 6:27am

We live in a small town, I have my daughter play rec softball and she travels.

brickwall

1/25/23 6:26am

I'll add one thing: Parents are not spending any time with their kids playing

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