Thanks for the sports

I wouldn’t call us a super sporty family but we’ve tried out our share of sports. When the big kids were little they tried soccer, baseball, dance, gymnastics, and wrestling. As they got older (and we added more kids) we settled into cross-country, track, and swim. And a basketball league at church in the winter (volleyball last year). Sometimes I feel a little bit guilty for not diversifying more. Other times I feel pretty proud of myself for managing to enroll them all in sports where all of them practice and compete at the same time in the same place. 

Would I recommend track meets for efficiency… no. Those are long. 😂 especially if you have a wide age range and a wide range of events… BUT, overall it’s still pretty efficient when you consider the weekly to daily practices all being in one spot at one time. (High school is separate from the youth club, but that’s also easy… at school, right after school.) I still think running and swimming are pretty great sports for them to carry into the rest of their lives. They’re all very flexible in terms of what amount of time and effort you want to put in, you can set your own goals and hit your own PRs, and there’s usually room for everyone who wants to participate. And last but not at all least, I love love love the coaches (including the teen coaches for the littlest kids and the coaching opportunities for my own teens) and the communities that come with these particular sports. ❤️