ISL Soccer - how difficult to make the team?

Happytimes2001
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:11:31 +0000

Often something has to give. With my kid who was good though not great at their sport, it was the club team. One cannot do the highest level classes, join clubs, do other EC’s and also do games/tournaments every weekend and still sleep.

There was a total number of zero kids in ALL the highest level classes and that also did the club team. That’s not indicative for all but I’d guess many kids have to find a balance between class rigor and sports especially if they are at a very high level and traveling.

Kids can burn out. I’m thankful my kid realized after the first year that Club had to be dropped. Varsity sports was possible but doing a single sport all year round wasn’t that balanced in their opinion. YMMV.

We have seen kids who are very successful at their sport (which seems to be a singular focus) and academics. These kids often don’t do many social/other activities at school. There are also kids who do professional theater etc. These kids miss a lot of the social activities which happen on weekends.