We live in a youth sports obsessed town. The amount of time and resources that parents dedicate to this is astounding. I mostly mean the pressure to join elite clubs and attend tournaments across the country every week. And only a handful of students get recruited by jr/sr year. Part of it is burn-out and maybe part of it is inherent talent that some kids just possess. Injuries can be devastating. It is also interesting to see how a single person (coach) can wield so much power in the whole process.
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