How Jamie Boeheim Fell Out Of Love With Playing Basketball

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[sufandu]

I'm surprised we don't hear more stories like this. As a kid I'd play pick up ball all summer and be ready for a break come the fall, looking forward to playing backyard football, and I didn't even play either one in an organized fashion. Kids that specialize and play year round starting before their teens have to get burned out.

 

[Ozone!]

Good for you, Jamie!

 

[Orangezoo]

Great read. In some ways this sort of captures why the current trends of kids being willing to go straight to a pro/semi pro league or are quick to the portal. It's about reaching that ultimate goal and/or finding a situation where the game/situation creates joy as opposed to stress, burnout and resentment and doing so as soon as it's possible.

This sentiment grows ever more significant with the younger generations these days too.

 

[NCo’range]

Thanks for this article.
I knew she was playing Div.III but had heard nothing about her status.
I really respect her strength to go in a different direction than the one everybody else thought she would travel.
Oh, and nice move JB to make her shoot the foul shots in front of the mens team at a point when her confidence level was at a low point.
Or, in a strange JB way, did he help her realize that it wasn’t for her?
Hmmmm…

 

[MSOrange]

 

[MSOrange]

 

[Ozone!]

Buddy,
Your mother raised you to be classy!

 

[Forza Azzurri]

I'm surprised we don't hear more stories like this. As a kid I'd play pick up ball all summer and be ready for a break come the fall, looking forward to playing backyard football, and I didn't even play either one in an organized fashion. Kids that specialize and play year round starting before their teens have to get burned out.

Has really accelerated over the last decade.

In the pay for play model, the more you play, the more I get paid.

So, trainers have a strong economic incentive to get kids to practice\play as much as possible.

Most club sports are now year-round and teams tell kids, and parents, that their sport has to be the priority year-round.

The carrot they dangle is scholarships. The stick is that "your kid will be left behind" if he\she doesn't play year-round.

There are a whole host of consequences: burnout, injuries from using the same muscles all the time, pressure applied by parents to kids given the huge sums that are spent between, practice, games, tournaments, airfare, hotels; kids not wanting to disappoint their parents etc.

It sucks.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Haven’t read yet but was one of the reasons dad expecting her to get the Buddy and Jimmy haircut?

 

[richmondcuse03]

Agree. It was a good read. Not every one can manage the pressure and anxiety that comes with playing sports 12 months a year. Glad she's doing what makes her happy and was raised to be an independent woman who felt confident in making that decision on her own.

 

[Irt4su]

Does she have eligibility left? If so, portal time!

 

[llandz]

I loved reading this. Saw it early this morning before heading out for the day. Great story.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

Lots of people love the game routines and practice as much as playing. Everyones different though some people like to always be in a pack and some of us are introverted and college team sports would be too much 'team' with not much 'me time.' Theres always people to play sports with at college you don't even have to be on the team.

 

[AlaskaSU]

How much pressure can there be in womens div lll at 12 minutes per game? Rochester is not the big stage. The time committment was not worth it. She has other priorities. I understand that. At div lll you have to love the game. There is no future paycheck and no stardom.

 

[OrangeDW]

Year round ORGANIZED sports and these stupid “trainers” can kick rocks.

Play for your school during the season, attend a couple camps and then workout and play pickup on your own the rest of the year.

AAU/trainers is largely a racket.

 

[two3zone]

How much pressure can there be in womens div lll at 12 minutes per game? Rochester is not the big stage. The time committment was not worth it. She has other priorities. I understand that. At div lll you have to love the game. There is no future paycheck and no stardom.

Don’t disagree, but the last name probably adds quite a bit of pressure.

 

[HoustonCuse]

The carrot they dangle is scholarships. The stick is that "your kid will be left behind" if he\she doesn't play year-round.
It sucks.

Technically the stick isn’t really anything. The stick is what holds up the carrot, not some device that punishes the donkey for not following instructions.

 

[elimunelson]

Good article but feel like there’s a part of the story missing. I see someone who is part of a basketball family deciding it’s not for her? Staying w the program to be the time keeper would tell me she liked being around the team.

Why is that news worthy at all? Is there pressure w both brothers aT SU now?

 

[br801]

Good article but feel like there’s a part of the story missing. I see someone who is part of a basketball family deciding it’s not for her? Staying w the program to be the time keeper would tell me she liked being around the team.

Why is that news worthy at all? Is there pressure w both brothers aT SU now?

Nothing is missing. She stopped playing long before her brothers were both playing for SU. She chose not to be defined by basketball. Good for her.

 

[Forza Azzurri]

Technically the stick isn’t really anything. The stick is what holds up the carrot, not some device that punishes the donkey for not following instructions.

There are two sticks.

 

[Forza Azzurri]

Year round ORGANIZED sports and these stupid “trainers” can kick rocks.

Play for your school during the season, attend a couple camps and then workout and play pickup on your own the rest of the year.

AAU/trainers is largely a racket.

Agreed 100%, especially at pre-high school ages.

Unfortunately, for kids who want to play a sport in college, it becomes a necessity to be seen. Nobody comes to watch high school games.

 

[elimunelson]

Nothing is missing. She stopped playing long before her brothers were both playing for SU. She chose not to be defined by basketball. Good for her.

I get it and that's a great decision by her to not follow her non passion. But I wonder if she reached out to tell this story or someone pinged her. I just think Jamie would want to remain private since all she did was stop doing something she didn't like doing.

 

[sufandu]

I get it and that's a great decision by her to not follow her non passion. But I wonder if she reached out to tell this story or someone pinged her. I just think Jamie would want to remain private since all she did was stop doing something she didn't like doing.

I would guess someone contacted her. She probably thought it was a good idea to clear up any misconceptions and also encourage any other young athletes feeling similar pressures from outside influences to keep doing something they didn't care about.