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[QUOTE="Cheriehoop, post: 896486, member: 127"]
What's even sadder is that many high school coaches require their players to play their sport out of season to stay on the team. In fact many youth leagues with kids as young as 10 have to choose playing in multiple seasons (like soccer - fall/spring) to play on a sports' elite team. Many kids are forced to choose way too young what sport they like or will excel at.

I know a young man, a sophomore at the time,  an excellent pitcher on his local varsity AA baseball high school team. He loved baseball but also loved and excelled in hockey. He was named to some prestigious Jr Olympic team in hockey that required him to miss high school baseball preseason workouts for 2 weeks while he traveled to Colorado before his sophomore year. His high school baseball coach 1st year coach too) said that there were no exceptions for any player who missed any of the pre-season workouts. They could not tryout.  It was a once in a lifetime type opportunity but was forced to quit baseball for this hockey opportunity. He had been a starting pitcher on varsity team his freshman year yet his young career was over. Sad.

So until high schools/youth coaches change from discouraging and out right preventing players from competing in other sports - any college changes would make, may be too late for a number of young athletes.
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