by GRIDIRON GURU » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:57 am
Shocker wrote:I think that track is important for building a good overall athletic program, but so is baseball. The key is to keep the kids in a sport all year long, no matter which sport it is. In the successful programs, the same kids seem to reappear in every sports season. By being on a team year-round, it forces them to be active and improves their overall athletic ability. I have known a lot of kids that "take a sport off to focus on another one", but what usually seems to happen is that they end up sitting around more and would have been better off playing year-round.
I agree 100%.
No way are some of the one sport athletes on the practice court or field or track as much as they would if they were a multi sport athlete.
"One thing you have to remember Bobby, soccer was invented in europe by women, so they would have something to do while the men stayed home and did the dishes"
Hank Hill