Children's sports schedules are crazy. I just paid Noah's AAU basketball fees right after Thanksgiving to the tune of nearly $150.00, and tonight I have to go sign him up for Little League. Then they have tryouts in January and practices start the first of March which is right after the basketball end of season tournament. Football sign-ups are in April with tryouts in May, gear hand-out the last weekend of July, and practices every day for three hours starting August 1st. The month of July is the only month without sports for Noah.
Basketball has the most reasonable schedule. Tryouts in October, practices start in November and the season starts Thanksgiving weekend. I don't understand why baseball sign ups are so early this year. Maybe the league is afraid they'll lose kids to the new arena football league that has sign ups in February, so they're trying to get kids to commit to baseball early. That's the only explanation that makes sense. I think this might be Noah's last year of baseball. He's toying with the idea of participating in track next year when he's old enough to do middle school sports. He'd like to try shotput and discus.
I guess our sports commitments mirror the holidays. Some stores are already marking down their Christmas decor and it's only the first week of December. They have to make way for the Valentine's stuff.
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You guys and your crazy sports schedules! I guess we'll have to plan a visit sometime in July!
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