8U commitment vs development (multiple sports)
My son's travel 8U coach (will move to 9U kids pitch next season) told everyone that if any kids is doing another travel/rec sport they can't keep their spot in the team. I'm strong against specializing kids at this age into one sport for many reason, but it looks like many teams/coaches/families around here have similar view. Since I do want my son to play both baseball and another sport at the travel level, which he's able to, it comes down to either 1) I lie to the team, play both and have to deal with practice and games that happens at the same day/time or 2) do what I don't want and take the opportunity from my kid to experience both world. Has anyone experienced something similar and had to make this decision? Any ideas what should I think about in general? Appreciate the feedback.