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discus_sam
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Hey, I was wondering what some of your thoughts are on the sports
homeschoolers play. Obviously town leagues are a great opportunity for
homeschooled kids to be active, and meet people. I'm fairly new to this
community, so I'm probably repeating someone's question (sorry if I am),
but what other type of sports activities/leagues are good for homeschooled
kids?
Thanks!
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CNBarnes
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The "best" sport is the one that the kid has an interest in.
Meaning (to answer your question directly), there is no such thing as a 'good sport' (or conversely, a 'bad sport').
My kids (all girls) played a variety of community sports when they were young (5-10). This included Upward basketball, pony league fast pitch softball, pony league soccer.
When they got older (junior high, then high school) , we (meaning my wife & I and 2 other hs parents) formed a homeschool athletic program to play competitive basketball. We played other homeschool teams, private schools, & public schools (we counted as a non-district game for them). At the end of the year, we participated in homeschool state & national tournaments (yes, the big one in OKC).
Over time, this was expanded to include girls' volleyball, girls fastpitch softball, cheerleading, baseball, & 6-man football. Basically, we expanded into whatever sport a KID showed an interest in.
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Wow I love your idea about forming a homeschool athletic program and
playing other homeschool teams, private school teams, and public school
teams! Is this common? I have never thought or heard of anyone doing
that, but it's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. Thank you!
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Judging by the number of teams going to the Homeschool Basketball National Tournament was 344 teams (which used to be in OKC, but I think is now in KC), I would say "yes, it's fairly common".
Note that if you are starting from scratch, it can be a major undertaking.
If you're starting from something that already exists, there are "other battles" to contend with (ie. the nuts & bolts about how to do things).
Having done both, my preference is to start from scratch.. 
If you're interested, I would be more than happy to share my experiences... (this is something I have a particular passion for).
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All kinds of sports ;)
Just for example we do:
Year Round:
- Gymnastics
- Swimming
Seasonal:
- Soccer
- Snowboarding
- Basketball
- Baseball
- Sailing
We'd LIKE to do Aikido, but we just don't have the time. We try and keep it
down to 1 outside lesson a day, and two tops (this happens when we have
one academic outside class and one sport that fall on the same day).
One more of the many great things about HS'ing... we have the TIME to do
all of these things. Our outside class schedule right now goes like this:
- Monday : Art & Swimming
- Tuesday: Gymnastics
- Wed : Snowboarding
- Thurs : Music & Gymnastics
- Fri : Snowboarding
Soccer, Basketball, Baseball, & Sailing we do through the city (the upper
levels have the REALLY competitive leagues...This is where the all-star
teams are, that the highschool kids compete to get on... the kind that
have college scouts at the games, and that are by try-out & invitation
only. They also have the rec version, but the top varsity players at the
highschools, all compete to get onto these teams. We're in the younger
set... <grinning> We don't even officially keep score yet. (Not until the
kids are 8 and up). These 4 only cost $60 each for 3.5 months.
Swimming we pay out of pocket for (full price, $3 a day).
Gymnastics we get a %25 Homeschool Discount ($40 a month for twice a
week)
Snowboarding we have a screaming deal: The Pass caught on awhile back
that we homeschoolers are available during the school week. For their 6
week session...We get 4 hours of lessons on a schoolday, a season pass,
and a whopping %40 discount off of rental gear... all for what other
parents pay for 6 weeks of a one hour lessons on the weekend, with no
extras (like the pass) attached. Our pass is a M-F only, wouldn't do them
any good anyway. Since everything is for the whole season, we can
literally pack up our books/laptops and do our schoolwork during hot
cocoa breaks, and only be out about $5 in gas for the whole day. So some
weeks we can be in the mountains 5 days a week, or other weeks just
once for lessons... but we're usually up there twice a week.
But that's just us. Many homeschoolers I know do:
- Martial Arts
- Horseback Riding
- Xcountry
- Track
- Tennis
- Fencing
- Crew
- Lacrosse
- Football
- Polo
- Skiing
- heck... you name it
The list goes on.
One thing that we may have the PS system to thank for, is that they've cut
SO so many of their sports (and arts & music), that it's very very easy to
find them outside of schools (their old coaches and teachers still needed
to jobs, they're just working privately now). And in some cities (like mine)
the serious teamsports -that PS schools still have- are actually the city
leagues these days. The city leagues are the ones with the coaches,
assistant coaches, travel budgets, etc.
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My city actually has enough home school kids we have formed a team. It gives moms a chance to share teaching methods while the kids play sports in the local rec leagues.
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