What Are Some Advantages and Disadvantages of Summer Sports Programs (Pop Warner football, AAU Basketball, Baseball, and Others)?
• “The advantages: It occupies a large amount of time and lessens the opportunity of trouble of an idle mind. It exposes them to college programs from all over the country. It provides them the opportunity to compete against the best athletes in the country. Disadvantages: It occupies a large amount of their time in some instances causing burn-out. Some develop a ‘superstar’ complex and they–as well as their parents–deem they are better than they actually are.” • “He plays AAU basketball. One disadvantage is the inability to work a job during the summer. He would like to work, but he travels every weekend for the duration of the summer for tournaments and camps. During the week when he is home, he’s working on his game. There is free time here and there to just be a kid, but for the most part, he’s busy year round. Another disadvantage is not being able to play any spring sports because AAU starts as early as March, and some programs start practicing as soon as high school season is
