A Ridiculous % Of Parents Think Their Kids Will Be Pro Athletes

I think those numbers are low for Louisiana.
Judging by some of the parents that I know in baseball and softball.

As someone who played D1, has a kid in a major d1 program now, and had another going to play, let me say that the journey is the goal. Make it fun. Ages 6-12 fun should be the goal, teach them skills and don’t make it about performance at all. 12-15 work. Get into a routine, introduce weights, create a regimen. Age 15+ it’s time to compete.

In my experience observing people do the exact opposite.

And fwiw pro level is an entirely different level people just don’t understand.

Man, it's these travel ball clubs for ALL Sports that have these kids and parents gaslighting themselves. Meanwhile to the tune of 1-5k a year.
Had those parents just put that in savings, college or whatever could be paid for for 1 kid in a decade.

Well, remember that video games are a sport now at D-1 colleges, and breakdancing is in the Olympics.

If you dealt with idiotic parents today like I do, then you would definitely believe these numbers. They are so delusional it's not even funny. Even the dorks and non athletes have parents that believe their kids are all everything in any sport.

It’s awesome to encourage your kid to be great and aim for the stars, but it seems a lot of these parents will blame society coaches, and everybody else after their kid doesn’t become an Olympian

My concrete finisher said lil Jose gonna sign with the Mexican Football League in 15yrs. He had me confused, and then explained the Cartel will eventually start one with all their money. I said “dafuq!”

Source the study. I call BS

20% general pop
100% travel ballers

How many of these people have them running stadiums 3 days a week and lifting 5 days a week. Then wind sprints on weekend mornings? Not starting them at 4-5 years old is planning to fail.

Somebody is gonna win. Might as well be you.

I used to blame Gen X parents for this type of thing, but Millennial parents are doing the exact same thing.

The definition of a professional, is someone that gets paid to do a certain task. So, it’s not far fetched to say, you could be a professional athlete and not even at the the D1 level.

When my oldest son was playing youth sports there was a kid everyone he's gonna be a pro. Turns out they were right. It was Quentin Jammer. He's from an athletic family. Half brother is Quandre Diggs and his cousin is Cam Ward.

And no one can find the "study." Hmmm.

The world we live in gang.

Anybody named Jayden, Kayden etc, especially in Louisiana, thinks their kids will be starting shortstop for LSU at a very minimal.

This is why kids get burned out in sports, parents who live vicariously through their children and force them to do things they don't want to do. It's the complete opposite of what they actually want. I see it all too often.

This is why kids get burned out in sports, parents who live vicariously through their children and force them to do things they don't want to do. It's the complete opposite of what they actually want. I see it all too often.

Half of the ones that might "make it" are so burned out by the time it happens, they don't even want to. Too much pressure, not enough time away from the sport. It's crazy out there.