<p>Do colleges see playing basketball, football, soccer, baseball/softball, and other sports like this as better than running track, XC, swimming, golf, etc. At a lot of schools they don't even cut kids from track and XC. You have to be half way decent to make a varsity basketball team. Plus, the time involved in the the former sports is way more than in the latter. Considering that both applicants are not good enough to make the college's teams, do colleges see playing a major sport as better than running track? Should they? I think its kind of unfair that I start in varsity basketball and spend 10 months of the year playing basketball for my high school team, while some of my peers run track and XC for 2.5 months a piece while not training in the offseason.</p>
<p>i doubt it. It all varies by school. At my HS it was very hard to make the CC team, because the CC team has won states for the past 3 years.</p>
<p>...swimming isn't a real sport?...you're joking right? you try swimming under 50secs for a 100yd free.</p>
<p>those sports are just like any other...even without the cut. if you're good, you'll stand out no matter what team you're on. if you're just on there just for name, colleges will probably recognize that if you have nothing to say about the activity.</p>
<p>well i'm JV for CC and i've never won or placed in anything, but our school frequently wins our league..does that count?</p>
<p>I feel insulted when you say track isn't a real sport. You have to be more athletic then anyone else if you want to beat the other team, try running 1 mile under 5 minutes and you'll know how it feels.</p>
<p>I second that.</p>
<p>Okay, can any of you guys make a jump shot? You can't just start playing basketball and expect to be good (unless you're 6'6" or taller). You have to have played since at least 6th grade. I've played basketball since I was 3 years old. How long have you guys been running track or XC? Basketball takes WAYYY more commitment too. I mean, our practices are 2.5 hours and then we lift for 45 minutes. That's 3 hours and 15 minutes. Our XC team practices for one hour. Give me a break. I guess what I'm saying is anybody can start running track or XC and be good, but you can't just step onto a basketball court and be good. Some of the worst athletes at my school run track and XC.</p>
<p>I dont play sports but a lot of my friends do im offended myself...I respect ne one who could play a sport b/c i suck at them!</p>
<p>My swimmer practices 2-3 hrs a day year-round, 6 days a week. And I have a cheerleader who practices with a comp team (nationally ranked) 6 hours a week year round, plus tumbling 1-2 hours a week year round. In season, there is practice closer to 10 hours a week and all the games. THis does not include time running and at the gym working out (weights and all.)</p>
<p>When my kids were young, I told my daughter not to stand on the sidelines and cheer, to participate in the sport. She wanted to cheer. She now has AB's of steel, and muscles definition that amazes many of her guy friends. I had no idea the level of athleticism these competative cheerleaders attain. Her friends who are football and basketball players: many are not on traveling or off season teams or other varsity teams. They practice and play for a season, then are not at it again until the next season. </p>
<p>So be careful (wink) on what you consider a "real" sport. I think in any sport, competing on a team that ends up at a district or regional or state level, or an individual that has some "all-county" or "all-district" recognition is pretty good in ANY sport. </p>
<p>And I agree, track members are no slackers either. </p>
<p>You may need more natural ability to play certain spoorts, but kids without it have to work even harder to participate in certain sports, and they may actually be the truer athlete, given the real work they have to put in.</p>
<p>Funny about peoples perceptions.</p>
<p>wow. I hope you're kidding<br>
10 months? try 12. Seriously... join a local club swim team and come back and tell me this. </p>
<p>23+ hrs p/w during the school year, plus a training trip with 8 hrs of swimming alone (not including stretching, other dryland training) in the first 24 hrs of arriving... plus jet lag. And this is nothing compared to some other teams around. Add that to w/e HS practices and meets there are, because if you want to have a chance at being good at HS swimming you have to be on a club team and swim year round.
A lot of great swimmers in our state don't even bother with HS swimming bc our club coaches don't let us miss practice or anything for HS meets so there are conflicts</p>
<p>How much does our basketball team practice? MAYBE 2 hours a day during the school year, maybe on Saturday once in a while.</p>
<p>Uh start out good? My first 800 time was 3:11. I had to work my *** off for an entire year to get it down to 2:12, which still isn't that great. Sure there are kids who are good at running when they start, but not everyone. Track is still alot of work. Even the people who start good have to work very hard to become the best.</p>
<p>My high school doesn't cut anyone from the football team, so does that mean it doesn't count as a real sport.</p>
<p>Colleges see certain sports as revenue generators to support other sports which are revenue takers. </p>
<p>If a swim team could draw 10,000 paying fans for every meet, swimming would be important to the school. </p>
<p>Importance is based on well a sport is played at a particular school and does it fill the seats and does the alumni support ($$$$) it?</p>
<p>I think what the OP means is that some sports like basketball, soccer, etc. are actually teams that are extremely selective in many schools, and other sports teams aren't selective at all. Therefore, he is comparing the prestige of being on a champion basketball team (that is extremely selective) vs. the prestige of being on a champion swim team (that is not selective; everyone makes the team.).</p>
<p>Please don't take offense; I'm on the swimteam myself so..yeah. The swim team at my school is NOT selective at all; everybody makes the team.</p>
<p>But... not everybody makes the "champion swim team".</p>
<p>speaking of swimming, could anybody tell me what time I need on my 100 yd back to have a shot at being recruited?</p>
<p>track is not a real sport! i run both track and play football. Yes, track is hard and i have felt . But, compared to football it is a walk in the park.</p>
<p>Ok I'm confusing myself. But what can happen sometimes is that you are on a team (i.e. swim) that has some champion swimmers. This team gets dubbed as the champion team. Howevahhh, you may not be the champion....</p>
<p>....Okay ignore what i just said, i am not making sense.</p>
<p>Okay, should it be based on how you perform in your particular sport? For example, if you're a starter on a championship basketball team, wouldn't that look better than being the 10th man on a team with a losing record?</p>
<p>Unless you are good enough to be recruited as an athlete (i.e. nationally ranked, etc.), I don't think it matters what sport you play. If you can't be recruited, the sport is just another EC. Doesn't matter that it was a championship team.</p>