<p>I'm a junior, and it may be too late to start a new sport, but I would like some advice. So right now I'm trying to decide if I should do track (which I haven't participated in since middle school, but I have practiced - for 200 m, 26 s; 100 m hurdles, 16.7 s; 100 m low hurdles, 16.4 s; 300 m low hurdles, 49 s and long jump, 14' 5") and field hockey, which I've played before in PE but not much else - the new sport. I feel like for me, track is a little boring, and I haven't really improved much. however, field hockey is a team sport and I haven't done team sports... so idk. My hand-eye coordination is OK, though I have better foot-eye coordination. I would probably play midfield. My school doesn't have a team, so it would be outside of school. </p>
<p>The problem is this - if I'm not good enough that it can be a "hook" for college, I am not allowed to do a sport (from my parents).</p>
<p>what should I do? I dunno whether I could survive without exercising...</p>
<p>Why are your parents being so restrictive about your participation in sports? It sounds unreasonable or silly on the surface but perhaps there is something else going on? Are they concerned that the time commitment of a sport will impact your grades? Or is too much of an expense and/or hassle to get you to/from the sport that is not in your school?</p>
<p>I don’t really know the reason. My grades have been constant, and the practices for field hockey are held within biking distance aka not that far. As far as cost, I guess track may be less expensive but the uniforms - those are sooooo expensive.</p>
<p>anybody? Is this even in the correct forum?</p>
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<p>I think you’re not getting a lot of responses because this is a stopper. You aren’t going to be recruited to play a sport that you pick up in the eleventh grade. And your parents have said that if playing a sport isn’t going to help you get into college, then you’re not playing a sport.</p>
<p>I don’t understand their position. It isn’t the answer I’d give my own kids. But I don’t know all the relevant circumstances, and I don’t know what their reasons are. And you’re not my kid, and I am certainly not going to bear the costs, shuttle you to and from practices, etc., so the answer that I’d give my kids is kind of beside the point.</p>