The proliferation of travel teams and the ability to play a sport year-round is a huge barrier in getting more kids to participate in the fine arts.
There used to be a time where playing for your hometown team, for one season a year, was enough.
We've now let the need to compete run amok with sports. Kids are specializing earlier and earlier...limiting their opportunities to experience a well-rounded childhood.
I want to build a bridge between athletes and the fine arts. We often exist in opposition to one another, often to the detriment of a kid's experience growing up.
We all have a part to play in changing America's public schools. Specializing in a single activity early on is not healthy for most kids.
In this episode we will combine the lived experience of myself and music teachers and our struggle to get more kids involved in the Fine Arts...as well as the data from experts that shows that specializing in a sport with travel ball is detrimental to today's kids.
