I don't get the notion that kids need to play sports nonstop. I have buddies who have multiple games for each kid on a given day, one buddy with 2 kids (7 and 11) and they have sports EVERY day of the week. It's ridiculous, for kids and parents.
We learned this lesson. My son can't decide between soccer and baseball, fall or spring. He wanted to play both. So we did. Won't do that again. Game or practice 6 days a week.
One sport at a time from now on.
Others have that problem because they sign their kid up for competitive(and/or tournament) teams. My daughter's non-competitive softball team played a team a few years ago that had a coach, whose sole responsibility was to pitch to the kids during the game(coach pitch league, obvsly). They had a hitting coach and hitting practice every tues and thurs. They had full team practices every Monday and Wednesdays and played games two days a week. Their head coach was paid. My daughter was 7 at that time. Johnson County parents are by far the worst when it comes to this.
A few of the girls that play on my daughter's volleyball team did something similar for volleyball. Now they play something like 6 games a week on the weekend and practice three nights a week for a paid coach. Also, the parents had to sign 2-yr contracts with the team. My daughter was 10 when that first popped up. The teams cost the parents btwn $1600 and 2,600 a season. One of my daughter's best friends lost two teeth last season and the dentist thinks its because she was hit in the face with the volleyball too often.
Serious sports parents are the worst.