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Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:40 am to tduecen
Taekwondo or Sport Karate is expensive as a mofo if you want to compete for significant titles. There aren't many tournaments locally, so it's a lot of travel if you're competitive. I easily spend $20-$30,000 a year on it for my kid.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:47 am to 911Moto
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I easily spend $20-$30,000 a year on it for my kid.
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Taekwondo or Sport Karate
jesus
Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:49 am to tduecen
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I always thought baseball was one of the more expensive sports based on gloves, uniforms, cleats, bats, balls, etc.
Like everything else, you can spend as much or as little as you want. Some kids cleats are like $20 on the low end while others go up to like $200. Same for gloves. You can spend between $30 or so on the low end to hundreds on the high end. As for bats, that's where things get really crazy. On the low end a bat at Wal-Mart can be had for as little as $20 - $30. You can also spend $300 - $400 for the top of the line.
The funny thing is I've seen kids go up to bat with a $300+ bat and hit one after another little dribbler to short for an easy out. Then I've seen kids take their cheap Wal-Mart bat up to the plate and crush hit after hit deep.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:51 am to Darth_Vader
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I've seen kids go up to bat with a $300+ bat and hit one after another little dribbler to short for an easy out.
some mother was probably heckling the kid though
Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:55 am to Topwater Trout
On the bright side, my kid is 14 and if you want a private lesson from him it'll cost you $50/hr. His trainer turns 16 this week amd gets $75/hr. And that kid's time is very, very booked. People fly him out to train their kids a week or two at a time. Last summer I think he was home for like 4 days the entire summer.
This post was edited on 1/27/14 at 11:57 am
Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:56 am to tduecen
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Soccer
Club soccer isn't cheap
Posted on 1/27/14 at 11:58 am to tduecen
Hockey is very expensive, but to be fair, they should disregard the travel part of the expenses. Every sport these days have those travel expenses. Stick with the expenses that are unique to the sport itself.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:01 pm to tduecen
The answer is a combination of equipment, training fees and travel expenses, competition fees and travel expenses.
Equestrian, Cycling, Skiing, and somewhat Hockey and Baseball would be most expensive from the equipment standpoint.
The training fees vary depending on how often there are workouts/practices and how far you live from the facility (fuel expense).
Competition travel expenses have the biggest variation. They depend on how often and how far your team travels.
$5K/year is easily spent if you travel a few times a year and much more than that if you travel more.
Equestrian, Cycling, Skiing, and somewhat Hockey and Baseball would be most expensive from the equipment standpoint.
The training fees vary depending on how often there are workouts/practices and how far you live from the facility (fuel expense).
Competition travel expenses have the biggest variation. They depend on how often and how far your team travels.
$5K/year is easily spent if you travel a few times a year and much more than that if you travel more.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:01 pm to 911Moto
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I easily spend $20-$30,000 a year on it for my kid.
Hole E. shite!
I'm out.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:03 pm to tduecen
equestrian and its not close.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:05 pm to 911Moto
quote:I'm not trying to tell you how to raise you kid, but ....
Taekwondo or Sport Karate. I easily spend $20-$30,000 a year on it for my kid.
10 years x $20-30k = $200-300k..... which is a very respectable paid off house.
Buy some bruce lee movies and let him beat up on the local kids.... that shite's free!
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:15 pm to tduecen
Not really a sport but all 3 of my daughters are in company dance. They do ballet,jazz,tap,lyrical and hip hop. They practice 4 hours a night, three days per week and many weekends leading up to competition.
It costs us around 12k per year for all three. That includes numerous costumes, competition fees and studio teaching fees. Probably another 2k on gas,hotels and food for travel to the cities throughout the south where they compete regionally.
Thank God for my one boy. He plays baseball in the spring and will start his golf lessons this summer. He is only 8. He has fitted clubs and I have been working on the basic with him but expect his "activity" costs to go up a ton if he continues to display a talent at golf.
And, my two older girls are in gifted classes and at the tops of there respective classes. My son is all A's and one B and is the "underachiever" of the group in school.
It costs us around 12k per year for all three. That includes numerous costumes, competition fees and studio teaching fees. Probably another 2k on gas,hotels and food for travel to the cities throughout the south where they compete regionally.
Thank God for my one boy. He plays baseball in the spring and will start his golf lessons this summer. He is only 8. He has fitted clubs and I have been working on the basic with him but expect his "activity" costs to go up a ton if he continues to display a talent at golf.
And, my two older girls are in gifted classes and at the tops of there respective classes. My son is all A's and one B and is the "underachiever" of the group in school.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:20 pm to 911Moto
Geez! Are you having to fly to Japan to compete?
Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:24 pm to 911Moto
that's way too much for karate. My parents complained about my basketball registration fees.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:29 pm to Dick Leverage
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Not really a sport but all 3 of my daughters are in company dance. They do ballet,jazz,tap,lyrical and hip hop. They practice 4 hours a night, three days per week and many weekends leading up to competition.
Geeze man - why not put them out of their misery and just name them "Cinnamon" and "Candy"?
I keed, I keed.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:30 pm to blacknblu
I guess drama and music are cheaper hobbies. You should get your kids into carpentry/welding.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 12:58 pm to Topwater Trout
I'm sure it can be done cheaper, but we're doing it OT Baller-style. Here's how our year has started:
On New Year's eve, we drove to Kentucky for private lessons with his bo staff trainer, who is probably the top guy competing in any organization right now. We did 10 hours of lessons in 3 days @ $75/hr. On the third day after our lesson, we followed the instructor to Tennessee, where we did a two day seminar (6 hours of training) under him and one of the top trickers in the country (that's the gymnastic/flipping stuff).
On Jan. 12 we had a 2 hour session (at $60/hr.) with our local tricking coach.
On Jan. 18, did an overnight tricking camp.
This past weekend, had one of our 4 local tournaments of the year, so just a trip to Lafayette for the weekend.
This coming weekend, trip to Memphis for a tournament.
Last Monday and today, private lessons with the bo staff trainer on Skype @ $75/hr.
This is in addition to going to the local Taekwondo school at least 3 days/wk.
Between now and the end of April, we have one tournament in New Orleans for a new organization he's competing in, plus tournaments in Tennessee, 2 in Texas, Chicago, California, Arkansas, and Florida.
9 tournaments in 14 weeks, with 7 out of state.
And, for example, if we have a tournament in Houston, we'll usually make it a Thurs.-Sun. trip, hit the aquarium there, eat at some nice restaurants, etc. We try to make a mini-vacation out of each trip. For the World Championships in Little Rock, we'll stay 7 days for a 3 day tournament, get a suite at The Capitol, etc.
It's a lot of money, but what else am I going to do with it - die and leave it in the bank? My kid is 14 and he's the last one at home. He's ranked #1 in the world in his organization for his age group. I'm done working and on disability due to back problems, and I can't do things like golfing, fishing, riding motorcycles, or any of the other things I used to enjoy. So I'm going to enjoy my kid's childhood to the fullest, and if he's good at something, let him run with it and see how far he can go. The only downside is that these trips KILL my freaking back. But, as I mentioned in another thread, that's what money is for. Enjoy life.
On New Year's eve, we drove to Kentucky for private lessons with his bo staff trainer, who is probably the top guy competing in any organization right now. We did 10 hours of lessons in 3 days @ $75/hr. On the third day after our lesson, we followed the instructor to Tennessee, where we did a two day seminar (6 hours of training) under him and one of the top trickers in the country (that's the gymnastic/flipping stuff).
On Jan. 12 we had a 2 hour session (at $60/hr.) with our local tricking coach.
On Jan. 18, did an overnight tricking camp.
This past weekend, had one of our 4 local tournaments of the year, so just a trip to Lafayette for the weekend.
This coming weekend, trip to Memphis for a tournament.
Last Monday and today, private lessons with the bo staff trainer on Skype @ $75/hr.
This is in addition to going to the local Taekwondo school at least 3 days/wk.
Between now and the end of April, we have one tournament in New Orleans for a new organization he's competing in, plus tournaments in Tennessee, 2 in Texas, Chicago, California, Arkansas, and Florida.
9 tournaments in 14 weeks, with 7 out of state.
And, for example, if we have a tournament in Houston, we'll usually make it a Thurs.-Sun. trip, hit the aquarium there, eat at some nice restaurants, etc. We try to make a mini-vacation out of each trip. For the World Championships in Little Rock, we'll stay 7 days for a 3 day tournament, get a suite at The Capitol, etc.
It's a lot of money, but what else am I going to do with it - die and leave it in the bank? My kid is 14 and he's the last one at home. He's ranked #1 in the world in his organization for his age group. I'm done working and on disability due to back problems, and I can't do things like golfing, fishing, riding motorcycles, or any of the other things I used to enjoy. So I'm going to enjoy my kid's childhood to the fullest, and if he's good at something, let him run with it and see how far he can go. The only downside is that these trips KILL my freaking back. But, as I mentioned in another thread, that's what money is for. Enjoy life.
This post was edited on 1/27/14 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:01 pm to 911Moto
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Taekwondo or Sport Karate
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I easily spend $20-$30,000 a year on it
frick that noise...Hope your kid in the next fricking Chuck Norris..
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:07 pm to tduecen
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