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re: What is the cheapest child sport
Posted on 6/23/26 at 4:19 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
Posted on 6/23/26 at 4:19 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
Wrestling. USA Wrestling Membership is $60 per year. There are places to train and be coached for $100 per season. 3 seasons per year. Tournaments are $10. Us Military sponsors multiple free camps per year. Top national camps cost $600 per week.
For $260 your kid can be coached for 9 months a year 3 to 4 days a week. For $1000 you can basically max out all in.
My daughter did gymnastics non competitive and it was 600 per semester 10 years ago. Then she did soccer and it was 3k for the club team fees.
For $260 your kid can be coached for 9 months a year 3 to 4 days a week. For $1000 you can basically max out all in.
My daughter did gymnastics non competitive and it was 600 per semester 10 years ago. Then she did soccer and it was 3k for the club team fees.
This post was edited on 6/23/26 at 4:32 pm
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Posted on 6/23/26 at 4:23 pm to SUB
All football travels
Posted on 6/23/26 at 4:24 pm to bluedragon
Tether ball
Posted on 6/23/26 at 4:34 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
I thought my son’s club swim was expensive until my daughter started competition dance. It’s a 1/3 of the cost and way less drama.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 5:07 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
Basketball
Posted on 6/23/26 at 6:01 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
Cheapest is to be a real man and spend time training your kid yourself. ALL sports are cheap, if you do it hands on.
A kid will improve 5 times faster getting personal training focused on his weaknesses. Your son won't get better at hitting, by playing travel ball where he might get 5 or 10 at bats per weekend. He could see that many pitches in 5 minutes at a batting facility. Same with fielding.
Do that 3 times per week and he will exponentially improve over having played travel.
Same goes for basketball, etc
Develope the athlete and his skillset, then let him play on the school team or city league.
.my son just shot 400 makes on a shooting machine...finished an hr ago. Work on technique fundamentals that many years of AAU wouldn't be able to develope
Thats After strength and conditioning at local hs summer program for middle school kids.
Play with your kids fellas...cheapest funnest thing you'll ever do...and it will develop them quicker. It's a win win
A kid will improve 5 times faster getting personal training focused on his weaknesses. Your son won't get better at hitting, by playing travel ball where he might get 5 or 10 at bats per weekend. He could see that many pitches in 5 minutes at a batting facility. Same with fielding.
Do that 3 times per week and he will exponentially improve over having played travel.
Same goes for basketball, etc
Develope the athlete and his skillset, then let him play on the school team or city league.
.my son just shot 400 makes on a shooting machine...finished an hr ago. Work on technique fundamentals that many years of AAU wouldn't be able to develope
Thats After strength and conditioning at local hs summer program for middle school kids.
Play with your kids fellas...cheapest funnest thing you'll ever do...and it will develop them quicker. It's a win win
Posted on 6/23/26 at 6:37 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
Spent significantly more on youth baseball than we did on football. Baseball was way more travel. Traveling for football really didn’t start for us until HS, and that was going to college camps. Still cheaper than baseball, but I’m a big proponent of playing multiple sports. Currently my son is using football to pay for his college, and life, so the ROI from youth sports for us is huge.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 6:41 pm to Shaun176
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Wrestling
this is the correct answer
Posted on 6/23/26 at 8:02 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
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Gotta be football since there are not any (for the most part) travel teams
Wrestling is cheap except for optional camps.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 8:14 pm to Penrod
Wrestling is not cheap, not if you are serious about it. Camps are not cheap and the best wrestlers at the youth level travel regionally and nationally.
Once you enter the realm of "competitive" sports there will be a price tag. How big the tag is depends on location.
Hockey in the upper Midwest is going to be infinitely cheaper than it is in other areas of the country.
Conversely, I'm sure there are sports in other areas of the country that are cheaper than they are where I live.
Once you enter the realm of "competitive" sports there will be a price tag. How big the tag is depends on location.
Hockey in the upper Midwest is going to be infinitely cheaper than it is in other areas of the country.
Conversely, I'm sure there are sports in other areas of the country that are cheaper than they are where I live.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 8:31 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
Swim? A good swim suit runs under $100, so even if you have one for every day of the week, it’s under $500. Flippers, googles, swim bag, maybe another $100-150. Monthly bill for practice is around $100. Overnight travel is minimal- once a month at most.
Daughter swims for high school and the meet entry is minimal, and at the end, there are no ridiculous trophies or rings.
Daughter swims for high school and the meet entry is minimal, and at the end, there are no ridiculous trophies or rings.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 8:33 pm to SoDakHawk
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Wrestling is not cheap, not if you are serious about it. Camps are not cheap and the best wrestlers at the youth level travel regionally and nationally.
You are limiting this to “best wrestlers”. That wasn’t the question. Wrestling is very cheap, except for optional camps. Pre-high school it isn’t necessary to go to camps.
No matter the sport, if your goal is the Olympics you will be spending a lot of money. But if you just want your boy to experience a wholesome sport and be well prepared to be competitive in high school, distant wrestling camps are not necessary. You can get all the training you need locally and relatively cheaply. Once in high school, however, they are a big help.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 8:43 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
Judo.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 8:49 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
. Just let them play what they want. There are levels to everything.
This post was edited on 6/27/26 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 6/23/26 at 8:49 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
Chess. All you need are a board, the pieces, and a bodyguard to protect you in middle and high school.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 9:01 pm to Penrod
Here in Iowa and South Dakota, you'll never wrestle in HS unless you commit to competitive wrestling at a young age. You'll be spending money on club wrestling and camps if you want any shot.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 11:30 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
Hobby horse competition
Posted on 6/24/26 at 12:36 am to The Dunder Mifflin
Basketball. Buy him three tank tops, two pairs of shorts, and two pairs of shoes. Drop him off at Rucker Park and pick him up 10 years later. He will either be a solid D1 prospect or dead.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 3:41 am to The Dunder Mifflin
Manye get the kid into playing chess. My niece spends a lot of time playing outside of her school work load.
Wish I had got into it more as a kid.
Wish I had got into it more as a kid.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 6:13 am to SoDakHawk
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Here in Iowa and South Dakota, you'll never wrestle in HS unless you commit to competitive wrestling at a young age.
Yeah, big difference between Iowa and Louisiana wrestling.
Not sure about South Dakota.
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