Remember those kids when we were young who could just pick up any sport and be great at it. It felt like they were just wired that way. The brain and body were well connected and could quickly adapt to whatever was going down on the playground. In the fall, they quickly fell in the role of quarterback or running back due to their speed and throwing strength. Winter came around and they were shooting hoops with the best of them. Finally, spring came and they would be the pitcher at baseball or softball for girls. Don\’t get them behind a bat either…it was deadly. In between, you had soccer and kickball and their dominance would even extend to the lowly 4 square game on the black top. Didn\’t matter the time of the year, they found their sport in every season. Seasons are generally how sports are broken out so let\’s take a look at what to expect as the year moves forward in terms of high school sports.

Most high school sports programs run along side the school year itself. For most parts of the country, high school still generally starts around August or September. Fall has always been the traditional start of both high school and the prep sports year. So what sports can we expect in the Fall? The big one is football and this will probably continue to be the case for a long time to come. That\’s all there is to Fall though on the sports scene. Traditionally, Fall sports include soccer, cross country, tennis, and volleyball. Some schools may separate out a girl\’s sport (say volleyball) in the fall and play the boy\’s sport in the spring. This may be to counter the cross popularity of a dominant sport such as football so that athletes can participate in both. Otherwise, high school football will tend to use up a high school athlete time due to it\’s physical and time requirements.

Next up is the Winter sports season which generally starts around November and runs through about February-March. This season can be very cold in many parts of the U.S. and the sports venues reflect by typically being indoors. In some parts of the U.S., the outside can be outright miserable. Enter the basketball gym. Basketball has traditionally been the biggest draw for a winter sport but it\’s not the only one. Wrestling, swimming, and of course ice hockey (where available) are strong winter sports. In some Northern parts of the U.S., ice hockey might even be the dominant sport of the whole year.

Finally, there\’s the Spring season sports. It doesn\’t matter where you are, we\’re all ready for the thaw of summer to begin and it\’s time to head back outside. That means out to the baseball diamond for a lot of baseball loving fans. The first day of baseball and softball might as well ring a bell for Spring to begin. Judging by the number of sports in the Spring, everyone\’s ready to unwind a bit. You typically find track and field, tennis, volleyball, la crosse, rugby, golf, and water polo. It looks like everyone\’s looking for an excuse to get outdoors.

Those are the three big season for prep sports with summer being a brief respite of downtime and/or a chance to get better at your high school sport of choice. Till next year!

Author Bio: Dennis Jarvis writes about the world of Prep Sports including high school sports such as high school football, basketball, and baseball.

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