My kid’s becoming a junior football star – should they drop their other sports?

Picture this: your sports-loving 12-year-old has started showing some promise at Australian rules football. Not only are they now pleading to stay up later on Thursday and Friday evenings to watch games, but your weekends are fast becoming filled with car trips, the packing and unpacking of footy bags and cold mornings spent supporting from the sidelines. Then one day, a state-based talent development academy invites them to attend a pre-season training camp in summer. What was once a winter…