Often they are pressured by high school coaches, club coaches, travel team coaches, or AAU coaches to focus on just one sport. I had an opportunity to ask Lily, her parents, and her three coaches about her tremendous success and their view of her participation in multi-sports. Sometimes I’m inconsistent with practices for swimming out of high school season, but because of my other training from basketball and track, I’m still seeing personal records. We were both three sport athletes and the benefits of being that are just too great. Read “Choosing Not To Choose”- Part 2Aaron and Valerie Furrow as parents talk about the value of a multi-sport approach for a high school athlete.