mom2rtk
Invented the term "Characterpalooza"
- Joined
- Aug 23, 2008
Our city parks have baseball fields that can be used by anybody at any time they aren't scheduled for a league or practice.I suppose it depends on your town, but around us, there are always options for recreation level sports of all kinds. Our city has rec soccer, baseball/softball and basketball (off the top of my head) for ages all the way up through high school.
I do, however, think the days of 'going to the sandlot' are over. Kids may get together at someone's house and play basketball or something like that, but nobody's meeting up at a baseball field for a pickup game (like when I was a kid). Unfortunately, most 'sandlot' fields are gone these days - all the fields are for team use only and only if approved by the city.
And lots of open basketball courts as well. Any time my son was home from college he was putting together a pick-up game with a variety of friends. They always ended up adding kids who happened to show up at the court wanting to shoot baskets.
Heck, even the high school football field can be used by anyone as long as one of the school teams isn't having practice (or a game obviously).