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[quote=Anonymous]it seems like there are so many changes at this age. some kids are well into puberty and gaining size and strength while some still are little boys. also, there are a lot of emotional changes which affect their intensity about sports. also, there is some shaking out with the more talented kids making A teams or varsity teams, and reality sets in. and there's burnout. our ds was playing travel soccer pretty intensively and still trying to do club baseball and just got burned out. he scaled back outside sports to focus on his sports teams at school (which meant less practice time than he's used to) and give him more free time for school, Netflix, texting, social, etc. he started developing interest in basketball. now he sometimes will join a rec team with friends "just for fun". let's be honest, how many 30 40 something men are still playing football, soccer, lacrosse, and basketball? I agree with the other poster who mentioned sports that age well--tennis, golf, kayaking, hiking, running, etc. maybe he can expose himself to some of those sports in high school just for fun?[/quote]

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