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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ASA academy and pre academy programs for boys had low turn out for 2010 too.
In our ES most the athletic 2nd graders are into flag football more than soccer...it is all they play at recess...rarely do you see a soccer game.  Who knows....I think 8 is too young for just one sport.[/quote]

I think that is because most Arlington elementary schools don't allow the kids to play soccer. They hate 'balls' or any contact which is why I guess flag pulling is okay.

When my boys were in elementary at Arlington (now middle schoolers) almost every boy that was a good athlete played travel soccer---in addition to flag football, basketball and sometimes baseball.  The kids played all sports at recess.  Over time, as kids got hurt and more physical, they took away the soccer balls and banned it.  Crazy.  [/quote]

I think this is really school specific.  At my son's elementary school, they had to ban football for awhile because too many kids were getting hurt.  But never soccer.  It seems to go in waves as to what is played at recess - flag football, soccer, kickball, etc.  [/quote]

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