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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What age is she now? Is she on a casual, parent-coached rec or classic team?
If she's on a professionally coached select team I don't really understand your comment about how she's never really been taught good technique. [/quote]

U11. professional not parent coach, they work on passing and shooting but not really on individual ball skills at all, so far as I can tell. That said, she's scrappy and manages to make things happen on the field, in a "not pretty but gets the job done" kind of way. She also practices casually with a rec team sometimes, too, because we live next door to the practice field and the weather has been so nice  :)

So she likes her current team, and I'm not dying to pay more or drive more -- but I can also see that this is all becoming important to her, and I'm worried that she'll miss the boat if we don't switch soon. It's not that she's a better player than everyone else, to be honest -- better than average, but not the star player -- but she really wants to improve, and has asked about playing travel.

I'm not imagining her as an elite player, just a kid who loves playing as much as possible, and will be really thrilled to see herself improve. Ok to wait? Or might she really benefit from the extra practice and coaching at this stage? [/quote]

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