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[quote=Anonymous]1.  There are lots of sports and a good many do not actually get competitive until kids are older - middle school and high school ages.  Examples:  Track/Cross Country, Basketball, Wrestling, Volleyball, Golf, and Football.  Also, Sports where safety dictates that some size and coordination are needed.  The sports where speed and size are key factors, versus sports heavy with skill development are pretty wide open.

2.  There are some sports - hockey, baseball/softball, soccer, where safety and tradition really, starts kids younger.  One importany effect of that is you see very different levels of technical sport specific skill development.

We always tease that our kids could have been the best dressage riders in American history.  All they needed was horses, and years of lessons and competitions.  The reality is that what you can do as parents is continually assess what your kid’s interests are, where their talents lay, and what their environment allows.  You can’t have a kid spending hours playing a sport if they are failing school.  You can’t get them into dressage if you can’t afford the horses and training.  Everything is a time and treasure analysis.  Sports can be expensive as can music and the arts.  We all try our bests to balance things out.

But, you do have to pay attention to that task.  It is fine if your kid is not headed to the Olympics or playing in college.  But, in lots of locations they will still need some help to make the high school team.

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