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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I wanted to respond to this part of your question:

“She is committed and wants to play at the highest level possible… but just… from a parent perspective, why? I mean, she’s 10. I have no idea if she’ll be good enough to get a HS or college scholarship or even if she’d want to do that. So please walk me through how to make this decision in a logical way.”

[b]You should not go into this process with the idea that your child may be good enough to get a scholarship down the line. Putting aside the odds of that happening for any kid, you don’t really have enough info yet to know how talented your child actually is since she hasn’t been in a competitive program yet[/b]. She sounds like a kid who will probably learn and grow from the travel experience, and that should be your only focus for now if you can afford it.

Once you enter into the travel world, just evaluate it one season or year at a time. The goals for the coming year or two should all be about developing foot skills and learning how to play positions. Then most soccer kids focus on trying to make their middle school teams (not easy at most public schools in our area), next step is trying to make the HS team, or make varsity, while hopefully playing on a good travel team that is both competitive and fun. You can quit at any point along the way, but you don’t need to think about potential college play for many years. [/quote]

You know how athletic you are, you know how athletic your spouse is, and you know how athletic your family is. You know how tall you are, how tall your spouse is, and where your kid is on growth charts. You know how athletic your kid is compared to their peers and how coordinated your kid is. With all that information, you get a pretty good idea. Sure there are outliers, but genetics almost always wins. [/quote]
You cannot know whether your 10 year old rec soccer player will eventually play in college even if you are able to accurately assess their athletic ability. There are far too many variables, and it’s not helpful to their development to try to forecast that far out.  All you need to do is keep giving them opportunities to improve and the rest will sort itself out in time. [/quote]

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