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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Now. Or a year ago for many.

Unfortunately that is the way it works. I’d try to narrow it down to 2 sports, depending what they are. What is his main sport? [/quote]

+1 I’m surprised his stop sport that he was skipping practice in didn’t reduce his playing time.

Our U13 soccer team is extremely strict on attendance, communicate expectations and follow through with repercussions. [/quote]

The sport had a five-strike rule last season: If you miss more than five practices for any reason other than injury/illness, you sit out a period or more. He missed exactly five last season. He played less than I thought he should have.  I think he's one of a handful of kids on the team playing other sports and the only one trying to play four.  His goals are lofty because he's young.  He's already on a high-level travel team and will make the high school team even if he doesn't progress beyond where he is now.  He's gone from a top 3 player on the team to a bottom 3 player in one season.  Some of that is that he hasn't reached his growth spurt yet.   We'd love to see him be able to continue through college at the D3 level or play it as a club sport because it's such a big part of his identity.    There are real benefits to playing other sports, mostly for his mental health and friendships. [/quote]

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