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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD loves her 13U team - she’s already thinking ahead to next year because she has an option to switch, but wants to stay with her team as long as it stays together. I actually thought some of the girls would have pursued other sports more seriously by now but so far most of the girls have been together since 9U. Is there a shakeout time time where they tend to leave?
And related, is there a time when pursuing a “better” team ever makes more sense if this is always going to be for fun (playing in high school vs for college). [/quote]

You are at the shakeout time. Seven in 10 kids quit their sports by age 13, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. [/quote]

7 out of 10 kids or girls? Because if it is kids, generally, I would guess the number is higher for girls. [/quote]

My kids play rec softball, but after this season at least 4 of DD's 13 year old teammates say they are quitting. These are good-for-rec players. They are playing with friends they enjoy. The coaches on the team are solid. Games are exciting and competitive. It's not my place to question their choices, but it's very sad to me that under the best of all possible circumstances they've fallen out-of-love with the sport.

I can only imagine how it would be on a team that didn't have good coaching, where the girls weren't friends with each other, or where game play wasn't fun.[/quote]

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