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[quote=Anonymous][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 [b]it's very sad to me that under the best of all possible circumstances they've fallen out-of-love with the sport.[/b]

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]

Sometimes it's not that though.  Some girls leave for other activities (music/theater/dance).  By high school, there are so many other options for activities that compete with softball, or whatever sport.  Plus the academic workload gets higher.  [/quote]

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