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As for your question about getting tired, my  younger child also plays soccer and tends to get tired running around a lot. In basketball that doesn't happen. They seem to be able to "stay in the game" the whole time probably because they aren't covering nearly the same distance as soccer.[/quote]

We were doing travel soccer before we did basketball for my daughter.  Travel basketball doesn't start until later.  My daughter got in good shape playing soccer, but I was somewhat disappointed in that it didn't seem to condition players nearly as much as I expected.  Basketball she gets much more running and higher intensity cardio jumping.  In organized travel soccer there was a bunch of standing theory, learning to cover the field.  OK now the ball is coming to now run!  kick now rest...

Soccer has a reputation for conditioning, which is why I was surprised...[/quote]

I’m sure it depends on the age, team, playing time, and position. My oldest is playing 9v9 soccer in the midfield and basically never subbed out. Tons of running around. The coach is also big on conditioning so they do some running at each practice. It’s a lot of start and stop, but it adds up over a whole game.

To be clear, I don’t think my youngest isn’t capable of all the running in soccer. I think they just tend to give up more because it feels like it’s more work. Whereas in basketball they are “distracted” by the more constant action. [/quote]

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