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[quote=Anonymous]Ask yourself this: is your child getting frustrated playing rec? Are they clearly ahead of most of the other kids on the field in terms of their understanding of the game and/or skills? Have you tried adding in some additional soccer through a pre travel program and they are liking it? If the answer to all this is yes, travel could make sense for next year. We put our oldest on travel at 8 for those reasons. It was the right decision for him as he loves soccer and was not going to improve in rec. He needed to be on a team where all the kids were equally enthusiastic and skilled.

Our youngest is now 7, almost 8, and we are most likely waiting another year for travel if at all. Rec is still sufficiently challenging for him. He is doing a low key pre travel type program one extra day a week because it was cheap and we know the coach well. He really likes soccer and is happy to do it a few times a week. That being said, he isn’t quite as naturally fast and athletic as his brother and I am not convinced he would enjoy the practices if they were higher intensity. The game will also look a lot different next year when they go to 7v7 with a goalkeeper. I want to wait and see if he even still likes it once the field is bigger. I could see it going either way. A low key travel program may be the right fit for him in a couple years if rec ends up depleted. But we certainly aren’t rushing it now thinking he will miss out on some path to greatness. I’m sure he will be behind kids who start travel next year, and that’s ok. We have seen some of the really good 8 year olds not be so great by 11. If he decides he wants to work really hard at becoming a good soccer player we know how to support that. But I think it should be led by the child and what they want/need, not the parent’s fear of missing out. [/quote]

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