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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It never even occurred to me that kids playing a rec sport would practice outside of, well, practices. I do tell my kids that I will not keep paying for piano lessons if they don't practice, though, and they love piano so they do it. (I hated it as a kid!)[/quote]

My rec baseball and hockey kid practices all the time because he absolutely loves those sports. Hitting off the tee, tossing a racquet ball against the steps, begging DH to play catch or hit pop ups, rollerblading up and down the street, informal neighborhood street hockey scrimmages, or even just practicing stick handling with a tennis ball. It's all great practice, and it's all self directed because he loves it. Today DH took DS to open skate because DS is out of school and he's getting skating time in when the rink isn't crowded.

[b]Those 7-8-9 year old rec kids who are the best on their teams? It's because they practice[/b].[/quote]

Well, sure. But that doesn't mean that 7, 8, 9 year olds who don't practice and aren't the best on their team shouldn't do it. Your/your child's goal doesn't have to be to be the best.[/quote]

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