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[quote=Anonymous]I really hated the early specialization of things and let my kids know my thoughts about it and why I chose specific activities for them each season.

Of course I also see how this resulted them at being kind of good at multiple sports but not REALLY good at any specific one.  And were at a disadvantage once trying to make the transition to higher level sports playing against the kids that specialized for several years and played year round.

I don't know what specific sports you're referring to but I would let your daughter know your thoughts and concerns.  Plus the benefit of playing other sports.  They all relate to each other and benefit each other.  And also it prevents some overuse injuries too.

You can kind of go the other way too.  Where you can identify what areas your daughter needs work on and try to give her help with it.  With additional training sessions, private coaching, etc.

As others mentioned it's good that she shows the motivation and desire for the activity and that counts and helps a lot of ways.  And I wouldn't necessarily discourage her from it.  Your daughter is getting to the point where I think it's okay to start specializing.

But at the same time I saw some families split off to try to get into higher level sports at younger ages, when I kind of questioned if they showed they were ready or if it would be worthwhile for them.  And saw how devoted they were with it the past several years and they're still struggling to make the breakthrough.  And since they were so devoted to that activity, they never really learned anything else.  So in some ways seems like that effort was for nothing.  I know there are probably some intangibles that they picked up along the way and they may still have a chance if they keep working on it.  But is why I would encourage your daughter to explore other options.  Just to get the benefits from it and also so it's something that they can pursue if the other sport doesn't work out and they end up enjoyinng the other sport.[/quote]

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