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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For my soccer playing DS the difference was [b]quality of coaching, quality of teammates, and quality of competition[/b]. It's hard to get better if you are one of the best on the team and the coach may or may not know much about the sport. We saw huge differences between rec/classic and travel. That being said, there are differences within travel too. In our day NSCL was the league to be in and there was a huge difference between a Div 6 team (in some cases worse than rec) and a Div 1 team.

We started late - 7th grade. Should have started earlier. [/quote]

Agree with all this and would emphasize that for soccer, it is particularly important to work with a coach or program that can teach the kids the foot skills they will need if they hope to play at a high level.  I usually hear that 8-12 are the key years for learning the fundamentals.  We started travel soccer when our son was in 2d grade and found that has worked out very well.  For some sports you don't need to worry about starting so young.  A very athletic boy can start football in middle school or high school and be a dominant player. [/quote]

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