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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]

[b]Guess what....A very athletic boy/girl can start soccer in Middle or HS and be dominant player as well....Speed and agility rule[/b][/quote]
It would be nice if that were true, but it's not. Kids on top boys teams around here are both extremely athletic and very skilled. If you look at the rosters for the local Development Academy clubs or nationally ranked teams from good non-DA area clubs, you would find that virtually every kid on the roster either has been playing travel soccer since early elementary school or was raised in a soccer obsessed family that hails from Mexico, South or Central America, Europe or Africa.

If your child just wants to play in middle school or high school and is a good athlete, they may well be able to get away with starting later.  
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