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6 of the 8 2nd grade boys my husband coaches are in the same 2nd grade this year.  It is really sweet.  They are a tight knit bunch.  Our school only has recess 1 grade at a time.  There isn't a lot of mixing with kids in other grades.  These kids attend the same bday parties, etc. It really forms a tight knit group---even after they get older and some concentrate on a different sport that initial bond with the early classmates/teammates is still there.  My 5th grader has been doing travel since 3rd grade and has made friends from many different schools--but most parties are still the old classroom/first sports team buddies.  I am one of those that feels Rec should run independently.  Kids choosing to stay in Rec, for the most part, will not have any interest in DA, etc.[/quote]

I completely agree that the bonds kids form on their first sports team are often special ones.  My kids are still really tight with most of the kids they played with in kindergarten and 1st grade many years later.  In our case though, the teams included kids from a few schools, some public and some private.  They all still play soccer on a variety of different teams at a variety of levels, but they have continued to play rec basketball together in the winter for almost a decade now.

I also agree that kids who choose to stay in rec after a certain age are not the ones who are interested in the high level teams.  But when kids start out, they don't know yet whether they'll love the sport, or want to be serious about it.  I'd love to see rec soccer leagues across the board have a strong focus on teaching kids the skills they'll need if they do want to keep progressing.  I am hopeful that some of the US soccer changes will make parents more aware of the effort to change the soccer culture in the country for the better, even if their kids end up happy playing their whole career at the rec level. [/quote]

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