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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our 6th grade old loves basically all sports and plays a lot of them. He isn't the very best on any of his teams, but seems to be within the top quarter, and the coaches always say he's a strong athlete and should be doing more of x sport (whatever the sport is they are coaching) and he could really excel, has so much potential. He loves them all and can't seem to choose to give one up, so he ends up doing them all on a rec level, with multiple sports per season, and seasons start to overlap. Of course, we want him to enjoy his sports and don't want to take that away just because it's not on a certain track that other kids are on -- on the other hand, we don't want to hurt his chances of excelling at a certain sport by not playing travel and practicing a lot which seems to lead to specialization and high school teams. 
Any advice from those with older kids? Athletic kids who have done a variety of sports for longer than most but still played high school sports? we keep meeting families whose kids are specializing in one sport year round younger and younger. Thanks.[/quote]

You can "specialize" in one and still play in rec sports. However, some sports he may be well behind in some skill sets that would make specialization difficult. Take soccer for example, he could likely join a travel team and it may not be a high level team and that is okay. But, the quality of the experience, commitment wise, may not be better than what he is getting in a cheaper and less demanding rec program.

But, in order to specialize at his current "later age", he would have to display a particular passion for the sport. There is nothing wrong with keeping life simple and enjoying all the sports at a rec level. [/quote]

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