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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As the parent of a college athlete, you can’t push a child to that level. I have multiple kids. Only one had the drive to play college. I could not have forced it if I’d tried. That has to come from within. [/quote]

That's correct, that it has to be the kid who wants to do the travel program, but also they have to just be the better athlete. I've seen kids just show up brand new that are almost immediately better at the sport than the existing players because they are natural athletes. Lots of other coaches will say that if you don't do elite programs and offseaons training that you'll fall behind, which is true, but genetics are often more important than anything the coaches or parents do.

As far as taking advanced math in elementary school, don't the schools take care of that? My kids tested into AAP and then did the higher level math all the way through HS. Some parents do extra tutoring to be extra advanced but at some point it becomes like athletics, they are going to learn as much math as they are smart enough to understand.[/quote]

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It’s sad that parents think they can make their child a top athlete.  The top athletes are naturally gifted.  And there aren’t a ton of them.  Only 2% of high school athletes go on to play Division 1 Sport.  The best thing to do is introduce your child to various sports.  They might find one that they love or they might find out they’d rather be in the theatre.   Let the child lead.   If he has the talent and drive he has an excellent shot.

Same with math as above poster wrote.  Tutors for math should be left to the students struggling.   Kids gifted in math will be just fine.  The math teachers will love them and they will take the top classes with excellent scores.   [/quote]

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