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[quote=Anonymous]I've always found that parents push/encourage their kids to do the sport they did growing up.  Even if done subconsciously, for example, by telling stories of how much fun you had playing baseball and showing old trophies, which influences your son to play baseball.

I know of a lot of parents in my kid's circle who play the sport in which their parent grew up playing.  Dad played little league football, then HS football, and some college football at a smaller school, so the son plays football.  Or the dad played football in HS but wasn't good enough to play in college, so he pushes his son to play and be better.

Also, a lot of the time kids may not realize their athletic potential, so they're guided by the parents.  For example, my son plays soccer.  He loves soccer and kept his grades where we requested, so we allowed him to join a travel team.  He's good at soccer, but not amazing.  He made his HS team, but I really don't see him playing in college.  What he's amazing at is running.  He's got the stamina of a long distance runner but also has speed.  However, he hates just running without a purpose (not scoring a goal).  I tried to push him to join cross country as a way to condition for soccer, but in the end after doing two of the "trial" practices to see if he wanted to join the team, he passed.  It was just too boring for him.  [/quote]

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