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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This all sounds very stressful.  Question from a dad of a 5 year old who may or may not eventually be interested in playing soccer but also likes other sports:

Is it all worth it?  [/quote]

You mean sending an email to a club asking them to sh!t or get off the pot? It isn't really a big deal. [/quote]

No.  Whether the whole travel/rec soccer culture in this area, which seems to cause a bit of stress to families, is worth it.  It's not meant to be a snarky question.  I have a reasonably energetic and athletic boy.  In a year or two he will probably start to choose a sport to focus on.  I'm wondering if people who are involved in U-9 soccer feel that the benefits are worth the stress or of they wish that they had gone in another direction with their kids.[/quote]

To put it simply, if he enjoys it, it's worth it. 
Some kids are really competitive, some aren't. Some parents can deal with the stress and politics that comes with it, some can't. 
But you're better off trying select and then switching to rec than the other way around, because the kids really do learn a lot of skills at an early age in the good programs around here. [/quote]

This is OP. When DS started soccer in K, I never would have imagined going travel, but he outgrew rec and begged for more competition. We are finishing up our first year (U9). Actually, it's been a far better experience than I expected. He had a super supportive coach and the parents on his team cheered for all the players. But the tryout process was very stressful. One of the reasons we were on the fence about teams is we're under the impression the plan B team doesn't make kids re-tryout each year.

We told DS from the start that when it stopped being fun, he was done. It's still fun. He's a solid B team kid so we have no illusions of playing in college and we aren't worried about being on the "it" team. No pressure. Just fun.

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Thanks for this.  My boy is trying a bit of everything but his focus, such as it is, is on skating right now.  He's good for his age, is learning quickly and, thankfully, has shown zero interest in playing hockey which, I understand, is insanely expensive.  We're going to keep rotating sports for a while and see where, if anywhere, we wind up in a couple of years.[/quote]

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