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[quote=Anonymous]This is the eternal balance of parenting! Pushing a child in sports is no different than pushing a child into a musical instrument at age 2 or math at age 3. If they have a natural gift you can encourage it by buying the toys/games that foster the behavior/activity but you cannot make them play it, let alone get good at it. Our son was the worst on his team at 2 of 3 sports he played. He was best at basketball for reasons unknown but also the shortest on his team so that was going nowhere fast. We started having both our boys privately coached for soccer and in one season he went from worst to middle of the pack. What a difference in his confidence and enjoyment of the game! That being said, we could only push him so far and while he still is not great, he is in a happy spot thinking he is good enough. That is all you can really do. Do I wish he wanted more? Sure, but my playing days are done and it is his choice.[/quote]
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