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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This kind of thing is why I think it's dumb we push kids this young into travel at all. They're not just too young to specialize in a position, they're too young to specialize so heavily in a particular sport, period. Kids who are eight and nine years old, whose bodies and abilities are still changing so quickly, should still be allowed to explore different sports without fear of being locked out of the progression in one because they took one season off to try a different one.[/quote]

And none of that happens at the younger ages if kids change their minds about a preferred sport.

A kid can play travel soccer and change to a different sport without losing "progression". There is a level of sport for every kid and playing travel soccer from 8-10 years old will not ruin a child's chances to play or excel at another sport. [/quote]

Travel soccer is a year-long commitment in many leagues, and asking an eight-year-old to commit to a full year of a sport the previous spring is a bit much. If they feel like they want a break after the fall season to try baseball in the spring, there's a lot of pressure not to. And if they do quit mid-year, it gets held against the kid the next year if they want to come back, which cascades into following years as well when the kid is placed on a lesser team and then has to fight against the presumption that he belongs there. And don't even bother with the kid who doesn't play travel at all in elementary school, he's done for the competitive teams come middle school and might as well not even bother. Clubs have to reward the people who have been paying all along or there won't be incentive for the next group of families to start paying young as well.[/quote]

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