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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bethesda can be frustrating because if you join then you see how many teams are above you and all of the Superstar players who have literally been doing nothing but playing soccer since they could walk. It's kind of frustrating when you are still in catch up mood and the players are so much better. But anyway your son needs to figure out where he is in the big scheme of things and find a team that's on his level and a starting point for his soccer journey.[/quote]

I strongly disagree with this.  At this age, the top kids are not so far ahead that an athletic and determined kid willing to practise on his own can't catch up fairly quickly.  The best kid on my DS' U12 DA team was still playing rec at U10.  Yes - most kids don't achieve this - but that's not because it's impossible - it's just because they don't put in the time.  [b]This particular kid apparently worked for several hours a day with the ball on his own. [/b] Most kids don't do this - even the ones on the top team.[/quote]

On his own is an exaggeration.  He's had a small circle of kids that we've let him see during the pandemic, including a sibling an cousin he sees a lot, and soccer and basketball are the two things they all do, that work in a pandemic (e.g. he can't play ice hockey, or go swimming, or hit a baseball in our backyard).  So, he's spending 2 - 4 hours a day running around in the backyard, and I'd guess that 1/3 to 1/2 of that is soccer.  [/quote]

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