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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tennis. We definitely should have stuck with the recreational outdoor clinics and then put it on a shelf, for her to come back to from time to time as something social to do with friends. She chose to focus on it over soccer when she was younger but now that she's in middle school the competitive environment at the indoor club makes her want to quit entirely. We're not country club people either, so there are fewer options for friendly year-round playing opportunities with kids who can sustain a good rally but who aren't always striving to compete at the next level, whatever that is (tournaments, college, etc). At least that we've found in NOVA anyway. Maybe it's different in other parts of the country.

She wants to try out for the high school team and see if that brings back the fun for her, and then she'll probably quit completely if it's just more of the same.[/quote]

I suspect tennis is fairly competitive in the majority of schools across the country.  But one of my big issues with life in the DMV is that there isn't really a lot of openings for kids to play sports without starting at age 4 (or whetever) and to continue playing at a recreation level, rather everyone gunning for limited spaces and college recruitment.[/quote]

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