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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like you a particularly athletic and coordinated kid who can probably do well in multiple sports. My own kids are more the “above average” type, but a kid who played with my youngest was like what you describe. The parents got a little too excited and put the kid in some pre travel program at age 5 where he proceeded to get crushed by athletic second graders who showed no mercy. He quit soccer entirely after that. So I’d say don’t push too hard and don’t put your kid on a team with kids more than one year older. Playing up one year could be the right move in order to get him around kids who are more similar with their skills. But two years is probably too much just because of the body size difference. And definitely try lots of other sports over the next few years and see what sticks.[/quote]

Oh, that’s a good point. I’m worried now because he was begging to play in a winter soccer league like his rec level sister is, so I signed him up. He actually turns 4 in December so he is a 2019 birthday and the soccer league bracket for him is 2018/2019. It’s rec level , just for fun, I’m assuming they’re all so little I won’t run into the problem your friends kid had with competitive athletic older kids. I hope at least. I don’t want to kill his enthusiasm! [/quote]

Your kid has a really, really awful sports birthday. My kids are born in December and it is really tough when it is based on calendar age (soccer, softball, hockey) vs grade (basketball). So you have to compare your kid to kids a year older to really see if they are going to excel. So if your kid starts winter soccer in December right before he turns 4, he will be three and will be playing with kids who are 4 AND 5 years old. And in January some of those kids will be turning 6 and in kindergarten while your kid will have just turned 4. Hopefully he will keep up and do great, but that is a big age gap. [/quote]

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