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[quote=Anonymous]Attrition is 35%, which appears to be the same  across all sports

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One of my kids quit club soccer to have more time for club swim (age 12) because he was burned out on soccer, disliked the coach, hated the teammates who couldn’t handle their emotions on the pitch, and is excited to concentrate on swimming and do rec soccer and basketball on the side. Kids quit many sports, and that’s fine. Mine have quit tennis, basketball, crew, ski team, and taekwondo. Swimming the only thing they have stuck to. They love the team camaraderie that surrounds a largely individual sport, and being strong swimmers have enabled them to jump into other water sports and activities like sailing, surfing, wakeboarding, snorkeling, water polo, kiteboarding, etc.

I think swimming is a hard sport for many kids because of its solitary nature and requirement for incredible focus and discipline. But it doesn’t appear to have more dropouts than other sports. [/quote]

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