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[quote=Anonymous]With very few exceptions, I don’t think travel soccer is beneficial at the youngest ages. If there is a good developmental program that is convenient for you and your child enjoys… great! If not, no problem to skip it.

What I would do is ball mastery at home. Do technical training for basketball too! There are plenty of videos on YouTube. I think many kids like basketball more than soccer when starting because using your hands vs feet is easier. I worked with my kids at home until they were competent technical players and then followed their lead. My youngest absolutely hated it at age 6 (he didn’t really like doing things he found hard) but we stuck with it for a few months. Nothing crazy, no cost, skills at home, 30-45 minutes most days making it as fun as we could. After he became comfortable with the ball he took off and now loves it! If he didn’t, that’s ok too. Ball mastery also helped him develop overall athletic and gross motor skills which would have helped him in other sports should he have gone that direction.

Ball mastery, wall ball, and futsal are great for developing at the younger ages.  [/quote]

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