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[quote=Anonymous]I would not force him at 16. It’s really hard to join a new team at that age and being there, he may realize that it’s an established group and he’s the outsider. In your mind they will take him in and he has a group of friends. This isn’t tv. He might not make the team or he might have a super lonely season as never fitting in. After freshman season, both of my very different but athletic kids quit the long time sports they loved because the HS team dynamics were so bad. DH and I were in shock. They decided not to continue with a club/travel team either at that point. We didn’t force them to keep playing. In time they found other things but they weren’t team sports. A lot of teens stop at some point in HS. Eventually both got social part time jobs. One got involved in clubs at school. They had to find things. We couldn’t force it. [/quote]
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