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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know my message was lengthy, but they are quitting. I care more about their mental health than anything else. If they didn't want to quit, I'd be pulling them mid year no matter what.

My question is about whether or not someone's kiddo quit completely and then regretted it when they later wanted to make high school or college club level? [/quote]I know you said your kid didn't want to play rec but I will say my slightly younger kid stopped club mid season after injuries and rosters being way to large and the next year I forced a handful of rec games (no practices) with kids he knew the following season. It was a great down shift to see that soccer can be fun again. Rec was to address both worry of regret and being able to play at least school ball the following year just like you son's situation. It was the right choice for my kid (but he also bumped up his secondary sport.) My bigger point is there is huge value is seriously downshifting and just trying to 100% focus on fun and 0% on trying to get better. Maybe give it a break in the spring but find a loose rec team for the fall. Best of luck in whatever he picks. Soccer is unfortunately diamonds or dust now and nobody leaves the sport happy. In many ways the kids who see that the efforts to get better has almost no payoff the soonest are the ones who will have the fewest regrets in the end.[/quote]

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