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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the parent of a younger competitive player (U13 next year) who is a natural athlete in multiple sports but loves soccer the most. I noticed a post on another thread about a second team being where all the multi-sport athletes are in that club.

I'd be curious to hear from parents of older players approaches for multi-sport athletes.  There is definitely a perception that kids have to step into national league teams as early as possible, and I don't love it.  Did you intentionally keep your child out of the highest level so they could continue multiple sports competitively?

I realize this is very child and family dependent.  Maybe I'm just looking for encouragement that committing to multiple sports is okay and looking for insights into how others have navigated this for kids who have expressed interest playing at the college level.  Thank you![/quote]

Stay multi sport as long as possible. It is healthier. If they like playing all sports now you are taking away options for them by focusing only on soccer in hopes that they will be good enough or want to play soccer in college. [/quote]

Multi-sport should not mean multiple sports in the same season. That's a recipe for injury as the kid gets older. [/quote]The issue is that most top leagues now are 11-12 months out of the year.[/quote]  At the younger ages they aren't.  Soccer in the winter doesn't exist for non-high school. [/quote]
What are you talking about.   My 10 year old at a middle level club on a second team had 1 month of and have 3 practices a week through the rest of winter.   The only good thing is outdoor should be cancelled the next week or 2 due to weather.   Being a 2 sport athlete is already too much.  [/quote]

Who's forcing them to do what you're calling too much?[/quote]
Of course no one is "forcing" them.   But the expectation for non-elite lower level competitive teams are all year round now making it incredibly difficult to remain a multi sport athlete. [/quote]

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