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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the issue here is that there are no real options here for recreational sports involvement once you get much beyond second grade.

It's either all or none for older elementary and beyond.

In other places we have lived there are more recreational options for elementary kids.  Here, there are virtually none.[/quote]

Uh, hello?  You are very misinformed.  Have you not heard of Stoddert soccer?  Goes all the way up.  Totally non-competitive.  Both my kids dropped out by third because they are hard core athletes and could not deal with the low level of play.   I would have loved Stoddert as a kid.  Also, Bethesda League Lacrosse?  They have both rec and travel levels for all age groups.  The rec is really, really, not competitive.  Anyone can join a team. The list goes on, Jellef Basketball league?  One on One Basketball?  Really, PP, you are just not AWARE of all the basic, rec level sports leagues out there.  There are plenty and they are very accessible.

We were with our kids a lax tournament (Beach lax) recently.  Several DC area teams were there as well as teams from all over Maryland, a few from New York/Long Island and other farther places.  Now, this is NOT a top lacrosse tournament.  It doesn't even go past U13, has no college recruiters and is a really low level tournament, mostly just for fun.  For the most part, the DC area teams got killed.  The kids from every where else have much, much more intense lax programs that start much, much younger.

There are cities and areas of the country that sleep, eat and breathe ( name sport) just for the littlest kids sports teams.  Seriously, OP, Washington is way, way down at the bottom for competitive sports.

Academic achievement is the sport of Washington,my friend.[/quote]

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