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[quote=Anonymous]What's your goal?

There are a million reasons we encourage our kids to play sports, but "winning" is not one of them.

Here's what we like about sports:

- keeps the kids active in a fun way;
- way to meet and see some different kids than those they usually spend time with at school;
- challenge (learn new skills or hone existing ones)
- good experience managing disappointment (not always the best player, sometimes make mistakes or screw up etc.);
- persistence (see improvement if they practice, practice, practice rather than give up)
- foundation for life-long love of being physically active (whatever they choose to do as adults -- run, swim, tennis, or rec leagues for various sports etc.)

Competing to WIN is not our priority with sports.  I don't think either of our kids have that killer instinct that way.  But they're both VERY driven and motivated.  Eager to learn new things, push themselves, and play well.  It's still all fun for them.  DH and I are similar.  We were both excellent high school athletes, but didn't continue on teams in college.  But sports were still a terrific part of our childhood, and now our adult lives and our family life.

No reason to force them to stick with any particular sport as long as they're consistently active, engaged and having fun!

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