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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes agree this is exactly how my kids club is. Highly highly driven and competitive kids; they train all summer and practice 4xweek 4 hour practices all year plus extra in weekends. It’s insane. Most of the kids play for 3-4 teams at the club; for their age and also play up. We don’t like it. But it’s real!! [/quote]

What age group? Maybe a bit older than the 7-11 range? My philosophy has been “less is more” so far because I just want my kid to have fun.[/quote]

Explain how less is more = fun

Less of a sport they love or a sport they hate but you are forcing them to do it?[/quote]

More play sessions with friends - big groups of boys who come over, have lunch, maybe play FIFA, and play soccer outside for a couple of hours. More fun training in one V ones in the basement and in the backyard. More hiking, more swimming, more escape rooms, day trips, restaurants and museums. Less five hour training sessions for my older son, who has begun to notice how many of the kids are getting consistently injured from what I view as over training – five hour long training session several times a week in this extreme heat.

At some point as the parent, I have to protect my kids: they love the sport and that’s all they wanna do, and my goal is that they can retain that love and the ability to do it for as long as they want.[/quote]

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