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[quote=Anonymous]I asked my sixth grader (who plays baseball) how many boys in his grade play soccer. He said three. There are about 100 kids in his grade so 50-ish boys.

I asked why more kids don't play and he said that most of the jock kids want to do contact sports like lacrosse or football instead of soccer because those are tougher where soccer is for little kids.

I asked him why there are so many more kids playing baseball compared to soccer and he said that it is because in baseball you get an off season between spring ball and fall ball, even if you are good or playing travel. He said in soccer if you want to be on a good team you have to play all the time with no break and every single weekend for almost the entire year. He said if baseball was like that he wouldn't want to play anymore because even though he loves baseball he likes having an off season to just relax.

He said more girls play soccer because it is less for little kids for them, but more of them like lacrosse, softball and gymnastics than soccer.

He said everyone loves playing soccer at recess though, just not on teams anymore.[/quote]

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