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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meh.  My kids play baseball, basketball, soccer, field hockey.  Those are true team sports.  They also do gymnastics, diving, track and field and swimming - those are individual sports to me with a strong team element.  You care about your team and it is great when you win but the important thing at the end of the  day seems to be individual performance more.  Though when my daughter's team won track she was very happy that her finish helped push them over the line. [/quote]

Impossible for your kids to do all those seriously unless some do some and other do others. Or your kids dabble and aren’t serious about any or most of them b[/quote]

Oh my goodness are you the insufferable about everything or just the sports and leisure activities of children?[/quote]

NP.  I agree with pp that a kid who is on the swim team for 3 years straight, competes in meets, goes to morning practice and participates in Winter Swim.....is probably on more of a team sport than the dabbler who tries every sport out there.

FWIW, both of my kids have both dabbled at times and participated in team sports at times.  It's all good.

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So, I'm the meh poster...thanks to the one who said they were insufferable :)  First - I didn't realize they had to be hardcore about it to be able to tell whether it is a team sport or not?  And I have multiple children so while no one is going to the Olympics - my kids are on competitive teams for these:  gymnsatics, diving (make All Stars every summer),  swimming - same always divisionals/All Stars during summer - swim and dive at a lighter level during winter to "keep up".  baseball and soccer.

Yikes!  I just think that with soccer your team is so critical to your individual success.  While the team is important in swimming and gymnastics - not the same.  Diving really just feells like a cheer squad - which is good![/quote]

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