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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How different is what the neighbor did than putting a kid in multiple sports at a very young age, winnowing down to the one the child seemed most skilled at, getting them on the best/right travel teams and/or summer camps to get exposure to college coaches etc?

To me, it isn't. Many hooks are cultivated from a young age. [/quote]

My niece will compete for a division I swim program at a selective flagship college next year. Her parents took this approach, enrolled her and her sister in many different activities around ages 5-7, including gymnastics, swimming, soccer, etc.  Her older sister did these things for a few years but wasnt very interested and dropped in elementary school.  The younger sister loves swimming but the work it took for her to get good enough to be recruited was incredible. She gets up for 4:30 AM practices multiple times a week, has to skip so many social events bc of her training and meet schedule.

As the old saying goes: you can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink. This approach only works if the kid is seriously into the activity. [/quote]

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