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[quote=Anonymous]It depends on the kid’s age.  Younger ages, we wanted our kids to be active so they had to pick a sport or physical activity each season. Middle school, it’s often about what are the friends doing. But by the time the kids are 15, they need to be choosing the higher level play and higher intensity for themselves. Parents can’t make a teen put in the outside practice and fitness work necessary to maintain a spot on a high level team, kids have to choose that for themselves. Or maybe I should say that if a parent continues to drive the kid in that area rather than the kid driving themselves there will be therapy bills to pay in a few years.  People may not see it in their own kids, but in my experience, at U15 and above it’s really easy to see who on the field has the fitness and technical skill that requires individual, outside work and who does not. My kid plays at the level where she plays because that’s what she wants to do. I’m glad we’re able to support that drive.  And i have only one child, the youngest, who is that driven, the rest are active teens and young adults but not self motivated in a team sport in the same way.  [/quote]

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