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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"elite level" ?? I thought you said he was U14.  Do you know what Elite means?[/quote]

Are you new to this board? If not, you know what the F he means.  Stop being a d-bag.[/quote]

Awesome response. You used all your big words.

I dont know what he means. What 12/13 yr old is ELITE?  Is the kid scouted by colleges? Pro teams?  NIKE contract? WTF?
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I'm not the PP, but why are you so nasty? The kid plays DA, which suggests that he is one of the better players in his age group. That is a higher level than a rec player or one on a mediocre travel team, so arguably "elite."  Knowing that the kid plays at a higher level is relevant to to discussion of the consequences of taking time off.  [/quote]

I'm not. No it doesnt suggest anything like that at all. DA is not elite. It's not relevant at all what team he hates playing on. [/quote]

You’re a loser. Go back to to your hole Mr. negativity. This was a good thread until you piped in with your pedantic drivel. [/quote]

Ha!  "Pedantic drivel" is the perfect way to describe the contributions of this type of poster.  I'm going to use that phrase on here in the future if you don't mind me stealing it.

To the OP, it does sound like your son is at the burnout stage.  If I were you, I'd ask him more about exactly what is stressing him out just so you can be sure it really is all soccer-related (or related to the balance of soccer and academics).  In my experience with boys' DA, it actually is quite rare for a kid who gets a lot of playing time to want to drop out given that they have to really love the game to make it that far.

I do know a kid who took a year off from DA because of issues unrelated to injury.  He absolutely needed a break from various stressors in his life at at that point.  During that year, he continued to train on his own and with friends on his DA team when they had the time, and he played a different sport in HS.  When he came back after the break, it took him a few months to get fully reintegrated into the team and get a lot of minutes, but he ended up at the same level as before and is playing D1 now.  I'll note that he had great relationships with the coaches and his teammates before the break, and stayed in communication throughout.  It might be hard to come back to the same program without those sorts of strong relationships. [/quote]

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