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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is your goal for your kid?

I mean, seriously. What is the end game here? Do they love this sport and want to make it their one true calling? Does this kid have the genetic disposition to play college-level sports? Were you a college-level athlete? Just what is your goal is with soccer?

I ask because this will determine so much of the answer. If you are seeking to take this to a high level, than by say 12 years old you are talking a minimum 3 or probably 4 practice sessions per week, one game per week, and probably one day of fitness or private coaching, along with a Summer camp. By 14 this will be their only sport. 
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My kid's 10.  And that fact that that's my initial reaction might mean that we shouldn't be looking at travel, and should choose a classic team.  I'm fine with that.

I have a kid who is happiest when he is getting a lot of intense exercise, and a lot of social time.  He also likes to play, and he likes to be challenged.  Seeking out a level with more intensity, practice time, and challenge than rec seems like it would make him happy.

Does he have the genetic disposition to play college?  I think he probably does.  My husband had the athletic skills to play in college, but chose something else.   I don't have any athletic skills whatsoever, but my kids seem to have Dad's athletic genes.

Does that mean my kid will choose to play in college, or that if he does soccer will be the sport he chooses?  I have no idea.  He's 10.  But I also have another kid who was really into a sport in 6th grade, and is looking like he's going to choose something completely different in high school, so I know kids change their minds.

I get that at 14 he'll probably need to choose a specific sport, but if he plays intense soccer for a year or two and then decides he wants to go back to playing multiple rec sports or try something else at a higher level, I'd be fine with that.  I'm not attached to soccer.  [/quote]

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