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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP-- playing up at 7 for U9 was common in our big Club as parents sought it out (especially ones with older siblings) as a means to try to get their kid an A team spot when they are of age.

I'd say 95% of these kids burned out by mid-late elementary school.  90 min practices, tournaments and missing bday parties and sleepovers starting at such a young age starts to take the love out of it.[/quote]

I know 2 that had over-use back injuries and such by 3rd grade.

Pretty much all of them quit by middle school (the 4 or 5 I know that did this).

They also were stars in the early years but couldn't handle when the kids that started later eventually caught up and surpassed them.  It was a huge ego hit for them when they were used to always be lauded for their greatness.

I see the same thing in our school.  The Kumon preschool, workbook kids starting K ahead and down the road those play-based preschool kids end up scoring higher on tests and get into better schools absent the GT Bullsh*t that was a result of parents coddling and intervention.  When genetics match up with age appropriate training, things have a way of turning upside down.

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So, to sum it up, kids played soccer until 3rd grade and retired from the sport at the ripe old age of 9 years old and were destitute wondering where they spent their youth and the wasted years.

Many never recovered and drifted aimlessly through the remaining elementary school years just wondering what had become of their life because of soccer. [/quote]

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