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[quote=Anonymous]Finish the season.  Talk to the coach to see if your son can dial back on practice.  If the coach is not willing to support your child, I would pull him out.  For an athlete at that age, excessive amount of practice is not going to help to elevate his skills, team cohesion, etc.  as other have said, this will only lead to injury and affect his real chance to excel (when he turns 15).  7 years is a long time and anything could happen if he is overtraining during that time.

DD started training 4-5 days a week intensely for her sport (her choice).  Didn’t play any other sport.  By 14, she was injured.  After rounds of physical therapy and various recovery efforts,  she is now contemplating quitting the sport which she is nationally ranked.  To add to the hurt, she is just beginning the college recruiting process.  We have pull her out of the crazy club  she was working with and moved to a different coach who focuses on her love of the game, not the over the top expectation.  For now, she is happy going to practice 2 nights a week for an hour or so.  We have put a lid on the recruiting process.  Our goal is for her to never hate her sport.  [/quote]

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