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[quote=Anonymous]We have kids that play fairly competitive club sports, but not extremely crazy - every night practices.   Many family members played college sports and took advantage of the academic opportunities it brought as well as the joy of the sports and friendships.

We are like a PP - we try to balance it out - so they won't get burned out - metnally or physically.  We believe in more cross training (ie., don't just do one sport all the time extreme competitive) - and thankfully there are trends that this view is picking up.  Also missing games / or slowing down a season is better in the long run then never a break or time with family.   Yes, some people (hypercomptetive parents?) say there is a risk in losing a kid's "poistion"- but we haven't found that to be the case.    Daily sports makes for better academics for our kids personalities -  clearer heads, more focus , more discpline, and goals.

In terms of long term impact, I work with a lot of very nice - successful, many executive level professionals and always interesting to see that most played sports high school and many college sports.   Know a lot of former athletes that work out daily and have great resilience.

Personally, I think 7 is way too young for it to start and  that amount of time  seems extreme at that age - especially compared to most competitive sports academies/clubs, who at most would have 2 practices a week.   9-12 seems the better range to become more competitive.  
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