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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate that it's so hard for a kid to try a new team sport at age 8 because s/he is already behind!!! My daughter was never interested in soccer or swim team before but now she is begging me to join the teams her peers are on.  I don't know what to do -- I don't want to discourage her but she is so far behind her friends who have been on the teams for years. I know winning is not what's important and she can learn from challenges, but she doesn't have the personality to handle repeatedly being the worst at something in a public arena.  So sad![/quote]

I am the first PP after OP's original post. I think that soccer and swim team are fine for starting at age 8. I am a house soccer commissioner, so I know that quite a few kids start at 8 and it's a good sport for that. Swim team is also a good sport for starting "older" because there's usually an A team and a B team and the majority of kids are on the B team. Swim team is a great sport for camaraderie. I know that my son's in it for the snack bar![/quote]

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