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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Coaches are like this because soccer is an early specialization sport. Gymnastics is even younger... if you are not doing the "elite" training at age 6, then you won't get into the uber-elite at age 7/8 and then you won't have a chance to make the junior Olympics at age 10 or whatever.

Soccer isn't quite like that, but in other countries, by the time you are 8 or 9 years old, you are accepted into an academy of a professional team, or you aren't. If you aren't, you have maybe a few years up to U12 to get into one, and if you don't, then you can certainly play soccer, but it's unlikely that you will advance to a higher level.

"Travel" programs want to start with players at 7/8 years old and then take them as far as they can go in the sport for the next 10 years on a serious, committed track of development. That is what they do. If you don't want that, then there are plenty of other options.

For every sport, there are recreational options, more challenging options, "competitive" options, and then the "elite" options where more is involved. You can choose what you want to do.[/quote]

Right.

But don't join a rec team too if you are not going to show up for practices.[/quote]

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