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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is she competitive by nature? Does she have the drive to win at everything, be the best at everything? You either have that innate competitiveness or you don’t. [/quote]

OP here. No, she doesn't have the drive to win at everything. Are there many 8-year-olds who have such intensity? It seems like an emotion that might develop at a slightly older age. I don't think anybody on my daughter's team wants to "win at everything".

My daughter does like to develop her skills. She enjoys sharpening her passing and dribbling and her moves with the ball. She puts more energy into practice than other kids. She is quite focused during practice -- more so than the other kids. Yet on the field in a game situation, the other kids seem to turn it up to a higher gear, while seems to leave some of her gas in the tank. One never has the sense she is really giving it her all.
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I have a kid who was like that at age 8, and is still like that at age 15. Loves practices more than games. Not competitive. You have to parent the kid you've got, OP, and it sounds like she isn't going to be a real aggressor on the pitch. FWIW, a coach once told my kid that he loved having him on the team because he listened, and the coach always knew where he was going to be (in position), doing what he told him to do. I'd take that over a super aggressive soccer star. But I feel you - when he was 8 we had the same conversations. Now that he's older, I sort of get that is just who he is.[/quote]

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