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But American kids literally do these same things. Club sports are travel teams. Tennis lessons are tennis lessons. Kids balance activities and homework and all parents (and coaches) preach that school work come first. American kids hang out, go to parks, swim in lakes, go hiking etc.

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I have lived in the US and abroad. Youth sports abroad are not nearly practiced with the same intensity as they are here (unless like another PP noted about a few prodigy athletic kids going the professional route early on).
In general, the approach to sports and extracurriculars is way more relaxed and does not affect college admissions. There, it is  pretty much only based on grades and test scores and any extracurricular achievements done outside of school related to the major the student wants to specialize in. So for example, a high schooler applying to be the computer science program will get favored by colleges if he developed an app or a website or did coding outside of school, not because he is good at tennis and can be on the college's tennis team.

I am not saying one approach is right and the other is wrong given all the benefits of athletics that many PPs have posted about. I am just pointing out the difference as a fact.
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