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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you mean your child is individually competitive or a star? Probably nothing without a lot of hard work and talent.

There are plenty of team and individual sports you can play and have a competitive experience without it consuming your whole life unless you mean your child is at the top and is looking for college scholarships.  My 9th grader has been on the same rec soccer team for years.  They play and practice hard -- once a week for nine weeks in the fall and spring but that's it.  She's also a club swimmer, but very much middle to back of the pack.  She works hard and participates in meets but isn't chasing cut times and championships so again it's competitive but not a level of crazy.

Cross country and track are typically no cut at the high school level [b]so your kids could have a competitive experience on a high school team. [/b] Will they be the ones to win? Who knows and probably almost certainly without a huge amount of work, but the competitive experience is there.[/quote]

The slower kids on a cross country team are not getting a competitive experience. They may be no cut, but no everyone goes to meets and the coaches do not care about the slow kids. At best they are getting exercise, at worst they are on the team to have something to put on applications and just walking and talking to friends during practice [/quote]

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