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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am Asian and in my circle of Asian friends, nobody cares about having their kids play soccer, football, or basketball.  We only care about golf or tennis.  That is because most, not all Asians, consider soccer, football, and basketball a low class, while it takes a lot of money to get good at golf or tennis.

If you look at the golf and tennis roster at Langley, McLean, Oakton HS, they are mostly Asians.

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My Indian friend says they all choose tennis or golf because you can direct the coach and training times and not mess around with teams, fields, and others.

Or swim because the young Asian friend follow directions so much and do the daily training.

Then there are all the violin and piano kids. [/quote]

This is true.  Tennis is an independent sport.  You have control over your practice and tournament schedule.  Plus you don’t have to interact with annoying suburban mothers [/quote]

The same with golf.  You do not need to rely on anyone and to avoid annoying parents.  In golf and tennis, coaches can not cut you from the team due to favoritism and nepotism because it shows up in the tryout results.[/quote]

Yes we know; it’s not a team ball sport.

Is that the magic catch for Asian and SE Asian families? [/quote]

Idk. We are a mixed Indian/ middle eastern family and our kids play soccer and field hockey. We purposely got them involved in team sports vs individual ones because we felt it provides more benefits- learning how to work together and collaborate with others, supporting teammates, etc.[/quote]

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