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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The kids who are really good do often start early. Not all the kids who start early will be good. You don’t need to put your kid in some intense training at age 6-7. If you start training more than once per week in middle school, that is probably too late. You will know if your kid is talented.

I have a friend who really wanted her kids to be elite athletes. She started them so early, always taking them to tryouts. The kids are athletic but didn’t have the heart. No amount of pushing by an aggressive parent will make the kid a great athlete. And just because your kid has the heart and effort doesn’t necessarily mean the kid will be an elite athlete either.

It is a mix of genetics, passion, grit and parent support.[/quote]

Agree. But if you click down on parent support there have been studies on elite and pre-elite athletes that show they are far more likely to have parents were elite or pre-elite athletes. These studies posit it is not just genes it also the fact that parents who were pre-elite or elite athletes can better understand how to support their children emotionally and navigate the rec-travel etc landscape. That said, as PP wrote: kids can only get so far based on parental support. 
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I don’t disagree with you. I have never heard the term pre elite before. DH was a tennis and soccer player. My boys played tennis and soccer from a very young age. My kids both dropped soccer but both play tennis. My oldest is borderline tennis recruit level. My younger son is a better tennis player but seems to like basketball more.

I already feel my high school kid has so much on his plate with his rigorous courseload and varsity sports schedule. I don’t know how much more tennis he can play but then we see his peers who go to school half time to train 5 hours per day. They are not that much better than DS and we know he could be just as good if he also played that much.

I just want my kids to go to a good college and have a happy life. I am not trying to necessarily have elite athletes. DH is the one who pushes for sports since our kids are so good at it. [/quote]

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