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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My U9-U12 kids are very good soccer players at a big club.  They play on top teams.  We have several kids who have all played at tiny, medium, and large clubs.  We know most of the ins and outs of the whole scene.  For many of the criticisms and disappointments expressed here about the younger travel experience, we plan to finally leave next year and add to the statistic.  It is too much too soon, and the quality of play (yes, with an overfocus on winning meaningless contests) is not worth the trade off in time and money over a calendar? year that then prevents their participating in other sports and extracurriculars.  It will be little loss to the club.  There is a never ending line of eager parents with players who do everything & pay everything in the name of "moving up" who will be happy.  Most of my kids' development has come outside the club experience and that environment (some paid for, some free) is where they have the most fun.  We just played holiday pickup against two other families, and the smiles and fun from our elementary schoolers really made us once again stop and think and reinforced our decision.  I know we will still play soccer somehow, someway; but not with this current commitment until they are older.  These little kids all want more time for other things.[/quote]

Or......you can also say no to the coach. It is the parent who feels that every commitment must be met to the very end. If your kid wants to play piano and that means missing one night out of three practice nights then so what you could work it out with the coach and as long as you paid you are free to get out of it what YOU and YOUR kid want. But everyone acts like it is just soccer, in fact, anything that puts a 3-4 night commitment on any kid will be tested if they really do not like the activity. Personally, I did not enjoy playing a musical instrument enough to dedicate a hour a night to practicing or even three. I didn't blame band and it doesn't mean that I don't like music either.

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