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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your kid has the potential to go pro and really truly could make a good living as an athlete, I don't see the problem in making your life revolve around kidsports.

But very few are naturally gifted enough for the investment to pay off. [b]Best case scenario your kid gets a sports scholarship to a no-name university and they graduate with a comm degree and work at a car dealership[/b]. Worst case scenario they become a kidsports coach and keep the scam going. You'd have been better off focusing more on academics and keeping the sports as a rec level hobby. [/quote]

This is so weird. I was a competitive gymnast as a kid and grew up to be an attorney. I would actually say that a child who shows to the drive and commitment for 9 hours/week of practices and conditioning plus meets is the type of kid who is going to grow up to be successful. All my gymnastics teammates and myself took our studies seriously as well. This is not a group of kids known to slack off at anything.[/quote]

My cohort of competitive figure skaters used to practice for 15-20 hours per week. Some of them had to be homeschooled to accommodate their skating schedule. Among the ones I was closest to, and remain in touch with after more than 20 years, we have a lawyer, a neurologist, another physician, an executive with an MBA, and one coach still involved in skating. Figure skating instilled competitive drive (and perfectionism), which translated into other aspects of life[/quote]

....and occasionally a drive to break someone's leg (Tonya Harding)[/quote]

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