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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC’s friend does year round swim team plus a summer team. His mom says the kid is really good at it and he enjoys it. Overheard my DC talking to his friend about it.. friend said ‘i hate it and its not fun at all’. My DC asked him why he does it then. He replied because my parents make me do it. 
We know several kids like that. Other ones who burnt out and hate their sport now. Some who went to college for their sport and quit within a year because they hated it so much. So don’t believe when parents say ‘they love it so much’. I am sure some small percentage of kids do love their sport enough to benefit from travel sports experience but majority do not.[/quote]

I don’t believe this, as someone around a lot of college athletes. Almost none quit after the first year, and the ones that did, it was clearly due to injury.

This is the kind of hyperbole common on DCUM but very unusual in real life. [/quote]

I believe there are a few kids who hate it and are forced by their parents but definitely not most, at least at the older ages. My 9th grade daughter is on a high level team and I can guarantee you that every one of those kids has a real passion for the sport. I can see it in their play, in the extra work the put in, in their faces at 6:45 a.m. when they are thrilled to hit the dirt. Kids who do not absolutely love it do not last on teams like hers. [/quote]

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