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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The biggest issue here is that travel soccer is a year-long commitment. I wish there was the ability to join a travel soccer team for the fall only, leaving spring to play Little League. At least at the u10 ages...[/quote]

Aren't travel soccer programs profit based businesses like dance studios and gymnastics places? That is why travel soccer is year round.

If it was about player growth and long term program stability, they would want the kids to cross train at a young age and not specialize year round without a break or seasons.

This is a soccer for profit issue.[/quote]

did you just pull that out of your backside? you clearly dont understand soccer... join rec of you want 8-10 weeks a year.  if no one wanted it, it would not exist.

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You don't understand child development.

Specializing in one sport at an intense level at a young age (7, 8, 9, 10) is very bad for developing bodies and can lead to repetitive motion injuries and long term injuries that do not show up until much later.

Breaks between seasons and training other sports/muscle groups is much healthier for young children than intense, year round soccer.[/quote]

Please explain what movements they don't do or muscles they don't use in soccer.  Your argument is not to have kids pitching every day all year round and things like that. Soccer is a game of jumping, sliding, diving, walking, jogging, sprinting, pushing, pulling, etc.  People don't understand that soccer is a different animal and soccer playing kids are well rounded athletes. If you play baseball, yes, you need to play other sports if you want your kid to be athletic.  Also, soccer requires so many different skills...dribbling, passing, shooting, defending, tactics, etc that it needs to be a year round sport unlike baseball and some others.  You think you will develop as a soccer player playing 3 months a year, good luck.

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