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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am 1000% sure that my time management was better in college as a D1 athlete than it would have been had I not been playing a sport. I learned after college that I don’t manage my time very well when I don’t have a lot of structure and built in accountability. I’m so glad I had that during those years. I think the vigorous exercise also gave me a mental health boost and was sort of a self medication for mild ADHD. I don’t think I would have connected these dots when I was younger and college could have been very rough for me. I can mostly manage it now as an adult with a lot more self awareness than I had at that age. [/quote]

^100%. I see comments here that question why folks put so much time and money into a sport if they aren't going pro. Playing a sport and continuing at a high level of play is SO MUCH MORE than just ROI on "investment" in the sport. The mental health advantage alone is worth every penny and every minute we supported our players. Parents on DCUM seem to suggest that if you aren't playing D1 and didn't get a athletic scholarship and don't go pro you are a failure. If folks were more realistic about the end goals and the % of athletic scholarships available they might be less focused on the unrealistic goals and acknowledge that playing a sport in HS, College or beyond provides the player so much. [/quote]

If you don't want to play professionally why play competitive soccer?

Just play rec/town leagues and be done with it.

Argueing to be mediocre is dumb.[/quote]

Because people don't want to say their kid plays rec.  Parent's egos.[/quote]

I really can’t with you stupid people on this thread. Ever heard of someone wanting to push themselves to the highest level that they are capable of? Even if it’s not pro? It’s a great thing to want to put yourself in an environment that will challenge you and push you to your limits. You learn a lot about yourself when you do that. If a kid is really good at soccer, or any sport or activity, they aren’t going to get that sort of challenge in a town/rec league. They have to look for an environment in which the training and competition level will be higher. We can all wish it were less expensive to be part of that environment, but it’s not reality. Same goes for dance, music, and other endeavors. We don’t have a system here where the best kids are identified early on placed on a special track. This is really not hard to understand. [/quote]

I guess it makes perfect sense if the drive is form the kid. Always wanting to achieve a higher level on something you love resonates with any human being.

In this area though, it seems many parents put their heart and soul in pushing their kids to soccer. This is especially obvious for younger kids, as parents have more influence on youngsters. You can find this type of parents in literally any activity kids do. However, the prevalence in soccer is just astonishing. So the question is WHY? What are the parents trying to achieve in doing this? What makes parents so drawn to soccer in the first place? The only thing I can think of is that parents want to chase their own "higher level" using their kids. But again, why? Why soccer? From a societal perspective, is it because that history has put great value on soccer?[/quote]

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