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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most kids will not play soccer beyond high school. It's ok to decide that the time and money of elite soccer is not money well spent. You can play for the love of the game with much less commitment. [/quote]

What happens if every parent and every kid participating in every sport followed your philosophy of not committing to excelling, because everyone can't be Michael Phelps?[/quote]

Michael Phelps was an incredible stand out from young age. He had coaches who noticed his potential and made sure he got into the right training environment. He was raised by a single mom who followed the advice of the coaches. And guess what? He played multiple other sports until age 12 when he decided to focus on swimming only. [/quote]

His mom shouldn't have listened to the coaches or allowed him to go train with them, because everyone can't be an Olympic gold medal swimmer.[/quote]

You aren't very smart, are you? There's a difference between a parent following a coach's recommendation with agreement of a kid vs. a parent taking their kid to the pool from age 6 and making them work on strokes all the time while also putting them in a bunch of private lessons outside of practice. [/quote]

So Michael Phelps did the same type of swim training and put in the same amount of time and effort into it as the average kid?[/quote]

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