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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do people like about weekend soccer? I grew up in an unathletic family, so it's very foreign to me, though I know that some of my neighbors have signed their kids up for soccer since they were three years old. We've been much more laid back on extra curriculars thus far.

Is it really worth giving up our rare free Saturday mornings to join a league like Stoddert so my almost-six year old can stumble over a ball for a few hours? Am I a bad mom for saying no to the pressure to join the school's team?

If I asked my kid, I bet the answer would be "yes, I want to do it." But that's the answer to everything, when in reality, after the long school week, kid loves to stay in PJs and play with home toys until 10am. Not my idea of a fun time to struggle out the door one more day, dragging the toddler along, too. So if you do soccer, tell me, what's great about it?[/quote]

I am the totally non-athletic mom to a seven year old who asked to sign up for MSI soccer last year. Our daughter was excited to join a team, especially since several of her friends are on the team as well. I agree with other PPs who have said being part of a soccer team has been a great learning experience. There's not much active choice making time in elementary school, so soccer has been a surprisingly good way to learn how to deal with disappointments, learning how to work as a team (no pun intended), and it's been a good source of extra outside playtime.

What I do not love about soccer is the way games are scheduled. Totally get that it's not possible to have a set game time in the way that there's a set weekly practice time, but it makes planning other things really hard when one weekend the game is at 10:30 and the next it's at 1:30. [/quote]

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