MetsFan
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We need to start signing up my 4 year old to sports. We were going to do soccer last year, but we missed the deadline. I'll have to check on swimming to see when the deadline is for that.
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Sorry, MF but a 3 yo "signed up" for soccer is ridiculous in my opinion. Might as well just arrange a play group and if the kids want to kick a ball then let them.
However, I believe you can't start them swimming young enough, especially if you're around water (pool, vacation at the beach, etc.)
However, I believe you can't start them swimming young enough, especially if you're around water (pool, vacation at the beach, etc.)
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I finally found an indoor pool with weekend lessons. minisnick LOVES them.
I think this might be the last year of baseball though because the next level is a traveling team to other towns sometimes a hr or more away. our work schedule just doesn't work with that sort of thing. The idea of 6-8 yr olds on traveling team is just crazy to me it isn't like they are the cream of the crop grooming for a career.
I'm hoping minisnick will want to play basketball next year over trying soccer.
I think this might be the last year of baseball though because the next level is a traveling team to other towns sometimes a hr or more away. our work schedule just doesn't work with that sort of thing. The idea of 6-8 yr olds on traveling team is just crazy to me it isn't like they are the cream of the crop grooming for a career.
I'm hoping minisnick will want to play basketball next year over trying soccer.
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+1000, I was thinking it, you said it MA. We went to a couple "games" for some friends of ours, and it's exactly that. Just run around and occasionally kick a ball once in awhile. LadyFox and I were thinking to ourselves, "They're paying for this?"
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Dance classes for 3-4 yrs old is just as bad...
I think my kids started soccer at the YMCA when they were 5-6 and even then it was "magnet ball". If the ball went out of bounds and ended up in the playground we'd have to go and retrieve all the kids that got distracted by the swings, etc.
It was the city league soccer which started at U8 (under 8yo) that they started learning the game. Travel started at the U10 level. We had a big program where the U10 had a full in-city league as well as 2-3 travel teams. Only the kids that were into playing/learning the game were on the travel teams and it was the 1, 2, and 3 teams ranked by ability. For whatever reason, my younger son was quite competitive and played on the 1 or 2 travel teams. Those games were fun to watch as the kids really played well at that level.
It was the city league soccer which started at U8 (under 8yo) that they started learning the game. Travel started at the U10 level. We had a big program where the U10 had a full in-city league as well as 2-3 travel teams. Only the kids that were into playing/learning the game were on the travel teams and it was the 1, 2, and 3 teams ranked by ability. For whatever reason, my younger son was quite competitive and played on the 1 or 2 travel teams. Those games were fun to watch as the kids really played well at that level.
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Interesting... Most of his friends were doing soccer last year so I was feeling bad when I hadn't signed him up for anything. He is signed up for "playball" at daycare though. It's $75 a month so originally we weren't going to sign him up for it. Of course peer pressure ruled since everybody else in the class is signed up for it. That and they offered him a free day so he wanted to keep going after that. My thing is, shouldn't we get money back from the daycare since the teachers aren't watching him during that time?
yeah I think you should get a refund. Youth sports in our area of MA is out of control if you ask me. There are a gazillion "club teams" and programs available, so I'm not surprised that they offer it to pre-k kids. If your son shows a real interest in it then there's nothing wrong with feeding the intrest. All it takes is a handful of fanatical parents looking to raise the next Beckham to start an "organized program". However, the vast majorityy of kids couldn't care less about the game, they just want to play with other kids. Of course for organized sports you need fields, team uniforms, equipment, etc. and then play time starts costing additional money.
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^^ Not to mention time out of our busy schedules, haha.
I coached 4yo soccer and U8 last summer. With the 4 yo it was about introducing them to the game/structure, basic rules, no hands, out of bounds which goal to shoot at. Silly games to keep them interested and really just making a fool of myself and making the kids laugh.
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