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Message: [QUOTE="BRS24, post: 4823247, member: 197"] Exactly. My g-kids are 11, 9, 9 and just started playing rec soccer a few years ago. Once practice per week, and one game on weekend. The 11 y/o has gone thru a wicked growth spurt since the summer, so knees (etc) have been achy. I'm hoping my littles get interested in BB, flag football, and all the other sports offered, as I don't want them to have overuse injuries. A summer camp coach asked if we were considering them for "competitive" teams and I LOLed, as at least one still has trouble tying shoes, not to mention $$$ approaching $1000 for Sep-May, [U][I]plus[/I][/U] unis and tourney fees. Fast forward to last week and I was chatting with a league coordinator, and they said some of the comp coaches are now pushing for [U]3-4 practices a week[/U] (!!!!) at the younger ages, and the level of play isn't much better than the rec league. SMDH [/QUOTE]