Sep 11
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U8 Indoor Soccer
Should you sign your kid up to play in an U8 indoor soccer league over the summer and winter? If you want to develop their ball control then the answer is yes. I would absolutely consider doing this for my U8 son but there is an even more important question. Are giving your child an opportunity to test some other sports? That is a tough question to answer, even for me because like a lot of parents I believe in specializing at an early age but I also recognize and appreciate that there are other skills learned playing additional sports.
In addition there is that whole, what if your child doesn’t like soccer or isn’t good enough to keep up. There are no right or wrong answers, but for my family we will probably continue to do basketball in the winter and keep indoor limited to a summer sport though the age groups around U8. As our kids get older it probably makes more sense to specialize.