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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
The current wisdom is that the kids who do better in the long run are those who get to play in a unstructured way -- pick-up soccer, where they can be creative and try things out -- rather than those who spend lots of time being drilled by adults. Not sure that all that coaching is really helping the kids that much, relative to just finding a way to play. Obviously, it's better than nothing, but the middle-class need to take childhood activities and structure them under adult supervision is not the most positive thing. But in our area, all the fields have been taken over by organized activities, so I'm not sure where the kids would be able to go to play pick-up if they wanted to.
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I grew up playing pick up basketball. Endless hours of playing against kids with serious skills.
Those serious skills (at least ball handling) did not rub off on me. I remain unable to do anything but rebound or drive minimal distance to the basket. If I have the ball outside the paint and anyone reasonably fast is near me, it's stolen.
My kid has decent ball handling skills. Must've gotten them from mom's side. I'm jealous.
