They will continue playing on their club team.

They were on JV their freshman and Soph. years on the HS team. There is actually a soccer class (1 of their 8 class periods), which they pretty much hated because coach focused on the varsity squad, told the JV kids to go off and run this drill or practice this or that, which left the serious JV kids to try to get the others to actually use the time for constructive practice.

Our HS team won the Texas 4A State championship last year, and only graduated 3 seniors plus lost an exchange student. So it is a really good team with limited slots opening up. At the end of last year, coach told them: 1) they needed to have a 5:30 mile if they wanted a chance to make varsity, and 2) he wouldn't be including any juniors on JV.

My boys ran distance and sprints on alternating days all summer, worked on soccer/balls skills daily, lifted weights 3 days a week, and even attended BYU's soccer camp. they were focused on giving it their all, trying to get into the varsity squad in the soccer class, then make the varsity team at try-outs in late November.

Now as school approaches, they are both leaning towards not doing HS soccer. They are good but not great athletes, have good skills/experience, play hard and physical, but don't have great top-end or closing speed, or height/bulk. I think the BYU soccer camp actually helped them make the decision... maybe we aren't really varsity material at our school.

Part of me wants to tell them to give it a shot and see how it plays out, but they are talking about fitting in a second year of physics now, or doing choir (they already both play piano and a string instrument... cello for one, viola/violin for the other and went on state with their instruments last year). Above all, I want them to make the decision. pray about it, and feel like it is the right thing for them.