Soccer - co-ed or all girl?

Littlejen22 · March 2012

I have 1 1/2 years to worry b/c our league only has co-ed at until 5yo but why would you choose one over the other? Just curious.

Arnegard · March 2012

Our town only does same sex. Alex is on all girl, playing all girls. The boys look rougher to me.

warriormomerin · March 2012

Really? Why are you wasting time worrying about this?

DD did co-ed the first year then they went to same sex leagues after that. It was not a big deal.

marigolds · March 2012

My 6 year old dd just started on a coed team this week. She loves it!

rebs · March 2012

I would do co-ed as long as possible. Where I live soccer is co-ed until 8, which I love. I like it for a few reasons. The biggest reason being there is absolutely no reason to seperate them at the young ages.

I also think it teaches boys more respect for girls as athletes from a young age. Also boys tend to have better coaches (sad, but true). And boys tend to be more competitive so I think having girls there balances that out, but it can also help make the girls push themselves a little harder.

I know all of the above are generalizations, and not true for every kid or team. But from working in children's sports for years I think they hold true for the most part.

Littlejen22 · March 2012

warriormomerin:
Really? Why are you wasting time worrying about this?
DD did co-ed the first year then they went to same sex leagues after that. It was not a big deal.

I am not wasting time worrying about it. I was on their website to find out if coaches have been assigned yet (because I have no idea what time we need to show up in 2 weeks) and I saw the fact that there was a choice and I was curious as to why choose one over the other. I have no idea if she will ever play soccer again after June, she wants to play but she is only 3 and also says she wants to do ballet, take music classes, learn a foreign language, scuba dive and jump out of planes.

Thanks ladies.

J&A2008 · March 2012

Ditto pps who voted for co-ed. I did co-ed and it was a great experience.

Littlejen22 · March 2012

J&A2008:
Ditto pps who voted for co-ed. I did co-ed and it was a great experience.

Thanks J

RevivingOphelia · March 2012

I would do co-ed for as long as possible. In my mind it can help socially with spending time with both sexes. Also, I feel that boys can be *sometimes* be a bit rougher and having to be assertive as a girl on the field is great. But that is just my opinion.

Ilumine · March 2012

As long as the coaches TEACH equally, I would do CO-ED.

This teaches the kids, at an early and impressionable age, that both genders can do everything, before the physiological differences really kick in.

It also helps the both genders learn to be better players because they are learning to play with the others strengths.

And to preface before I get a smack for sounding anti - feminist...there ARE scientifically proven physical and cognitive differences between males and females. That doesn't mean that a female doesn't get the chance to TRY anything she wants. That just means we should use those differences to become better.

Littlejen22 · March 2012

Ilumine:
As long as the coaches TEACH equally, I would do CO-ED.
This teaches the kids, at an early and impressionable age, that both genders can do everything, before the physiological differences really kick in.
It also helps the both genders learn to be better players because they are learning to play with the others strengths.
And to preface before I get a smack for sounding anti - feminist...there ARE scientifically proven physical and cognitive differences between males and females. That doesn't mean that a female doesn't get the chance to TRY anything she wants. That just means we should use those differences to become better.

I hear you. I want dd (and DS really) to be able to hold their own, right now she is a spitfire but I want her to always hold her own.

jlw2505 · March 2012

My girls have taken co-ed through a private company and most of the time it was great. This last time, we did a class and it ended up being all boys other than my two and at ages 4 and 5, some of the boys were really good and bigger/faster than my two which made it hard for them to get time to really feel like they were playing, being part of the team. The coahc was not great which I think was part of the issue. I think co-ed until kindergarten is fine but then think same sex is better. I would be sure to call ahead and see if you can find out if there is a good mix though.

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