Guess you didn't read the thread. They didn't "merge" with a rec league. |
It's true. They just keep making lower and lower teams. |
Or you could read the press release. It's okay. Everyone knows the level NCSL is at. |
I've been with MYS three years and know plenty of kids who didn't make any travel team from U8 to U12. They don't just make new teams for more kids. Please stop posting lies. |
NCSL provides scheduling services for a *rec league* as well as a *separate travel league*. I'm not sure why this is so hard for you to understand. |
Absolutely. It's a business at the end of the day, if the demand is there, a club will field a team. |
The point is, even the kids rejected from all levels at a big club will find a “travel” club that will take them. All kids are guaranteed a spot in “travel” soccer. And frankly, apart from the two top levels at a big club, all other levels are a waste of time for a DC who is serious about their soccer development and future, unless it is actually very close and convenient to a family. Otherwise, go to a smaller local club where your kid will get more attention than at a larger club. |
+1 2011G Arl has 7 teams!! I think NCSL top leagues are not great admittedly but I also think the difference between Rec and Travel is huge. My kid plays on the 3rd team at a big club. We play ECNL teams and hold our own in tournaments. There are mid sized clubs with lower teams who aren't very good and conceivably aren't much better than a talented rec player I agree but in terms of the overall experience no way does Travel compare to Rec. Travel gives you a discipline Rec simply does not have. For that reason, it still provides worth even on a lower team to join. I also agree that no large club truly develops players esp at mid levels. Better coaches typically on top 1-2 teams almost 100% if the time. I think Pvt training is really the way to go in terms of improvement but I also think the more games played and more interest and love of playing, that time spent naturally makes a kid better at the end than start of the season. Ultimately the kid has to want to get better. |
Which are the easiest ones to get spots? My child has been rejected as have several of his friends, and would still like to do travel. |
LMVSC |
We all have a bad habit of saying X club developed an individual player because they were there for Y years But we don't drill down into the details. Much of the development of high performers comes from what they do outside their normal club training. These clubs are chaperones, not teachers. |
Chaperones that give off the impression that they were the ones that are responsible for certain players achievements, which is really disingenuous. |
Yes, typically it's just a platform to display what has been done from outside training. But finding a great coach matters and is hard to find but if you do, it should take precedence over hot name club for most players. Heck some of these coaches, leave a smaller club for a big name club and within a year they are the sought after coach every parent wants coaching their kid.
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So much fog, clouds and delusion.
Most 'travel' teams have multiple 'rec' players and a subpar coach We're so infatuated with labels people keep talking about rec vs travel like there's real delineation between the two. Many of your kids are on travel teams with 4 or 5 serious travel players and the rest are decent recreational players making up the ranks |
Valor. |