Are travel sports bad for community?

[Anonymous]

With everyone away traveling every weekend, there scant time for communities to bond.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely.

[Anonymous]

You could make the same argument for cars, air conditioning, long distance grandparents, lack of sidewalks, etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You could make the same argument for cars, air conditioning, long distance grandparents, lack of sidewalks, etc

and private school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You could make the same argument for cars, air conditioning, long distance grandparents, lack of sidewalks, etc

and private school

And phones and Amazon and grocery delivery. At least with travel sports you're interacting with humans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With everyone away traveling every weekend, there scant time for communities to bond.

I think you are over looking the travel team community. And who is traveling every weekend.

[Anonymous]

What’s up with all the travel sports trolling lately?

[Anonymous]

Yes, people, especially kids are so overscheduled these days.

[Anonymous]

Travel soccer parent here. They share a common interest and enjoy playing together. It doesn’t mean they can’t have other interests it just means that at this time their favorite thing to do is play soccer with their buddies

[Anonymous]

I'm not pro travel teams, but I think this is an odd question. The travel team IS their community. Just because it isn't near your house doesn't mean it isn't a community

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not pro travel teams, but I think this is an odd question. The travel team IS their community. Just because it isn't near your house doesn't mean it isn't a community

But isn’t that a problem? Shouldn’t there be more local community

[Anonymous]

Community bonding? Do you have older children/tweens/teens?
Many kids - if left completely unscheduled- will spend their free time looking at their screens be it bingeing shows, social media or gaming (which one could argue is a community too). Sounds like OP envisions all the travel players hanging in the neighborhood, volunteering, helping neighbors- stuff that sounds great but let’s be realistic. If your kid is completely unscheduled and does these things, then you’ve def done something right!
A little scheduling goes a long way in giving kids some structure, interaction with kids they wouldn’t normally hang with, and either physical or brain activity. And gets them off screens!
What’s wrong if travel sports becomes that activity?

Yeah, weird on a sports message board there’s been a lot of negativity towards travel sports and parents who enjoy watching their kids play sports.

What gives?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You could make the same argument for cars, air conditioning, long distance grandparents, lack of sidewalks, etc

and private school

And phones and Amazon and grocery delivery. At least with travel sports you're interacting with humans.

Subpar ones

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not pro travel teams, but I think this is an odd question. The travel team IS their community. Just because it isn't near your house doesn't mean it isn't a community

But isn’t that a problem? Shouldn’t there be more local community

What if you only live near old farts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Community bonding? Do you have older children/tweens/teens?
Many kids - if left completely unscheduled- will spend their free time looking at their screens be it bingeing shows, social media or gaming (which one could argue is a community too). Sounds like OP envisions all the travel players hanging in the neighborhood, volunteering, helping neighbors- stuff that sounds great but let’s be realistic. If your kid is completely unscheduled and does these things, then you’ve def done something right!
A little scheduling goes a long way in giving kids some structure, interaction with kids they wouldn’t normally hang with, and either physical or brain activity. And gets them off screens!
What’s wrong if travel sports becomes that activity?

Yeah, weird on a sports message board there’s been a lot of negativity towards travel sports and parents who enjoy watching their kids play sports.

What gives?

But travel sports aren’t just “a little scheduling,” it takes up all their free time.