How many kids go back to Rec after a year or two of Travel?

[Anonymous]

Is this a thing? Is this common? Do kids try out travel soccer at a young age, but they or their parents decide it's too large of a commitment or too intense, and they drop back down to recd?

[Anonymous]

its very common. equally common is club ruins soccer for them and they focus on other sports.

[Anonymous]

I find it not that common, mostly because at older ages, rec teams fall apart and there are fewer of them

[Anonymous]

It’s happening to our kid right now. We moved him to travel last year and it is ruining the love of the sport for him. We are going back to rec because he’s a multi sport athlete and he’s still picking up new ones so travel makes no sense for him.

[Anonymous]

We were very unimpressed by our travel experience and went back to rec. It was a huge waste of time and money for the year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were very unimpressed by our travel experience and went back to rec. It was a huge waste of time and money for the year.

Is your kid under 13?

[Anonymous]

My kids both continued to play rec while doing travel. One still does both, the other does only rec.

[Anonymous]

I've known 2. They both lasted a season in rec before quitting all together and playing a different sport.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids both continued to play rec while doing travel. One still does both, the other does only rec.

That is not allowed — you are breaking the rules and it’s unfair to the rec league.

[Anonymous]

It's extremely common. When kids get to MS/HS level they usually drop club for other sports or other activities but many kids still like it and want to play for fun so they go to rec.

[Anonymous]

Pretty uncommon, but it does happen, especially at younger ages. Older kids who quit usually leave the game entirely due to lack of interest or the desire to play another sport, be it field hockey or football in high school or to fully focus on basketball at a high level, in my experience.

[Anonymous]

About a third of our current 6th grade boys rec team consists of former travel players who got burnt out/missed playing with their friends/the parents were over it.

[Anonymous]

It's common. Sometimes the child doesn't like travel, sometimes the parents don't like travel, sometimes the travel club way over promises and under delivers. Travel teams are a constant revolving door of players.

[Anonymous]

My 15-year-old is considering going back to rec after five years of travel soccer because the commitment is too much with other high school activities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids both continued to play rec while doing travel. One still does both, the other does only rec.

What rec league allows this?