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Do travel teams really need to travel that much?
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Anonymous
why is it funny? |
Anonymous
ITA!!! |
Anonymous
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7:00 here.
If your kid is begging to do it and it is a passion, that is great. I think my experience is that my kids enjoy soccer, enjoy the teamwork and comradarie, but it isn't a passion. If it were, that may change my thinking to be more like yours. |
Anonymous
| 14:21 Interesting no mention of what your child wants! It is nothing but a myth that kids do travel soccer because they want to go pro ... they do it for many reasons but not that! I was resistant (I posted above, most recently at 11:43) but it's been great. DC wants to go as far as DC can go and that's that. No fantasies of turning pro, DC's not even sure college makes sense, it's a grind of a commitment. |
Anonymous
| Yes I would agree with PP. Especially at early ages there are really no goals and kids just play more competitive soccer with better coaches. I worry about the upcoming tryouts though. Kids do move up and down (ugh). |
Anonymous
| Yes the movement between the A and B teams is tough, and some kids not being asked back to the B team, is tough, I hate that. |
Anonymous
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My kid chose to try out because recreational soccer wasn't fun for him - too much hangin' out, and not enough effort to improve. That's who my kid is. Making him continue with rec wouldn't have been fair.
The movement down from A to B or B to C is sometimes a blessing. Yeah, no one likes to see their kid's egos bruised, but I can tell you that some of the "moved down kids" (who now play with my kid) really rose to the occasion and improved their game and their attitude. |
Anonymous
| 19:38 I agree and I've got stories of players moved to B teams who ended up being superstars a few years later. |
Anonymous
| Thanks PP! I'm worried about my daughter getting moved down so its nice to hear that it all works out in the end. |
Anonymous
| also, depending on where you live, the rec teams at ages 8-9-10 can be as much of a commitment and as much of a time hog as the travel teams (i'm thinking Fairfax Co, here -- which is an hour to drive end-to-end and where rec soccer sometimes practices multiple times in a week). |
Anonymous
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21:09 Well she'll get more playing time. Take the long view!
Rec teams practicing multiple times a week? Egads! |
Anonymous
| We live in Bethesda/Potomac and my son would like to play travel soccer. I know Stoddert has open tryouts in June for travel soccer. What about the other leagues (Potomac, Bethesda - those are the only ones that I know of)? Do they have tryouts too? Thanks for any advice. |
Anonymous
| Go to the clubs' websites for information. Contact the team manager for your son's age group. They use an August 1 - July 31 calendar. A boy born in August 1996 is U13, in August 2000 is U9, etc. |
Anonymous
14:21 here - my child is still in diapers, so as for what he wants regarding soccer, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. I was just noting that I'm dreading the conversation because my husband loved doing it and I know he's going to want our son to do it. We know he won't go pro. The story of his best friend being a pro is rare and we know that. We see the pro friend more now because he's on TV coaching for MLS, so the conversation regarding our son attending his camps and getting advice from him has come up. |
Anonymous
yet you've made the decisions for your child already... |