Travel soccer plus little league

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Anonymous wrote:I could have written this post OP. I’m concerned about it as well and I think it depends on the soccer coach as to how understanding they will be. A baseball teammate of my son’s who is a year older did travel soccer all season and they were not very forgiving about missing anything. He was probably at half our baseball games and never attended a practice so I don’t see that he missed all that much soccer.

I gusss we will just see how it goes.

I don't care how good of an athlete the kid is or how rec the baseball team is, that is utterly unfair to the kids who are making the baseball team a priority

The soccer kid who misses all the practices should be the bench warmer who gets the one required at bat only, with even the weakest player getting more at bats and fielding rotations than him.

At 8 years old nothing needs to be a "priority". The only priority is to your child not a team. Let them play both without unnecessary pressure of worrying about the team. They should be more focused on learning and being exposed to as many different sports and opportunities as possible without fear of retribution.

It is not retribution to play the kids who have been working hard all season and committed to their teammates over the kid who has clearly established that the team is an afterthought.

The low ability kids who show up and try are the ones who are treated unfairly when the non committed kid gets the same or more playing time when he happens to show up. just because he is more naturally athletic.

That's life, especially in sports. It's hypocritical to say that it HAS to be a priority and also that the best players shouldn't get the most playing time. Do you take it seriously, or don't you?

How serious should a 8 year old take sports?

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Anonymous wrote:I could have written this post OP. I’m concerned about it as well and I think it depends on the soccer coach as to how understanding they will be. A baseball teammate of my son’s who is a year older did travel soccer all season and they were not very forgiving about missing anything. He was probably at half our baseball games and never attended a practice so I don’t see that he missed all that much soccer.

I gusss we will just see how it goes.

I don't care how good of an athlete the kid is or how rec the baseball team is, that is utterly unfair to the kids who are making the baseball team a priority

The soccer kid who misses all the practices should be the bench warmer who gets the one required at bat only, with even the weakest player getting more at bats and fielding rotations than him.

At 8 years old nothing needs to be a "priority". The only priority is to your child not a team. Let them play both without unnecessary pressure of worrying about the team. They should be more focused on learning and being exposed to as many different sports and opportunities as possible without fear of retribution.

You are wrong.

If every other kid is there for practices, including the kids that are not very good, why should a kid who has not attended a single practice get to jump in with the same playing time?

That is unfair, even if the baseball team is very recreational and even if the soccer player is a stellar athlete.

So what do you suggest? No one plays more than one sport after age 6?

Play multiple sports if you wish.

But if your kid does not show up for practice, they should not be a starter or bat/field more than the bare minimum requirement set by the league.

Every kid would love to skip practice, just show up for the games and get to be a starter. The kids who are there putting in the boring work have earned the right to start and deserve more playing time than the kid whose parents have shown that either the team is not a priority or that feel their kid is too good to be at practice.

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Anonymous wrote:I could have written this post OP. I’m concerned about it as well and I think it depends on the soccer coach as to how understanding they will be. A baseball teammate of my son’s who is a year older did travel soccer all season and they were not very forgiving about missing anything. He was probably at half our baseball games and never attended a practice so I don’t see that he missed all that much soccer.

I gusss we will just see how it goes.

I don't care how good of an athlete the kid is or how rec the baseball team is, that is utterly unfair to the kids who are making the baseball team a priority

The soccer kid who misses all the practices should be the bench warmer who gets the one required at bat only, with even the weakest player getting more at bats and fielding rotations than him.

At 8 years old nothing needs to be a "priority". The only priority is to your child not a team. Let them play both without unnecessary pressure of worrying about the team. They should be more focused on learning and being exposed to as many different sports and opportunities as possible without fear of retribution.

You are wrong.

If every other kid is there for practices, including the kids that are not very good, why should a kid who has not attended a single practice get to jump in with the same playing time?

That is unfair, even if the baseball team is very recreational and even if the soccer player is a stellar athlete.

So what do you suggest? No one plays more than one sport after age 6?

Play multiple sports if you wish.

But if your kid does not show up for practice, they should not be a starter or bat/field more than the bare minimum requirement set by the league.

Every kid would love to skip practice, just show up for the games and get to be a starter. The kids who are there putting in the boring work have earned the right to start and deserve more playing time than the kid whose parents have shown that either the team is not a priority or that feel their kid is too good to be at practice.

This is not true. And if your kid "would love to skip practice" then your kid should not be starting either. You want to punish a kid because they love SPORT and want to learn and compete. My guess is, since the phrase describing this kid as a "stellar athlete" indicates that his skill. whether or not he shows up to practice is at or above the level of the team as is. As long as the kid shows, can play at or above the level on the team you should just concern yourself with getting your kid better and not worry about what other kids are doing.

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Anonymous wrote:I could have written this post OP. I’m concerned about it as well and I think it depends on the soccer coach as to how understanding they will be. A baseball teammate of my son’s who is a year older did travel soccer all season and they were not very forgiving about missing anything. He was probably at half our baseball games and never attended a practice so I don’t see that he missed all that much soccer.

I gusss we will just see how it goes.

I don't care how good of an athlete the kid is or how rec the baseball team is, that is utterly unfair to the kids who are making the baseball team a priority

The soccer kid who misses all the practices should be the bench warmer who gets the one required at bat only, with even the weakest player getting more at bats and fielding rotations than him.

At 8 years old nothing needs to be a "priority". The only priority is to your child not a team. Let them play both without unnecessary pressure of worrying about the team. They should be more focused on learning and being exposed to as many different sports and opportunities as possible without fear of retribution.

It is not retribution to play the kids who have been working hard all season and committed to their teammates over the kid who has clearly established that the team is an afterthought.

The low ability kids who show up and try are the ones who are treated unfairly when the non committed kid gets the same or more playing time when he happens to show up. just because he is more naturally athletic.

That's life, especially in sports. It's hypocritical to say that it HAS to be a priority and also that the best players shouldn't get the most playing time. Do you take it seriously, or don't you?

How serious should a 8 year old take sports?

I think they should be able to play as many sports as they want, as long as they love it and want to improve.

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Anonymous wrote:I could have written this post OP. I’m concerned about it as well and I think it depends on the soccer coach as to how understanding they will be. A baseball teammate of my son’s who is a year older did travel soccer all season and they were not very forgiving about missing anything. He was probably at half our baseball games and never attended a practice so I don’t see that he missed all that much soccer.

I gusss we will just see how it goes.

I don't care how good of an athlete the kid is or how rec the baseball team is, that is utterly unfair to the kids who are making the baseball team a priority

The soccer kid who misses all the practices should be the bench warmer who gets the one required at bat only, with even the weakest player getting more at bats and fielding rotations than him.

At 8 years old nothing needs to be a "priority". The only priority is to your child not a team. Let them play both without unnecessary pressure of worrying about the team. They should be more focused on learning and being exposed to as many different sports and opportunities as possible without fear of retribution.

You are wrong.

If every other kid is there for practices, including the kids that are not very good, why should a kid who has not attended a single practice get to jump in with the same playing time?

That is unfair, even if the baseball team is very recreational and even if the soccer player is a stellar athlete.

So what do you suggest? No one plays more than one sport after age 6?

Play multiple sports if you wish.

But if your kid does not show up for practice, they should not be a starter or bat/field more than the bare minimum requirement set by the league.

Every kid would love to skip practice, just show up for the games and get to be a starter. The kids who are there putting in the boring work have earned the right to start and deserve more playing time than the kid whose parents have shown that either the team is not a priority or that feel their kid is too good to be at practice.

This is not true. And if your kid "would love to skip practice" then your kid should not be starting either. You want to punish a kid because they love SPORT and want to learn and compete. My guess is, since the phrase describing this kid as a "stellar athlete" indicates that his skill. whether or not he shows up to practice is at or above the level of the team as is. As long as the kid shows, can play at or above the level on the team you should just concern yourself with getting your kid better and not worry about what other kids are doing.

yeah not sure what PP means. My kid loves practice and would play all day long if he could.

[Anonymous]

It sucks. But, I really don't think any kid should be trying to do two travel sports in the same season.

1) it automatically teaches kids the wrong thing--- not making a commitment to the team.

Any kid that is going to sign up for travel has a commitment to the Coach and teammates. It's really infuriating to have players miss tournaments or games for another sport.

My kids were athletic and did very well in multiple sports at a young age---soccer, flag football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball.

But, I only let them play one travel sport per season. With soccer, it's pretty much year-round.

I also tried to minimize signing up for any sport that would have conflicts. So--it was winter Rec basketball and travel soccer. One year--flag football (games Saturdays) and travel soccer(games Sundays).

I found baseball to hard to juggle since the increase and games, length of practices, game times. It would have required a full-time commitment that wasn't possible with travel soccer. I do know kids that do it. When they get to a higher team in soccer--the coach usually makes them make a choice. I am sure the travel baseball coach does the same.

It's just not fair to teammates to have teammates that repeatedly miss games/practices.

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Little league baseball is a time suck compared to travel soccer. Travel soccer games are an hour. Baseball games can last over 2 hours. Starting at age 8, the better kids are in a kid pitch division and playing with 9 year olds and developing 10 year olds. If your 8 year old has never played then he might play with 6,7 and 8 year olds.
Little league goes by however old you are on Sept.1st. Is your child still going to be 8 or will they be 9 by Sept. 1st.
Trying to do travel soccer and little league at 9 is really hard. My son wanted to play little league and winter basketball and travel soccer. To do so he had to bump down a soccer level and went from A team to B team. It was worth it to him and for us to be able to play multiple sports. He couldn't miss any soccer practices on A team to play other sports, but he can alternate practices between b team practices and other sports.

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A good coach will work with you and let you know if it’s doable or not. My son’s U14 coach was great about this, and made sure we had a bigger roster this spring because our keeper and our backup keeper were both travel baseball players. He also encouraged the boys to do other sports during winter and summer and to participate in Scouts, etc. he just asked for good communication.

I think sometimes older coaches are better about this—ours raised 4 kids and has grandkids in high school and he knows families are busy.

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Anonymous wrote:Little league baseball is a time suck compared to travel soccer. Travel soccer games are an hour. Baseball games can last over 2 hours. Starting at age 8, the better kids are in a kid pitch division and playing with 9 year olds and developing 10 year olds. If your 8 year old has never played then he might play with 6,7 and 8 year olds.
Little league goes by however old you are on Sept.1st. Is your child still going to be 8 or will they be 9 by Sept. 1st.
Trying to do travel soccer and little league at 9 is really hard. My son wanted to play little league and winter basketball and travel soccer. To do so he had to bump down a soccer level and went from A team to B team. It was worth it to him and for us to be able to play multiple sports. He couldn't miss any soccer practices on A team to play other sports, but he can alternate practices between b team practices and other sports.

I disagree that it is hard. My son - middle school age - has done travel soccer and Little League for over 4 years. What did make it a pain was adding travel baseball in this year on top! We didn't have many conflicts - if we did we usually split them though now that he is the goalie it's harder to make soccer. But, for us soccer is usually Friday evening or Saturday morning/mid day. Little League is usually Saturday midday to evening and travel baseball is Sunday mornings. Lot of baseball.

But, he can't pick and I don't think he should!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sucks. But, I really don't think any kid should be trying to do two travel sports in the same season.

1) it automatically teaches kids the wrong thing--- not making a commitment to the team.

Any kid that is going to sign up for travel has a commitment to the Coach and teammates. It's really infuriating to have players miss tournaments or games for another sport.

My kids were athletic and did very well in multiple sports at a young age---soccer, flag football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball.

But, I only let them play one travel sport per season. With soccer, it's pretty much year-round.

I also tried to minimize signing up for any sport that would have conflicts. So--it was winter Rec basketball and travel soccer. One year--flag football (games Saturdays) and travel soccer(games Sundays).

I found baseball to hard to juggle since the increase and games, length of practices, game times. It would have required a full-time commitment that wasn't possible with travel soccer. I do know kids that do it. When they get to a higher team in soccer--the coach usually makes them make a choice. I am sure the travel baseball coach does the same.

It's just not fair to teammates to have teammates that repeatedly miss games/practices.

Again, NO!

Youth travel sports at 8 years old are not about "Commitment to the Team". They are about exposing CHILDREN to a sport and teaching them the necessary skills to succeed in that sport. If the kid, without practice, is still good enough to start over your child you need to worry more about your kid and less about someone else's kid. If the other kid does decide to take baseball more seriously my guess is your kid still isn't starting.

Do you ask your kid everyday after school what kids were not in class that day? As long as there are enough kids to have practice and field a team for a game the attendance of the other kid is not something that affects your kid at all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I could have written this post OP. I’m concerned about it as well and I think it depends on the soccer coach as to how understanding they will be. A baseball teammate of my son’s who is a year older did travel soccer all season and they were not very forgiving about missing anything. He was probably at half our baseball games and never attended a practice so I don’t see that he missed all that much soccer.

I gusss we will just see how it goes.

I don't care how good of an athlete the kid is or how rec the baseball team is, that is utterly unfair to the kids who are making the baseball team a priority

The soccer kid who misses all the practices should be the bench warmer who gets the one required at bat only, with even the weakest player getting more at bats and fielding rotations than him.

At 8 years old nothing needs to be a "priority". The only priority is to your child not a team. Let them play both without unnecessary pressure of worrying about the team. They should be more focused on learning and being exposed to as many different sports and opportunities as possible without fear of retribution.

You are wrong.

If every other kid is there for practices, including the kids that are not very good, why should a kid who has not attended a single practice get to jump in with the same playing time?

That is unfair, even if the baseball team is very recreational and even if the soccer player is a stellar athlete.

So what do you suggest? No one plays more than one sport after age 6?

Play multiple sports if you wish.

But if your kid does not show up for practice, they should not be a starter or bat/field more than the bare minimum requirement set by the league.

Every kid would love to skip practice, just show up for the games and get to be a starter. The kids who are there putting in the boring work have earned the right to start and deserve more playing time than the kid whose parents have shown that either the team is not a priority or that feel their kid is too good to be at practice.

This is not true. And if your kid "would love to skip practice" then your kid should not be starting either. You want to punish a kid because they love SPORT and want to learn and compete. My guess is, since the phrase describing this kid as a "stellar athlete" indicates that his skill. whether or not he shows up to practice is at or above the level of the team as is. As long as the kid shows, can play at or above the level on the team you should just concern yourself with getting your kid better and not worry about what other kids are doing.

Well, clearly that star kid wants to skip practice and be a starter.

The kids who are attending every practice should get more playing time than the kid who skips regularly for his other team.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It sucks. But, I really don't think any kid should be trying to do two travel sports in the same season.

1) it automatically teaches kids the wrong thing--- not making a commitment to the team.

Any kid that is going to sign up for travel has a commitment to the Coach and teammates. It's really infuriating to have players miss tournaments or games for another sport.

My kids were athletic and did very well in multiple sports at a young age---soccer, flag football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball.

But, I only let them play one travel sport per season. With soccer, it's pretty much year-round.

I also tried to minimize signing up for any sport that would have conflicts. So--it was winter Rec basketball and travel soccer. One year--flag football (games Saturdays) and travel soccer(games Sundays).

I found baseball to hard to juggle since the increase and games, length of practices, game times. It would have required a full-time commitment that wasn't possible with travel soccer. I do know kids that do it. When they get to a higher team in soccer--the coach usually makes them make a choice. I am sure the travel baseball coach does the same.

It's just not fair to teammates to have teammates that repeatedly miss games/practices.

Again, NO!

Youth travel sports at 8 years old are not about "Commitment to the Team". They are about exposing CHILDREN to a sport and teaching them the necessary skills to succeed in that sport. If the kid, without practice, is still good enough to start over your child you need to worry more about your kid and less about someone else's kid. If the other kid does decide to take baseball more seriously my guess is your kid still isn't starting.

Do you ask your kid everyday after school what kids were not in class that day? As long as there are enough kids to have practice and field a team for a game the attendance of the other kid is not something that affects your kid at all.

You are so wrong.

If your kid cannot make it to practice, even for his rec team, he only should be playing the minimum

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It sucks. But, I really don't think any kid should be trying to do two travel sports in the same season.

1) it automatically teaches kids the wrong thing--- not making a commitment to the team.

Any kid that is going to sign up for travel has a commitment to the Coach and teammates. It's really infuriating to have players miss tournaments or games for another sport.

My kids were athletic and did very well in multiple sports at a young age---soccer, flag football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball.

But, I only let them play one travel sport per season. With soccer, it's pretty much year-round.

I also tried to minimize signing up for any sport that would have conflicts. So--it was winter Rec basketball and travel soccer. One year--flag football (games Saturdays) and travel soccer(games Sundays).

I found baseball to hard to juggle since the increase and games, length of practices, game times. It would have required a full-time commitment that wasn't possible with travel soccer. I do know kids that do it. When they get to a higher team in soccer--the coach usually makes them make a choice. I am sure the travel baseball coach does the same.

It's just not fair to teammates to have teammates that repeatedly miss games/practices.

Again, NO!

Youth travel sports at 8 years old are not about "Commitment to the Team". They are about exposing CHILDREN to a sport and teaching them the necessary skills to succeed in that sport. If the kid, without practice, is still good enough to start over your child you need to worry more about your kid and less about someone else's kid. If the other kid does decide to take baseball more seriously my guess is your kid still isn't starting.

Do you ask your kid everyday after school what kids were not in class that day? As long as there are enough kids to have practice and field a team for a game the attendance of the other kid is not something that affects your kid at all.

You are so wrong.

If your kid cannot make it to practice, even for his rec team, he only should be playing the minimum

I dont think you understand how rec teams work. It's about learning.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I could have written this post OP. I’m concerned about it as well and I think it depends on the soccer coach as to how understanding they will be. A baseball teammate of my son’s who is a year older did travel soccer all season and they were not very forgiving about missing anything. He was probably at half our baseball games and never attended a practice so I don’t see that he missed all that much soccer.

I gusss we will just see how it goes.

I don't care how good of an athlete the kid is or how rec the baseball team is, that is utterly unfair to the kids who are making the baseball team a priority

The soccer kid who misses all the practices should be the bench warmer who gets the one required at bat only, with even the weakest player getting more at bats and fielding rotations than him.

At 8 years old nothing needs to be a "priority". The only priority is to your child not a team. Let them play both without unnecessary pressure of worrying about the team. They should be more focused on learning and being exposed to as many different sports and opportunities as possible without fear of retribution.

You are wrong.

If every other kid is there for practices, including the kids that are not very good, why should a kid who has not attended a single practice get to jump in with the same playing time?

That is unfair, even if the baseball team is very recreational and even if the soccer player is a stellar athlete.

So what do you suggest? No one plays more than one sport after age 6?

Play multiple sports if you wish.

But if your kid does not show up for practice, they should not be a starter or bat/field more than the bare minimum requirement set by the league.

Every kid would love to skip practice, just show up for the games and get to be a starter. The kids who are there putting in the boring work have earned the right to start and deserve more playing time than the kid whose parents have shown that either the team is not a priority or that feel their kid is too good to be at practice.

This is not true. And if your kid "would love to skip practice" then your kid should not be starting either. You want to punish a kid because they love SPORT and want to learn and compete. My guess is, since the phrase describing this kid as a "stellar athlete" indicates that his skill. whether or not he shows up to practice is at or above the level of the team as is. As long as the kid shows, can play at or above the level on the team you should just concern yourself with getting your kid better and not worry about what other kids are doing.

Well, clearly that star kid wants to skip practice and be a starter.

The kids who are attending every practice should get more playing time than the kid who skips regularly for his other team.

I know, it stinks when another kid is better and makes it look easy. Worry more about your kid. Jesus, people with 8 year old kids worrying about TEAM. It is laughable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It sucks. But, I really don't think any kid should be trying to do two travel sports in the same season.

1) it automatically teaches kids the wrong thing--- not making a commitment to the team.

Any kid that is going to sign up for travel has a commitment to the Coach and teammates. It's really infuriating to have players miss tournaments or games for another sport.

My kids were athletic and did very well in multiple sports at a young age---soccer, flag football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball.

But, I only let them play one travel sport per season. With soccer, it's pretty much year-round.

I also tried to minimize signing up for any sport that would have conflicts. So--it was winter Rec basketball and travel soccer. One year--flag football (games Saturdays) and travel soccer(games Sundays).

I found baseball to hard to juggle since the increase and games, length of practices, game times. It would have required a full-time commitment that wasn't possible with travel soccer. I do know kids that do it. When they get to a higher team in soccer--the coach usually makes them make a choice. I am sure the travel baseball coach does the same.

It's just not fair to teammates to have teammates that repeatedly miss games/practices.

Again, NO!

Youth travel sports at 8 years old are not about "Commitment to the Team". They are about exposing CHILDREN to a sport and teaching them the necessary skills to succeed in that sport. If the kid, without practice, is still good enough to start over your child you need to worry more about your kid and less about someone else's kid. If the other kid does decide to take baseball more seriously my guess is your kid still isn't starting.

Do you ask your kid everyday after school what kids were not in class that day? As long as there are enough kids to have practice and field a team for a game the attendance of the other kid is not something that affects your kid at all.

You are so wrong.

If your kid cannot make it to practice, even for his rec team, he only should be playing the minimum

I dont think you understand how rec teams work. It's about learning.

I don't think you understand being part of a team.