Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:yes its obnoxious to see travel players basically terrorizing rookie players so they can show off.
Not exactly how it is, at least not that I've seen. But there are often understandably HUGE skill gaps between travel players and some of the less skilled rec players, which allow a travel player to sometimes go end to end with relative ease.
My son was recruiting by his school's rec team because the teams they were playing had 1-3 travel players each, and they just couldn't compete without a couple travel players of their own. He was excited to be playing with his old rec teammates and the coach is careful to sub him and the other travel player in when the other team has their travel players on the field. While he's on the sidelines his teammates are urging him to score more so that they can win. He has fun trying to pass and set up his teammates for goals, usually with limited success because they just don't know the positioning or how to go to goal.
That begs the question as to why travel players are even allowed on rec. I can argue both sides, but despite how much fun my son is having with rec, I honestly feel it would be more fun for his teammates and competitive overall (albet at a lower level of gameplay), if travel players weren't allowed to play rec.
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