Has anyone else decided to just do rec in the fall?

[Anonymous]

We can afford to lose the money for travel, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't hurt. It feels a lot less stressful to pay $100 for rec, take the year off and go back to travel next year. My girls have a lot of friends who play in our local rec league so I'm hoping that eases the sting of not being on 'their team' this year. Just us or anyone else?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We can afford to lose the money for travel, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't hurt. It feels a lot less stressful to pay $100 for rec, take the year off and go back to travel next year. My girls have a lot of friends who play in our local rec league so I'm hoping that eases the sting of not being on 'their team' this year. Just us or anyone else?

We're waiting to decide based off what our club provides. DD is entering H.S., so we're less inclined to take season off since there's so few seasons remaining and she doesn't want it to negatively impact her first showcase seasons.

[Anonymous]

My son’s travel team one year was a disaster. Coach insane (like needed professional help) and games a mishmash of his team and whatever kids they could find. Bad situation. So we switched to rec with his school buddies.

Positives: played with a smile, had fun, was best player in the entire league by a mile.
Negatives: was best player in the entire league without breaking a sweat.

We talked to another club with a friendly coach and started training with them a few days a week to stay sharp.

In end depends on your goals. If you want college level or beyond going to rec is kind of a temporary, only in case of emergencies and only if you supplement. If you just want kid to take a break and rediscover love of playing than maybe a good option.

[Anonymous]

Yes we are thinking the same. Our club just sent a message that they're reducing the number of travel teams, I really hope our kid gets kicked out so we don't have to keep paying $$$ and driving all over the place.

[Anonymous]

Yes, my son is going to be a Senior and will not be playing soccer beyond high school. It doesn’t make sense to roll the dice with another $2500 not knowing if he will ever take see field again next year. IF there is a Fall or Spring season, we will then sign him up for Rec.

[Anonymous]

Keep in mind that you can do rec in the Fall and, if everything seems to be working smoothly, find a travel team to join in the winter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son’s travel team one year was a disaster. Coach insane (like needed professional help) and games a mishmash of his team and whatever kids they could find. Bad situation. So we switched to rec with his school buddies.

Positives: played with a smile, had fun, was best player in the entire league by a mile.
Negatives: was best player in the entire league without breaking a sweat.

We talked to another club with a friendly coach and started training with them a few days a week to stay sharp.

In end depends on your goals. If you want college level or beyond going to rec is kind of a temporary, only in case of emergencies and only if you supplement. If you just want kid to take a break and rediscover love of playing than maybe a good option.

Playing with a smile is the most important thing, kudos to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son’s travel team one year was a disaster. Coach insane (like needed professional help) and games a mishmash of his team and whatever kids they could find. Bad situation. So we switched to rec with his school buddies.

Positives: played with a smile, had fun, was best player in the entire league by a mile.
Negatives: was best player in the entire league without breaking a sweat.

We talked to another club with a friendly coach and started training with them a few days a week to stay sharp.

In end depends on your goals. If you want college level or beyond going to rec is kind of a temporary, only in case of emergencies and only if you supplement. If you just want kid to take a break and rediscover love of playing than maybe a good option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son’s travel team one year was a disaster. Coach insane (like needed professional help) and games a mishmash of his team and whatever kids they could find. Bad situation. So we switched to rec with his school buddies.

Positives: played with a smile, had fun, was best player in the entire league by a mile.
Negatives: was best player in the entire league without breaking a sweat.

We talked to another club with a friendly coach and started training with them a few days a week to stay sharp.

In end depends on your goals. If you want college level or beyond going to rec is kind of a temporary, only in case of emergencies and only if you supplement. If you just want kid to take a break and rediscover love of playing than maybe a good option.

Did he go back to travel later?

[Anonymous]

Going back to rec. My son was on the fence about continuing with travel - its no longer fun for him - and the spring season was going to determine if he continued.

[Anonymous]

We are considering it. Sometimes in our league the "good" rec teams are full of returning players and your dc gets stuck losing every game on a team of random kids with someone's random older cousin coaching, but hey, you get what you pay for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are considering it. Sometimes in our league the "good" rec teams are full of returning players and your dc gets stuck losing every game on a team of random kids with someone's random older cousin coaching, but hey, you get what you pay for.

Lol. I don't know your age or level but you could consider PPA. At least it's a paid coach with soccer experience instead of an older cousin. LOL. For littles it was like $400 compared to MSI $100 but still separate fall/ spring sign up And i think they have a more experienced "travel" level. I don't work for them- we were registered but did not get to experience bc of covid. They have good reviews on here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are considering it. Sometimes in our league the "good" rec teams are full of returning players and your dc gets stuck losing every game on a team of random kids with someone's random older cousin coaching, but hey, you get what you pay for.

My kid had SO MUCH FUN the season his rec team was coached by someone's high school age brother. He thought he was super cool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Going back to rec. My son was on the fence about continuing with travel - its no longer fun for him - and the spring season was going to determine if he continued.

Exact same situation for both our DS.

[Anonymous]

Yes. We told our club our two boys are dropping out. They will play rec if there is even a season. We are looking into sports that might be open to play like golf or tennis because you maintain distances.