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[quote=Anonymous]^^^ Again, you have a point about time on the ball but you still miss the point. There are classic/select coaches that are strong and that do extra practices and play in tournaments against travel teams. If you find these teams/coaches, you experience and development can be better than the experience and development you get on a C or D team at a large club.

There are teams out there that started out as rec teams then moved to travel at U12/U13/U14 and compete with and sometimes dominate the teams that have been in travel for years.

So spending $3,000 to play travel on a C or D team is a waste compared to $1,000-1,2000 for a parent coach or other non-professional coach who is dedicated but not charging. If the team is full of like-minded and focused players that are playing in the top division or a year up, do futsal and play in several tournaments, the players will get  more out of that experience then playing in the EDP division 4, NCSL Div 3 or CCLII.

Sorry but I have been around far too long and have seen enough players who show up at U13, U14 and U15 tryouts and blow away kids who have been playing travel on the B and C teams. If they come in a u14/u15, it takes them a few dozen games or so to get use to the speed of play and higher technical demands of serious travel at the elite level but the point is that they beat out the kids on the B, C, and D teams for spots on the A team.

Again, travel needs to make sense and we should not play the game of follow the sheep. If your kid has the talent, desire and mental preparedness to play on an A team, then he/she should go to travel but waiting until u13/U14 will not hurt your kid if you find the right alternative.  [/quote]

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