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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get why so many parents are signing their youth kids up for travel. Are rec and local teams terrible from 2nd grade and on? Does every halfway decent kid have to join a travel team if they want to play? [/quote]

As a parent heavily involved in our rec league and with 3 kids playing rec, the answer is yes. When everyone good leaves for travel, it's hard on the kids who legitimately care and want to play who stay in rec for whatever reason. You find a unicorn team where the players are really working and the coaching is good, but so often it's something parents seem to view as extra babysitting. They aren't fun to sit on the sidelines with because they aren't even there, they don't help out with much (leading to burnout for the few volunteers who do step up), and they don't care if their kids don't care and take the whole team down with a bad attitude. Joy.[/quote]

This is true.

DD is "pretty good" at basketball.  But we keep her in rec because of other activities (band & theater).

But its tough for her, bc she will sometimes get frustrated with the level of play.  And what's worse is that we know so many families that have been "sucked" into the mystique of travel ball, when the girls would be better served in rec (by more playing time, more fun, etc.).

it's tough[/quote]

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