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[quote=Anonymous]DS is 0 for 4 on U17 tryouts for various clubs in the area - mostly big clubs and one small. And recently shit the bed in his most recent tryout even after having practiced with the top 2 teams (out of 4) at the club. Seems like this is the end of the road for travel. His current club is hot garbage - disorganized, horrendous communication (when there actually is some), zero development (zero fall practices), abusive coaches (cursing and name calling at players on the field), mediocre players that think their hot shit, you name it. I refuse to pay them another cent.

As tryout season is ramping down, DS is going to be left without a team for the first time in 8 years. He's clearly not skilled/strong/fast enough for most top (MLSN, ECNL, ECRL) teams. But he's also better skilled than the majority of players on 3rd or 4th teams - joining one of them isn't going to help him. Add to this that he wants to make the JV team for his HS this fall. That looks unlikely, but he says it's important to him.

I've seen various posts on this forum over the years that have lauded getting private training in lieu of or in conjunction with travel. Can't see spending 1000s of $$$ on both a trainer and a team, so figure it is one or the other if he is going to prepare for HS tryouts this summer and possibly play beyond that. Maybe he makes another run at some other clubs.

Does anyone have experience with this - ditching travel in favor of private training? Did your DS/DD enjoy it? Did your DS/DD accomplish whatever goal they had set for themselves? Or was it just throwing more time & money down a hole?

Honestly, I have gone above and beyond for this kid and am frankly not seeing the return on investment in terms of his development and work ethic ("can I skip practice tomorrow - my legs are sore"). Kind of concerned that even with private training, the amount of improvement is going to be insufficient for him to achieve his goals. So could just be time for him to hang up the cleats permanently. How do you have that conversation with the kid? Clearly, I can't want this for him more than he does, and sometimes if feels that way.

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