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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the life of me I do not understand the select/club sports mindset.

Why are we paying thousands of dollars to join clubs so kids can play on the bronze team, to travel to Topeka, to play another bronze team, to go 1-3, stay in a hotel, eat crappy food, while mom and dad bring the younger siblings along, just so they can end up fighting over who forgot to pack snacks for the kids.

How about, you save the money, spend time with the family doing something fun, productive or educational, and play school or Rec ball.

Your kid isn’t going to college on a scholarship or going to the Olympics. Most won’t even be playing the sport they are in after their sophomore year of high school. 
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Books have been written on this topic. No one reads them because they can't afford to, given all the money they're spending on club sports.

The smart people in soccer know we shouldn't be putting 9-year-old kids in red, bronze, silver, fuchsia or gold silos. Clubs should have professional training available for anyone who wants it. Kids should be playing, not traveling. You don't become a better soccer player in an airplane or a car, traveling to play a team that's no better or worse than the one five miles away or the one with your next-door neighbor.

Our typical peer nation doesn't have "travel" as we have it. They have professional academies, and then they have what most would consider "rec" soccer. (It helps that soccer is so big in most other countries that you may have your choice of a dozen clubs within a 10-mile drive, or a couple within walking distance in a big city.) They have networks of scouts and "representative" clubs so that talented pro academy-level players can be identified.

And they're doing better than we are.[/quote]

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