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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]stay in rec- she's still really young and I think at this age, it's best to play rec and get touches in. when/if she ever gets super motivated to play at a higher level, have her attend some of the trainings around DMV (there are tons, look at IG) and have her build the confidence and skills first.

my DD played rec (on a boys team though, there wasn't a girl rec team near our house at the time) until 4th grade and moved onto travel. for us, she had to prove to us that she was willing to put in the work ONLY if she wanted to do travel (we were fine with doing rec... I played D1 and I know what that soccer life can be like).  in the middle of her 3rd grade, she got to 200 juggling record on her own. that was her way to proving to us that she will put in the work and wanted to move up to travel.

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A girl playing rec with boys is basically already playing travel, just saving some money.  Even before puberty, the mediocre boys play much harder.  And as a lone girl on a boys team, she was already playing without girl friends from school, which would demonstrate a true enjoyment of the game to me if she was enjoying a boys league.  200 juggles for a 3rd grader would have put her so far beyond the best jugglers on the best travel teams by me at that age that it basically seems cruel that you let her get that far while still staying "no" to travel.

OP - do not expect almost any travel girls to enjoy a boys rec league and make 200 juggles by 3rd grade.  This is more for the girls who are already talking about what colleges they want to try to play at.  
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a girl playing on a boys team in REC is not equal to travel, at least in our case.  she could have played on another girls team for a different club but i wasn't willing to drive more than 15 minutes from my house when she was so young. and if my DD got to 200 juggles on her own is considered cruel while we waited until she got into a travel club, you must out of your mind.[/quote]

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