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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems like most of our friends and acquaintances whose kids play travel sports are always saying "They Love It" after describing a three day weekend of driving a total of 800 miles, eating crappy fast food in the car three meals a day and playing in 3 different tournament games.  It always sounds very defensive as if they're trying to justify spending a weekend in this fashion.

I know some of these kids might legit love doing this for the love of the game, but how many others are simply being pushed to do all this by their parents?  Travel sports seem to be getting completely out of control, and it's hard to believe that so many families are happy to be spending their weekends this way.  I feel like parents we've known for years become completely obsessed with these travel leagues once they join, and the sport becomes their life.

Anyone else get this "They Love It" statement from a travel sports parent?

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Sometimes kids love it because they love the sport. Sometimes they love it for the shared experience of traveling somewhere, staying in a hotel, playing in the hotel pool, and going out for burgers with their friends. I mean, I have fond memories of going on debate trips and choir trips and orchestra trips as a kid. We stayed in crappy holiday inns and ate McDonald’s. Those trips must have been terrible, but it was a highlight for me at the time.

I have kids who travel for their sports because they really do need to travel to compete (rowing), but when they were younger and in travel soccer, I viewed it as similar to scouts. Be on a team, learn some skills, learn how to lose, learn how to persevere, have a few fun trips with friends. [/quote]

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