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[quote=Anonymous]This thread has been really helpful. We haven't reached the point where we have switched from red to travel.  We are doing a "mini" travel league this year, just into the surrounding DMV area.  I have one concern that has been lightly touched on- but interested in the perspective of others.  When I was growing up, travel leagues were really just starting (at least in my area). That meant, for the most part, you could still be a Star athlete at the High School level without having ever played travel.  BUT.. for the few kids who did do travel (this was especially prevalent in softball at that time), you could really tell the difference between the travel players and the rec players.  The travel players all made Varsity at a young age, were starters, and played a lot. Rec players could still make the team- and maybe even start- but it wasn't a guarantee.  But there were a few who could still be top players.  Travel players were the ones hoping to play in college.

I guess, my worry for my kids, is that Travel leagues are so prevalent, especially in this area, that it feels like if we do not do them my kids will have ZERO chance of even playing High School sports.  This conversation has been a lot of about College level, and D1 verses D2 & 3, etc... but what about High School.  I didn't play anything in college, but in High School all my friends were in at least one sport. I would like to know my kids will at least have the opportunity to play... not just be a bench warmer.

And what about multiple sports? Is that no longer a thing in High School? Do we have to commit to one sport, year round by Middle School and hope they stay interested in that one sport throughout their childhood? Obviously gifted athletes will be able to make a jump. But what about your average kid?[/quote]

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