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[quote=Anonymous]Likely unpopular opinion here, but coming to this from a perspective of having older kids.

Looking back at it (I have a senior and a sophomore) I wish we had just stuck with rec sports for our athlete for so many reasons.

First, our child who did/does not play travel sports had to get dragged around to tournaments all year round.  He is not a complainer and we took advantage of that. So wrong of us.

Our travel sport athlete (basketball and baseball and developmental soccer so not travel, but not rec) was under such pressure to perform by coaches (especially in baseball) and it was not good.  When Covid hit we quit the club sports and he now plays three seasons of sports for his high school and is so much happier.  He's playing for the right reasons. He also even tried a new sport in high school that he is loving.

People ask us all the time if he will play one of his sports in college. I think we would like to see him continue a sport at a D3 school if if it's a match in all ways (academics, location, socially, size, etc.) because he thrives with structure, but it's up to him.

I also think about all the travel and other experiences we missed out on when our kids were young.

Your child is only a child once.  Let them be a child and have lots of varied experiences.

In my opinion, travel/club sports are the worst thing to happen in youth sports.  It's insane that there are travel teams for 1st graders.  As they say, "It's all about the Benjamins baby."  [/quote]

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