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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Travel sports parents lie because they can’t come to terms with the last decade of carting their kids around was a complete waste. [/quote]

I absolutely think it’s this. 100%. [/quote]

Without touching the lying claim, what an odd take. How is spending time with your kid in a healthy physical activity a waste?[/quote]

It’s the travel cost/time commitment that is the waste. It did absolutely nothing to get your kid into college - which is why most people do travel. If you want to spend time with your kid in a healthy physical activity, why aren’t you doing rec?  It saves you thousands of dollars, and time spent traveling to tournaments and practice.

I mean if you want to blow thousands on travel for sh¡ts and giggles, have at it. But most people have a college goal in mind. [/quote]

The vast majority of travel athletes will not play in college and their parents know that from the start. They schlep around and spend money because their kids love the sport. How else to explain all the kids on 3rd or even 4th teams at large clubs. My kid has played on a variety of teams and at u16 this is the first year that he actually has teammates who share his goal of playing in college. Until this year, I never even considered he would have a chance to play in college but he’s now had several coaches suggest that it’s a strong possibilty to play D3 so he will give it a shot. From day one, I have never expected any return on travel sports. It’s like signing my kids up for piano lessons, dance, etc. It’s about finding the activity that my kid loves and where he feels successful. He doesn’t have to play in college for that to be the case. [/quote]

I don’t really understand the comparison.  The real equivalent are the kids playing for competitive area youth orchestras, many of which do plan to either audition for conservatories or use their experience for admission to competitive colleges (with maybe a music minor).

The kids just playing instruments for fun play in the HS band or form the classic garage band…they aren’t spending much on private instruction at that point.

It’s hard to actually find good equivalents quite honestly.[/quote]

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