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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We combined Scouts, some rec sports (basketball, swimming, tennis) with travel for what became the primary sport (baseball, soccer) for all of our kids.  Plus other school clubs where no one keeps score. That was a nice balance.  Travel sports do indeed have their own communities.  Each of our kids made lasting friends in our communities and in the travel community. [/quote]

It is t about whether a club or team is a community. It’s about being involved / being grounded in their own hometown, being involved and concerned about their local community, being present so they can give back, etc. [/quote]

One more time: Why do you think these things are mutually exclusive?

75% of travel sports = practices. Believe it or not, those typically do not happen far from home. In fact, my kid practices her travel sport at her school.

Enough with the trolling….[/quote]

Enough of your trolling. Your situation is not the case for many families. My kids’ school friends are on teams (which we follow via game changer) that are traveling far afield. One team for example is going to Richmond, Philly, Myrtle Beach, Florida, North Carolina, and other places on weekends in June and July. They will practice 2-3 times a week here back home. It’s been like this since they were at least 12yo.

Others are slightly more local but they live in western NOVA and travel into Falls Church / Arlington / Manassas for practices. [/quote]

So you spend time following your kid’s friends travel sports activity via app, so that you can then complain they’re not around?

Makes perfect sense.[/quote]

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