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[quote=Anonymous]All our kids are in travel and relatively rigorous schools.  All the kids do a little worse academically during off season - some it becomes a battle.   Travel can be 2-3 day commitment during week and then large chunks during weekend.  For our kids, it gives them a natural structure, physical activity,  a great out of school social friend group and sometimes really blessed with a coach who became a good life mentor.   Travel can vary a lot.   There have many been times where we could have switched to more competitive teams - but we didn't want to either because leaving friend groups, coaches, and most critical,  increased time commitment.

Most of my kids are NOT  naturally organized - so  travel has forced them to learn  what works best for them.    (Off season - they seem to drop some habits because its not as necessary).   They don't do work in the car except occasional flash cards; they don't stay up late.   They tend to do work right after school and sometimes mornings, bc they are morning people.   They learn to break longer assignments apart into multiple steps.  My oldest has learned to study ahead in mornings for tests/semester exams that would occur a few days later - that was huge.

During off season, they  don't "feel" as good physically and miss social interaction, which puts them in more difficult moods, less motivated -  another contributor to not doing as well.

The downside are less dinners/less family time  together  during busy season (which is a few months a year), - but they also have a shared experience amongst them where they support each other.  [/quote]

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