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I think you take too dim a view of most travel teams/clubs, but otherwise think this is good advice.  The one thing I'll add is that from what I have seen of PPA "premier" teams, most of the kids do not have good footwork and technical skills compared to most of their travel counterparts.  I think it's worth doing some extra work over the next few years to make sure the kid has skills that are sufficient to allow him to move to a good travel team at some point if he chooses.  PPA has several good coaches who could probably do extra work with any kid who wants to put more of a focus on skills, or there are always Coerver camps, you tube videos, or other resources out there if the parents don't know how to help.[/quote]

Agree.  Footwork matters a great deal as to whether you make the travel team and on which team you are placed (we have A-C).  My son started travel later, after 5th grade, and due to his lack of footwork he is on C.  he is very fast, aggressive, and reads the field naturally -- so in games he looks great -- but coach sees that his technical skills are lacking and so has not moved him up to B.  Just for your consideration.

Plus my son tried out for and made his middle school team, and on the 1st of 3 tryouts the coach asked all of the kids who plays travel and for what team.  All the travel players made that cut (although some were cut 2nd round) and all of the boys who made the team are currently on a travel team.  So my takeaway is that my son would not have made the team without playing travel, and he really wanted to play for his school team, so I'm glad we made this decision to go travel.  Your 3rd grader will not be thinking like this yet but my point is that it may matter in the future in ways you are not currently contemplating.  good luck![/quote]

I love how people agree that footwork is Soccer is important. [/quote]

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