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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing wrong with keeping your kid out of travel at u9 but they tend to fall behind.  If you wait 3 years to put your DC in travel, everyone else has had proper training and you tend to be playing catch up unless your kid is naturally talented.  They are getting zero development or competition at the rec level, its mostly for the fun aspect. [/quote]

Is travel training really that much better than rec?

Which travel leagues in DC are the best? Best being nurturing, supportively, about player developmental.

I thought rec leagues were supposed to be better for that and travel leagues were all about grooming stars.  [/quote]

Anybody can coach rec and any child can play rec.  Rec coaches tend to be parents, and [b]travel coaches need to have either played and/or have experience/licensing for 90% of the clubs in the area. [/b] If your kid is also training with other kids of equal or better talent, they will get better.  They are not going to develop with weaker kids around them and no expectations on attending training or games.  There are leagues at every level, but if your child is just looking to ease into travel then an ODSL team or NCSL team is a good start.  Have them attend several clubs tryouts in may and go from there.  You may find you like a certain coach or club mentality more than others.  You will also have a good idea where your kid falls with the rest of their peers. [/quote]

If you look for a travel coach with at least a ‘C’ license, if not an A or a B license you wouldn’t be having these problems. Who cares if they’ve played before? They need training that teaches them how to develop and coach young players. 
This coach sounds like a meat head. [/quote]

My experience that licensed coach who did not play as player generally is a parent coach who may coach many years. 
They could not demo moves, such as juggling, or other personal skills
They could not point at the detail level for the player on the field for the improvement, such as parent coach could tell the forward player to hold the sprint to avoid the offset trap , but fail to tell player to make a curve run to defect the offset trap, this is just an example on parent coach does not have detail tricks.

there are a lot more differences between a parent coach who could read game well, follow the game plan well, and was licensed.. and a licensed player/coach who has more to offer to your DC, generally.

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