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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Travel" in the context of sports really means "select" - the player was selected to the team but not all players who want to play are selected.

"Travel" was borne out of 30-40 years ago when sports weren't as big as they are now and, to find good competition, select teams were put together but clubs generally had to "travel" to the next town to play against other teams.[/quote]

+1. These days it means a team that travels to play in tournaments, whether out of lack of local competition or not.

But originally, it referred to teams that traveled out of necessity. My kid is in a league where there are several teams from small towns in 2 neighboring states. Many of the kids on those teams, in turn, commute to practice from several towns away. These out of state teams travel here for their regular fall and spring games, because they have no one to play at home. They drive several hours and schedule 2-3 games on a Saturday in order to belong to this league. That is an old school travel team![/quote]

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