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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not yet, but I see it coming in the near future as my eldest approaches high school age.  I'll miss it, but I'm excited for all the adventures he has ahead!
And I won't miss the traffic on I-95 going to all the tournaments on the East Coast.  LOL
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I don’t understand why so much travel is needed for travel sports nowadays. This area has a dense population. I grew up in New England and we only had to travel an hour at the most[/quote]

"Travel" is a misnomer for most. The more accurate word is "club" team/sports or "select" team/sports.

That said, the truly elite players/teams do barnstorm to showcase tournaments. But you're talking about the upper, upper echelon. [/quote]

My son plays “Travel” baseball - he’s in high school, varsity player, will play on college. But we have him on a not-super-intense team that plays locally for the most part. Why not? There are plenty of teams that can beat them somewhere in MD, DC, and VA. But when I’ve tried to say my kid plays “Club” baseball everyone gets all confused - what’s that? What’s a baseball club? Sigh. So he does “Travel,” but doesn’t travel.[/quote]

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