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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More general softball question. Middle schooler who loves the sport, plays rec, rec+, all stars. Wants to play in high school in this area. Can anyone share success stories of making JV team as freshman w/o doing travel? [/quote]

According to the (multiple) high school JV coaches I know and high school players, at [i]most[/i] FCPS schools that would be very typical, especially for a rec+ player. Even at Lake Braddock, which has a very good program, I heard of years where they only cut one girl from JV and that was because she literally refused to run at all for practice. There are FCPS schools where you don't have to play travel to make varsity even, but they are fewer.[/quote]

This is really good info; thank you. DD lives and breathes softball, but for various reasons, travel just never worked out (plus rec league is strong, great friends and coaches, etc.). As HS nears though, it's hard (for her - and privately for me) not to question path when you see travel happening all around. While I know nothing is guaranteed, it's good to know this is a common path to play in HS, starting on JV.[/quote]

Travel in this area is SO needlessly expensive and time consuming, especially for kids not looking to play in college. We just finished a year of travel (7th grade) and as a parent I thought it was terrible. There is all this pressure for private lessons, and team goes to all of these away tournaments to get creamed, even though there are tons of tournaments right here in Nova. My DD is above average and loves the sport but is not turning any heads. I am 100% sure she can play JV for our HS and likely Varsity, if not Freshman year than at least by Sophomore year because our team isn't great and its not a huge deal at our school. I'm REALLY hoping she will agree to quit travel once HS starts. Yes I could MAKE her quit travel now, but she feels is what she needs for HS and she has had some terrible friend issues in MS so I'm a softie. [/quote]

Honest question: would it be different if they weren't getting creamed?  And I get it.  Getting whooped sucks.  Winning is much more fun.

Which means your complaints with travel might change if she joins a different team, or goes down a level (if she's B, switch to a C team).  [/quote]

No. I still don't want to spend my weekends at dumpy Hampton Inns in Salisbury, MD or rando town in PA. And we already are C. We don't need to leave town at all. I looked and there are 7 (SEVEN) weekends of local C tournments in Nova from Sept - Nov 2024. I guarantee our dumb coach will not sign up for most of them. [/quote]

You are 100% right.  C level stay in NoVa or Central MD.  there's a tourney almost every other weekend.

That's a coaching problem.  He thinks he (and the team) are better than they are.  The competition is decent around here, even at the C level.  No need to go to PA and DE or Ocean City, more than once per year[/quote]

100% a coaching problem and we are trying out for other teams but they all only have 1-2 spots open and my kid is an average batter. Since they all only seem to want "a strong bat" so far we've had no luck. I'd honestly be fine moving her back to rec but she would be embarrassed. [/quote]

That sucks.

Have you tried asking the question?  To see if other parents feel the same way?  I live in MD, so most of our tournaments are in Central MD, and we do a few in NoVA.

But if we lived in NoVA, I would not understand driving to PA for a tourney when the fields, facilities, and competition are all top-notch, right at home.

I bet other parents feel the same way.  It's usually those PA and DE teams driving to Loudoun for the tournaments, not the other way around[/quote]

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