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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It would be nice to have higher levels of competition in rec - you would not spend that much on club. You cannot grow after 1, max 2 years of rec - that's why we went the club route. It will be tough to make the transition from rec for beginners and club for advanced players to rec for everyone. It would also be nice because I am already sick about travelling for the sake of travelling. Our team should stay home and play in regional tournaments, not travel out of state for the coach to see the world. [/quote]

Agree with this.
There are enough top players in your region. All of this traveling for hours and hours is not necessary. (Everyone knows this)[/quote]

Exactly. For example my DS plays on a 13U travel baseball team. In our smaller metro area (about a million people) there are around a dozen 13U travel teams. Maybe more- not even sure. Occasionally there is an in town tournament but 75% of the time, everyone is traveling to “big metro area” 2 hours away for tournaments. And we end up playing local teams pretty frequently. It is just silly.

Granted, there are some supposed “elite” players (definitely not my kid)  who are ready for a higher level competition- but really that is such a small percentage of kids. Maybe enough to make one or two “elite” teams. The rest of the kids would be better off just playing each other, here in town.

Why things are setup this way is beyond me….and seems to be common in nearly every sport. I think a lot of parents even realize it as well, but changing it seems nearly impossible. [/quote]

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