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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Knowing what you know now... what do you recommend?

My 1st grade DD currently plays rec and is on a team with a lot of friends from school. Half of her team tried out for different travel clubs and it sounds like most have made it. DD isn't really ready for travel (IMO), she likes playing but doesn't seen as motivated as some of her peers, but now she's pretty bummed her current team is being disbanded and keeps asking is she can try out too. My gut it telling me to find another rec team and do one more year on rec -- but my only worry is she will fall significantly behind those on travel. And I over thinking this? Do you recommend jumping to travel as early as possible.. or does 2nd grade vs 3rd grade really matter? (what about for a kid that will likely always be middle of the pack skill wise ?).

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She will fall behind, plain and simple.  At 2nd/3rd grade though, she will still be able to make the B team at a decent club.  She may just start out closer to the bottom of the team later.  So although she may be behind, she won't be iced out of travel soccer completely at that age.  By about 5th/6th grade, she may be iced out of even B teams.  If she aspires to ever make a decent club's A team, starting late will definitely make that harder.

B teams have lots of less motivated kids, so long as your kid does like the sport enough to enjoy extra practices.  If she doesn't really want to be there, and becomes disruptive at practices because of it, that's not fair to the other kids, and the coach will be very frustrated.

If you have a decent club nearby home, and you don't mind potentially wasting $2-3k, this sounds like you should give it a try.  [/quote]

OP don’t listen to this BS . This is a dumb parent whose kid will do D 3 maybe and or drop out of college ball first year if they make it at all.

Too much travel is bad for injuries and it’s a scam

Mother of more than one division 1 player whose kids didn’t do travel til 5 th grade at the earliest. I live in a very competitive area.

If your kid is motivated on their own you know still zero reason to start that young [/quote]

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