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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Thank you for the actual honest response. You will fall behind, it will depend on her natural talent if she can make that up, but it gets harder every year. It's not drastic at her age, but it compounds over time. [/quote]

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Have her go out for a travel team practice w one of her friends.  She will feel good about making the "travel team." Trust me, it will be an ego boost.  If she waits a year, the peers will be on the top team and she will be on the B team.  And unless you start supplimenting with extra training, she probably will not catch up for a few years, if at all.

-Trust me, just have her join travel a year early w her buddies...her skills will grow massively compared to staying on rec for another year.  And yes, the kids who were never really into it, usually quit after 3 years in travel do do other stuff..which is great for them.  But playing the catch-up game.. is really really hard.  [/quote]

The ego boost is a horrible excuse to justify something she's not that in to. Don't be that parent. Let your kid find joy in their sport and provide the right environment for their level, which sounds like rec.[/quote]

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