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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Zero reason to do travel sports if you aren't recruitment material (and most aren't). Once there is a school team, switch to that, or step down rec teams with the flexibility to be involved in other things.[/quote]

One more year until my kid is in high school. I want to phase out club sports once high school starts.  They're good enough to make the high school varsity team, which is a fantastic achievement, but that's the end of the road—time to focus on school.  [/quote]

Pretty much the same. Rising freshman is good enough to make the JV team at our large high school, and is done with travel ball after this summer. Our HS runs affiliated fall ball teams (common in our area- all games local to our metro area and most high schools participate) & has a great offseason workout program. Kid isn’t a college prospect unless something changes or he grows more than we think he will, so no need to try to make a showcase team.

Played little league only through 5th grade, 6th grade did both little league and a dad coached travel team,  and then 13U and 14U travel with professional coaches for 7th and 8th grades. So far, only the past 2 years have cost much of anything, and the expense hasn’t been too bad.

For most sports (not all), there is a middle route between “expensive travel team starting at 8u, taking over the whole family schedule/family life” and “just play rec, travel sports are total BS” [/quote]

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