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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you! My kid has been playing rec for many years. We tried ‘travel’ but it didn’t make sense logistically. We got annoyed by how the basketball leagues are run. You don’t know when and where the games are till like Wednesday or Thursday of that week. Can’t schedule anything etc. So didn’t want to live our lives around basketball schedule. So we stuck to rec. He has a lot of potential to improve though. Wish these basketball leagues were run more efficiently.[/quote]

If your kid has some organized playing experience playing rec, I think they'd already be ahead of some other kids that show up at tryouts.

I think some kids go to tryouts just because they enjoy playing basketball with their friends at the playground or their neighborhood.

As mentioned, we see some low level aau teams where I think the families and players would've gotten more out of it and a better value doing rec instead.

And we do know of some players who claim to just play another sport at a higher level and not really basketball that make the teams.  So some of it is that athlete/gamer mentality too.

Just make sure your player is mentally prepared for tryouts and possibly getting cut either in an early or later round.  Especially if you live in a competitive area.  Kind of like the other poster, you have to let your kid know that they'll likely be competing against yearround AAU players.  And there may be small successes even if they don't make the team.  It can be walking away with knowledge of what they need to improve and maybe they do want to get into higher level basketball and the rat race to improve their chances the next year (if you're willing).

But yeah I used to be a big fan of basketball, especially rooting for my kids in youth basketball.  But am not a fan of how your schedule is held hostage until they release the game schedule a couple of days before the weekend.  Plus the out of pocket costs for the spectator fees.  So totally understand if that's not a life that you want to get into.[/quote]

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