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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]don't join 'competitive' mid-level teams.  Play rec.  It is dramatically cheaper, and doesn't have all the downsides.  Whenever someone encourages your child to play a sport, think about what (if any) their profit motive is.  Your neighbor who coaches rec lacrosse and wants your DD on his team?  no profit motive.   The 'travel' coach who says your DD is good, and really she should 'level up' do more training, more intense team?? HUGE profit motive.   
There are tons of studies that show that playing multiple sports is much better for kids.  This doesn't mean playing multiple sports at the same time, it means switching and giving those muscle groups a break.  Don't get sucked into the FOMO of travel.  RESIST.[/quote]

But u cant really even chance to play for your schools middle or high school team if you don’t play travel/club. [/quote]

Really highly school dependent, even in this area.

I help run a local rec league. We have a few girls who are better than travel players - when playing against travel competition or for their high school team - but they are rare. They have a lot of internal drive, years of experience, a ton of natural talent. They don't do travel for good reasons - multisport athletes, family financial limitations, family bandwidth limitations, that sort of thing. And again - rare. And would they be even better if they did even mid level travel? Yes, though this is a sport where there aren't quite as many "levels" of teams as say soccer.[/quote]

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