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[quote=Anonymous]If he wants to play travel, I'd stick with it. He's going to get better coaching and there's a higher level of play in travel.

My (10 yo) kid plays rec, and the disparity in skills is huge. There's everything from beginner to could-be-playing-travel. And while the coaches do listen to kids preferences when playing them (e.g. my kid plays mostly defense) the coaches still rotate kids around & very few kids are getting position-specific coaching beyond "run to the ball!" or "protect the goal!" In travel, you're more likely to be getting position-specific coaching, and kids are going to be specializing in positions. Kids don't play the full game, they're rotated in and out so that each kid gets approximately the same amount of play. Your son would likely get to play a bit more than 1/2 the game in rec, but not much more (barring injuries and kids not showing up, which I'd guess would happen more commonly in rec than travel).

When I want my kid to be learning and improving, I want DC to be in the bottom half of the crowd. When it's something for fun, it doesn't matter. But you learn more being challenged. DC improves much more consistently when in the lower half of a training group than in the top half, ymmv.[/quote]

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