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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are going to hate my answer. BOTH. UGGGHHH!

Talk to the rec coach. Explain the situation. For his self confidence and for the fun of it he needs to play with his friends (I assume he has played with these kids a while). Games only or a practice here an there.

If he likes the sport he needs to get better and pay his dues. It is part of life.

Eventually the "being the best player" will wear on him, his team will lean too much on him to win the game and he will start to hate it. He won't actually get better so moving to travel will be harder.

He will eventually get more playing time with the travel team, he will enjoy it more, etc.

My son plays on a travel team and with the same kids since kindergarten. It is the best of both worlds. [/quote]

Mine did this for a while - classic and travel.  He did go to both practices unless they conflicted (which did happen).  Lots of kids do this because classic is more relaxed and fun.  However you need to look at the rules for the age group - it isn't allowed until a certain age (e.g., MSI classic does not allow travel players to play on classic teams until a certain age). My DC did it in 7th grade, not sure he could have done it any earlier.[/quote]

We don't allow it until 5th grade. The kid has to have a "relationship" with the team to play rec, like he has played with the team since he was in K, which is the reason for 95% of the kids that do this. [/quote]

This was super common on my child's rec team.  Some kids moved to private school and had school team practices that conflicted, some kids got serious in another sport and had practices that conflicted, kids got involved in the arts, or added a travel team etc . . .

The result was that less than half the kids were at practice each week during the middle school years.   I think the fall of 7th grade my kid made it to 1 or 2 practices all season, and he was far from the only one.  But by then they were bonded, and looked forward to the rec games as a chance to see old friends they had known since they were tiny.  [/quote]

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