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[quote=Anonymous]Agree - 95% of kids in HS JV, HS varsity & local travel teams by HS age (ranging from mid level to the elite who aren't even allowed to also play in HS to stay on their teams since it's 'playing down') were doing travel by age 8/9.

These days - different than when I and others played in the 80s - the escalation of required skills earlier just to make the team has aged down. So if your kid can't do x,y,z by 10/11, they won't make the top 2-3 tiers of travel teams.

Kids can excel or not in different aspects of the sport - 'game sense' is one, aggressive play is another. For some kids those are innate, for some they are on a spectrum of ability.   Sometimes those emerge in some kids, but can't 'guarantee' via practicing and playing. Confidence can be a factor, but it can be those other things.

People will call me crazy, as they are trying with you, but as a former player and having kids who have gone through the system now - you really do get boxed out early if you don't get into the training pathways unless your kid is pretty athletically stellar and gets catch up training.  Yes, this young. This is now the thing.  [/quote]

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