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[quote]Anonymous wrote:
I grew up in Europe and find the youth travel soccer business here completely alien. Why have 9 and 10 year olds sit in a car for 4 hours on a weekend to go beat some poor team 7-0 just to preserve, for proud parents, the conceit that they can’t get a competitive game locally?

That's odd. As far as I am aware there are no 9 and 10 year old teams who have a 4 hour drive for even a single league game per year. A handful have one or two three hour drives a year, with most games much more local.[/quote]

If you've ever had a kid in CCL, a 2 hour drive is not uncommon. The OP didn't mention a 4 hour drive each way, just 4 hours of driving which is ridiculous.  He's absolutely right and it is maddening.

[quote]The non-travel teams apparently often have crap/parent coaches though.

Easy to fix - why don't you volunteer to coach? I imagine you would be welcome.[/quote]

The PP is correct that it is difficult to find non-travel teams with non-parent coaches. It is also difficult to find a level of non-travel team that is appropriate for a player who takes the game seriously, but doesn't want to do travel. What you wind up with is kids running all over the place with no skills and no concept of tactics.

[quote]Is there a third option? High quality regular (2-3x/wk) coaching with games against the best of neighborhood/city teams and maybe travel to a tournament once a season?

There are lots of options.[/quote]

[b]Where?  Where are the options for kids who want to play at a level beyond just running around having fun that don't involve travel?  The only one I can think of was SAC Select in the younger age groups.  Are there others?[/b][/quote]

PP said PPA development and premier. [/quote]

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