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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here. I meant to add that I’m personally skeptical of the value of top-level travel teams for kids under age 11 or so. Player development is so much more important than attending tournament after tournament. Also, the coaches on the lower-level teams were often more motivated because they were trying to build their careers, so they’d spend more time with the kids. I didn’t see how old your kid was, but if your instinct is saying that the top-level team isn’t a good development experience for a kid in elementary, you might be on to something there. [/quote]

OP here with an update.  DS is playing on the top-level travel team, but is getting short shifted for lack of 'quick thinking' and game IQ.  Can't blame the coach because we see it, too.  However, the coaching and practices have been really good, much better than what is available to DS in the lower level teams, and we're still supplementing with privates and small groups.  Rarely they combine team practices with the clubs' second team and DS's skill level and athleticism is significantly ahead of the kids in the second team, so I guess we're in the right place. Like the poster above, I think at this age, we care more about development and not less about how much time he gets in tournament play.  Due to his birthday and the way the sport is structured, he's one of the youngest kids on a team that spans two birth years, so that plus the ADHD is working against him.  If nothing else, he's got a sport that he can play well in high school and probably at the club level in college, which is all we really want out of this sport anyway.  He's learning to what it takes to be successful at something, and it is helping with executive functioning to a degree, and he has made some great friends and mentors along the way.  I haven't mentioned ADHD to the coach, but honestly, I don't know how he could miss it.... [/quote]

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