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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know about others but for us it is quite simple. Our kid loves her sport and we love our kid.
She has too much skill to play rec level as it is frustrating for her. The travel level provides her with the challenge she craves. 
She sets the pace and as her parents we want to support her. Nothing more, nothing less.[/quote]

The dc metro area has a ton of the same level players as your kid—why does she need to travel to Delaware and North Carolina when there are players around here at her level? I get not wanting to do rec, but why do the “travel” teams have to travel so far they need hotels? You are ALL leaving the area when you can play each other here. [/quote]

Most tween level travel leagues (e.g. 9U, 10U, 11U) are not going that far. I live in Northern VA and my kid’s team goes places like Winchester and Hagerstown, not DE and NC. Most of the time we don’t need a hotel. And in the fall most games are through NVTBL. I think there is some wild overestimation going on regarding the travel and time commitment at the lower levels.[/quote]

+1. DD's team is mostly girls who have college offers. We didn't have to fly to a tournament until U16 [/quote]

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