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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So let me get this straight. Arlington travel basketball takes over 1/3 of it's pool of kids into travel, yet the remaining children are still upset that they might have to play with some kids who are worse than them? God, what an entitled generation of kids that are being raised. How do you think they'll cope as adults never believing they should have to interact with anyone whose beneath their level on any skill? How about instead of complaining, you encourage your child to rise to the top of house basketball so he or she can make travel another year.[/quote]

same mentality of those against boundary shift. oh the horror of mingling with the masses.[/quote]

Give me a break. By the time a kid is playing travel they've put in a lot of hours into the sport. Sure they don't want to play with players with less skill set who may not be as committed to the sport. Who instead is doing it for the fun but not to test the limits and capabilities. How is that going to improve the better skilled player, who's parents have probably already invested a small fortune on trainers and camps to get them there. The travel level can be a nail biting experience and quite fun for all involve. Why bother playing with people who just doing to fill in the time which is often how it is at the rec level.[/quote]

Why would you assume that the kids playing rec basketball are just there for a play date? Isn't it just as likely that they are the kids you're talking about that are capable of playing travel basketball but got turned away? [/quote]

Those kids put in a good effort and they deserve to have an opportunity to play with better players to get better. At the rec level however, it is usually kids putting in lethargic level at playing their game, constantly missing practices because they are not as committed. Some kids just need a change to play at travel to transform their game.[/quote]

There are so many opportunities in this area for sports at all levels. If you have the money, opportunities abound. It's a transient area and there's always room for another travel player the next year if a child gets really good. By the time a child is midway through elementary, few children sign up for a team just for the sake of a playdate or babysitting. They may have different levels of skills, but they enjoy playing and want to improve. It's true, some may miss a practice or two for another commitment at times, but that's been the case for us with travel players also doing a 2nd sport too. I have yet to see a player looking lethargic on the court. OP, I think you have some misconceptions about what rec play is like. I have noticed when towns take a large percentage of kids onto travel teams, the amount of coaches available for rec tends to go down. Our town has this problem with soccer, but with baseball and basketball, there are fewer travel teams and most of the kids even if they play travel play rec too so there are plenty of dedicated rec coaches. [/quote]

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