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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the point the Canadian PP was making was that if you don’t play travel and supplement with training you have very slim to no chance of making your HS team. Of course rec options exist here but unless your child is a very very gifted natural athlete they won’t likely make the HS team with just rec under their belt.

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Right. The high school teams were what most kids aspired to play on, and there wasn't this entire ecosystem of teams you had to pay to join, and then spend your weekends traveling for games. Kids who were interested in sports really only started taking them super seriously around middle school, in the hopes of making their school's team. And parents were much less invested in their kids' sports back then. The lack of college sports meant there wasn't this idea that sports could help you get into McGill or King's University.

I'm not sure who the current system we have in the US is supposed to serve, other than the people who make money off of travel teams.   [/quote]

You are describing the system that most of us parents grew up in when we were in middle school and high school.

The key difference is what you describe with respect to college sports in Canada.  Though, I guess it would seem that Canadians playing sports at high levels do try to get recruited to US colleges.

That said, my kid played in a travel baseball tournament over the Summer where there were 5 Canadian teams participating.  So, perhaps Canada is increasingly adopting the US system.[/quote]

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