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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing wrong with keeping your kid out of travel at u9 but they tend to fall behind. [b] If you wait 3 years to put your DC in travel, everyone else has had proper training and you tend to be playing catch up unless your kid is naturally talented[/b].  They are getting zero development or competition at the rec level, its mostly for the fun aspect. [/quote]

3 years of missed high level training at those crucial 9 - 11 years, and [b]your kid will never catch up. [/b] My DS was in 3x week team training and at least 1x week 1:1 private training on nothing but technical skills during that time period (ages 9  -  11).  And so is just about every else that will make the 'A' team.  You can never make that time up.  If you are serious about the sport, you cannot opt out as is suggested above.  [/quote]

Sorry, but catch up to what?  Playing on high school teams?  What does being “serious” mean?  My Ds has no desire to play professionally.  He just enjoys the game and wants to play as well as he can.  [/quote]

Even HS soccer requires having to have played travel soccer.

Why does everyone equate taking a sport "serious" with going "Pro" all the time. It gets so old to hear people say that this doesn't matter or that doesn't matter because "they aren't going Pro anyway".

I think most parents understand this. But, if soccer is to be enjoyed then it needs to be taken seriously to a point. As your kids get older you will learn that if they love playing, but are not on a quality team then they will get frustrated with their teammates lack of commitment, skill and game IQ. Kids not showing up to games etc...

You do not need spend every waking hour training but soccer is just not a sport that kids walk into at 14 years old and pick up like they can other American sports.

That is all the PP is really getting at. The game does not resemble the rec game that you currently see at young ages as they get older. It would be like playing T-Ball until 8 years old and then deciding 14 to get back into baseball. Good luck. [/quote]

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