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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]

So he/she can play on a lower level travel team or stay on a rec. He/she will not walk on to a top travel team at u12 or older after only playing rec. Rec and travel are different sports. Chances of making high school? It depends on how many travel kids tryout but not high. It’s really competitive. The only exception is if your kid is a freak athlete. I am talking fast quick explosive with size ...as in beats all kids by a large margin at any distance. You would already know if you had a kid like that. Coaches will always try to train them up. [/quote]

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