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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For 9U we spent about 3k plus some hotel rooms (although most tournaments were driveable within an hour or so, so we didn’t get a room).[/quote]

At 9U you should be playing rec for $200/season. Kids can barely pitch at that age. Stop the madness.  [/quote]

They also play rec. travel starts at 8u and yeahs are formed. Do you think kids can just play rec a few times a year and then get on a travel team at 11u? No. At our high school, even done travel kids won’t make the team. It’s very competitive and baseball is about reps. [/quote]

Yes, it’s definitely possible to wait for travel until 11u.  Because that’s what we did.  Now with varsity starter on WCAC team you would know.  The travel ball industrial complex is powerful and it’s hard for parents to fight back.  But fight back we must.  [/quote]

Good for your kid. He must be a stellar athlete. He’s not the norm. [/quote]

Just throwing in another vote for varsity starter on a “baseball” school, committed, didn’t start travel until 12u. If you look at the rosters they’re mixed. It isn’t that rare for kids to have waited to do travel. [/quote]

Baseball requires a lot of reps for a lot of very different skills. You can invest extra time and money in hitting/pitching coaches but the baseball IQ that comes with practicing situationals requires a team so whether it’s travel or something else, you need to make sure the other kids are on the same page as your kid. We needed to move to travel to find this.

Also, baseball can be incredibly painful when kids aren’t improving and constantly making the same errors. It can be amazing when everyone is improving individually and clicking on a team level. We felt travel was worth the extra money for that reason. For 13u—Pay about 3k/year for fall, winter workouts, spring season and that includes uniforms, a handful of tournaments, and paid coaches. Additional training adds up to something like 3k/year as well. It’s not cheap but when you compare it to what others are spending on camps or various other activities it’s very reasonable—especially because it’s what our DS loves to do. [/quote]

Agree! I would say between team's fee, your private lessons, travel costs, equipment etc...you are more closer to $8k-$10k. Travel baseball team fee is just one cost. It makes no sense not to invest in other aspects if you are serious about baseball.[/quote]

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