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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No need to stress over u9-u12. Keep the game fun and find good coaches. Travel before u12 is a waste in many cases. Players get burned out and parents go crazy driving throughout the DMV for games. Keep it simple. If your kid shows promise, enroll them in clinics. Travel does not seriously start until you hit 11v11 @u13. That is a critical age where coaching and competition becomes more important in development. Don't buy into the lemming mentality.[/quote]

Another option is to avoid the A team in big Clubs.  You can still do travel--but the lower teams require the least amount of commitment in the early years.  They usually do not have as many tournaments or travel as far or as frequently.  The coaches tend to tolerate more absences.  This allows younger kids to not burn out and, more importantly, you will have more time for that individual development/training and pick-up.

Kids feel their parents' competitive desire which often has nothing to do with them---to be at the top at the youngest of ages.  At the bigger Clubs, you find more of these type of people.

Deep breath.  Relax.  Sports are supposed to be fun.  A kid at age 8 has so much time to develop along the way.  It ultimately always is about how much THEY want to be good and how much THEY love the sport.  If they don't have the passion, it doesn't matter where you drive or how much $ you invest.

It's hard.  I know.  We are the parents now, not the players.  Let them live their lives and realize their dreams, not yours.

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