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[quote=Anonymous]I pulled my daughter this year from club lax. She’s a freshman. I’m a single parent with two other kids and a hostile coparenting situation. It just wasn’t feasible to miss weekends with my other kids anymore, to deal with shifty coaches annoying parents and inane fees. She also was not practicing. Lots of tears and professions of “loving” club and having to do it but it felt more like an instagram or social event w the travel and whatnot more than a serious discipline.

It wasn’t for us. Im a collegiate athlete myself. Im sure she could play d3 but likely doesn’t have the speed or size for d1. I gave in to club for two full years thinking it might provide a “family” to my child who needed one- but with coaches quitting and whole teams defecting and rival teams cropping up and cost and drama and time away it just wasn’t worth it for us.

It would have been easier to continue along - less tears and protests and gut wrenching worry on my part at first that leaving club would likely mean a lifetime in a vegetative state and likely a stripper pole- but she’s really motivated to play for her private school team so is throwing herself into it in a renewed way. We saved 8k this year by me putting my foot down and we are all happier for it.

At some point it will take parents doing this en mass to create some change and accountability. My daughter was quite good- but it’s inane to think there weren’t hundreds of other 12/13/14 year olds as good as her in our state. She didn’t have to fly around the country 5 times a year. It was excessive and ultimately not socially or athletically a blessing- for US.  I know some love it. [/quote]

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