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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, they always pay off if you do them for the right reasons.[/quote]

Are you trying to imply that playing club/travel to prepare for high school team is not the right reason? [/quote]

If parents signed a seven year old for pay to play sports without asking them and has taken it as a requirement for all those years, that the wrong reason.

The right reason is when the child loves the game.  Whether the kid is athletically gifted and has everything needed to be a top player or a recreational player who loves his easy going games, it doesn’t matter.   Thinking it is a big deal on a college application in ten years is not a good reason.  It’s not even true.   [/quote]

IME, the kids who make the high school teams overwhelmingly have done travel.  But it’s not because travel prepared them for the high school teams; it’s because the kind of kids who have the athleticism/skill + passion for the game WANT to play as much as they can, i.e. that’s WHY they played travel.[/quote]

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