Anonymous wrote:Op here. Thanks for all replies. He’s going onto 10th grade so not a youngster. Not many clubs in our area and this is a great offer. It will be hard logistically as I have two other kids.

Can you hire someone like on care.com to drive him/wait/return? Yes it would be expensive.

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Thanks for all replies. He’s going onto 10th grade so not a youngster. Not many clubs in our area and this is a great offer. It will be hard logistically as I have two other kids.

Only if he wants to play in college. I wouldn’t do this to support a hobby.

It is 13 miles but can take anywhere from 20-40 minutes depending on traffic. It is a lot more driving than our former team but everyone is happier. Plus we have some good conversations in the car. Car talk was part of the deal when I agreed to do the drive

We live close-in NoVA. Elementary age DS played AAU basketball on a NoVA team for two years and commute to/from practices was 30-40 minutes each way depending on traffic. Last fall we switched him to better PG county based teams so commute increased to 1 hour + to practice (city and 295/395 traffic ugh) but about 40 minutes to return home. Twice a week. It’s worth the extra time for better coaching and more competitive play plus he’s our only child so it works for us.