Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Club soccer can be balanced with other sports but baseball is hard to balance because of the length of games, especially if your child plays on a league with doubleheaders on Sundays.

Baseball with travel soccer is tough to balance even with baseball isn't travel. Kids have to show up an hour before the baseball game and the games themselves can go almost 3 hours. Then factor in two practices a week of 90-120 minutes apiece just for rec baseball plus mid-week games that conflict with soccer. And that's just our experience with rec baseball for kids the same age as OP's. Fortunately baseball games weren't on Sundays while soccer games were.

If your kids didn't already try rec baseball plus travel soccer at the same time then travel baseball plus travel soccer could crush your soul from a logistics standpoint. I can't imagine what travel baseball time commitments are like but assume they are worse than rec, which is already terrible.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just do one rec, one travel. Travel sports are usually on sundays, rec sports are almost always on saturday.

If you are athletic enough for travel putting your kid on rec can be disasterous/unfair for the other team.

What? The travel baseball teams I know of require kids to play rec baseball in the spring.

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Anonymous wrote:We made our sons choose. Only one travel sport.

My kids both chose soccer and did Rec basketball. They managed to have some very good kids who also were travel soccer players that couldn't fit in travel basketball.

For us the decision was easier because our son is a late grower/constitutional delay so even though he's a good basketball player by late middle school height became more of an issue than in soccer.

And the kid has developed into one of the better basketball players now being recruiting at a private high school...never having played basketball except pick up in the park and rec and 3V3.

He just came home from a 6-hour camp and got his ball and went out to the hoop and is still out there now.

He's had no formal basketball training and yet we have spent thousands and traveled internationally and played on the 'bestest/elitist' travel soccer teams.

Some of it is the passion.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just do one rec, one travel. Travel sports are usually on sundays, rec sports are almost always on saturday.

If you are athletic enough for travel putting your kid on rec can be disasterous/unfair for the other team.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We made our sons choose. Only one travel sport.

My kids both chose soccer and did Rec basketball. They managed to have some very good kids who also were travel soccer players that couldn't fit in travel basketball.

For us the decision was easier because our son is a late grower/constitutional delay so even though he's a good basketball player by late middle school height became more of an issue than in soccer.

And the kid has developed into one of the better basketball players now being recruiting at a private high school...never having played basketball except pick up in the park and rec and 3V3.

He just came home from a 6-hour camp and got his ball and went out to the hoop and is still out there now.

He's had no formal basketball training and yet we have spent thousands and traveled internationally and played on the 'bestest/elitist' travel soccer teams.

Some of it is the passion.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did travel socccer and travel lax.

Just be ready for coaches/parents to give you the side eye when you are late.

We told each coach Fall Soccer takes precedence, Spring lax did. We stuck to the rule and it was a bit bumpy. Summer was complicated.

I said in many occasions… he’s 10, or 11, or 12.

I mean really they are little children, lighten up.

My son was very good so no fear of getting cut.

We committed to one Sophomore year of HS but continued to play HS for both.

You should understand that you're committing to a team regardless of the age. The other teammates are counting on your player to help them improve as a Team. When you miss practice or a game it hurts everyone. Your using a roster spot that you committed to. A team sport is about the team not just whats good for your kid. Look at it if the shoe were on the other foot.

The shoe was often in the other foot. Other kids wrestled, basketball, played football and hockey.

They also had family vacations, some traditionally did all summer summer camps, has bar/bat mizvahs, synagogue/mass, etc.

You are committed, not owned. Coaches need to understand they are not #1 all the time. You can’t expect 100% from somebody 12 months a year.

Sports are about learning, sometimes the star doesn’t show up and you need to step up, maybe it’s a good opportunity for growth. Who in the world has not had to kiss work gor family/other obligations… kids learn they can’t and shouldn’t put work/sports above everything else.

Simple answer to not just you but all the other two sport families. If it interferes dont commit to the 2nd team period. Choose another activity or non competitive team. But if you know the commitment the team requires before you accept the spot on the team. Your a real jerk to screw over the team. That goes for other teammates too. Either you're with us or you're not. And no the coach shouldn't be ok with it. It teaches other teammates that its ok to not hold up your end of the bargain.

Your attitude is way more destructive to youth sports than hey sometimes you miss something.

Kids should not be "specializing" at a young age it's unhealthy.

They are little kids FFS. So what if they miss a game, it's not world cup.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We made our sons choose. Only one travel sport.

My kids both chose soccer and did Rec basketball. They managed to have some very good kids who also were travel soccer players that couldn't fit in travel basketball.

For us the decision was easier because our son is a late grower/constitutional delay so even though he's a good basketball player by late middle school height became more of an issue than in soccer.

And the kid has developed into one of the better basketball players now being recruiting at a private high school...never having played basketball except pick up in the park and rec and 3V3.

He just came home from a 6-hour camp and got his ball and went out to the hoop and is still out there now.

He's had no formal basketball training and yet we have spent thousands and traveled internationally and played on the 'bestest/elitist' travel soccer teams.

Some of it is the passion.

Anonymous wrote:We made our sons choose. Only one travel sport.

My kids both chose soccer and did Rec basketball. They managed to have some very good kids who also were travel soccer players that couldn't fit in travel basketball.

For us the decision was easier because our son is a late grower/constitutional delay so even though he's a good basketball player by late middle school height became more of an issue than in soccer.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did travel socccer and travel lax.

Just be ready for coaches/parents to give you the side eye when you are late.

We told each coach Fall Soccer takes precedence, Spring lax did. We stuck to the rule and it was a bit bumpy. Summer was complicated.

I said in many occasions… he’s 10, or 11, or 12.

I mean really they are little children, lighten up.

My son was very good so no fear of getting cut.

We committed to one Sophomore year of HS but continued to play HS for both.

You should understand that you're committing to a team regardless of the age. The other teammates are counting on your player to help them improve as a Team. When you miss practice or a game it hurts everyone. Your using a roster spot that you committed to. A team sport is about the team not just whats good for your kid. Look at it if the shoe were on the other foot.

The shoe was often in the other foot. Other kids wrestled, basketball, played football and hockey.

They also had family vacations, some traditionally did all summer summer camps, has bar/bat mizvahs, synagogue/mass, etc.

You are committed, not owned. Coaches need to understand they are not #1 all the time. You can’t expect 100% from somebody 12 months a year.

Sports are about learning, sometimes the star doesn’t show up and you need to step up, maybe it’s a good opportunity for growth. Who in the world has not had to kiss work gor family/other obligations… kids learn they can’t and shouldn’t put work/sports above everything else.

Simple answer to not just you but all the other two sport families. If it interferes dont commit to the 2nd team period. Choose another activity or non competitive team. But if you know the commitment the team requires before you accept the spot on the team. Your a real jerk to screw over the team. That goes for other teammates too. Either you're with us or you're not. And no the coach shouldn't be ok with it. It teaches other teammates that its ok to not hold up your end of the bargain.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did travel socccer and travel lax.

Just be ready for coaches/parents to give you the side eye when you are late.

We told each coach Fall Soccer takes precedence, Spring lax did. We stuck to the rule and it was a bit bumpy. Summer was complicated.

I said in many occasions… he’s 10, or 11, or 12.

I mean really they are little children, lighten up.

My son was very good so no fear of getting cut.

We committed to one Sophomore year of HS but continued to play HS for both.

You should understand that you're committing to a team regardless of the age. The other teammates are counting on your player to help them improve as a Team. When you miss practice or a game it hurts everyone. Your using a roster spot that you committed to. A team sport is about the team not just whats good for your kid. Look at it if the shoe were on the other foot.

The shoe was often in the other foot. Other kids wrestled, basketball, played football and hockey.

They also had family vacations, some traditionally did all summer summer camps, has bar/bat mizvahs, synagogue/mass, etc.

You are committed, not owned. Coaches need to understand they are not #1 all the time. You can’t expect 100% from somebody 12 months a year.

Sports are about learning, sometimes the star doesn’t show up and you need to step up, maybe it’s a good opportunity for growth. Who in the world has not had to kiss work gor family/other obligations… kids learn they can’t and shouldn’t put work/sports above everything else.