My oldest played travel ball, but we made him wait until age 13. He played regular youth league until then and we even refused to let him play All-stars during those years as we wanted him and us to have a regular summer with other activities.

He played 3 years of travel ball until high school and then played high school until he graduated.

It is absolutely nuts to sign up for travel teams for these young 7-12 years olds. Let them enjoy life. If they want to play travel ball once a teenager, they will do just fine.

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Posted by oleyeller

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Posted on 5/22/23 at 8:06 am to deathvalleytiger10

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My oldest played travel ball, but we made him wait until age 13. He played regular youth league until then and we even refused to let him play All-stars during those years as we wanted him and us to have a regular summer with other activities.

Dude my kid is playing 6u ball this yr. 5 and 6 yr olds rec ball. They have a frickn allstars for this. I coach their little team, we won the league last week and they asked me to be allstars coach. I laughed and told them no, and my son wasnt playing. We meet wednesday to vote on allstars. Done had 2 diff coaches from 2 diff teams call me and say "hey are you nominating your son, i will vote for him... im gone nominate my son" i told them nominate who you want, i will vote for best 12, i dont believe in allstars at this age and im not coaching or putting my kid in it HE IS 5 YEARS OLD

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