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Who actually likes “travel ball”
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:36 pm
I dont have a kid playing but all i hear is how its a giant hassle and stress on parents. Costs a fortune. Everyone in family misses out on things at home. Multi kid families are split in two directions every weekend. Plus its the leading blame for arm injuries. When i was kid in town of 40k there was enough athletes to have 2 competitive Leagues with 8-10 teams in each age group. Why dont parents just say screw your travel team. We arent doing it?
This post was edited on 5/15/23 at 3:38 pm
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Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:37 pm to lsudocts
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. Why dont parents just say screw your travel team. We arent doing it?
peer pressure
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:37 pm to lsudocts
a couple of weeks ago I heard some dad telling his kids to quit laughing and focus because they had a game later that day. The kids looked miserable.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:39 pm to 777Tiger
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peer pressure
Meh...parents have lost their fricking minds when it comes to kids in sports. Everyone chasing athletic scholarship dollars and sports glory. Parent are the reason there's such a thing as travel ball.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:40 pm to lsudocts
A city the size of BR, Nola, Lafayette should have zero need to travel for “good competition”. Northshore as well. Maybe some of small towns need to travel 20-30 miles at most. Its BS and its a scam by people trying to make money.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:41 pm to lsudocts
Parents who live through their kids
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:42 pm to lsudocts
Travel Ball is mostly a misnomer. Tournament ball is more accurate since most teams rarely travel that far to play, and it's a weekend tournament format. Both of my boys played growing up, and I loved it. They also played football and basketball in season. It's really no different than other kids' activites such as AAU basketball, cheer, dance, music competitions, etc.
This post was edited on 5/15/23 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:43 pm to lsudocts
It’s stupid and HS baseball coaches I know said the talent is not different now than before travel ball. It also gets rid of big uncoordinated kids who fill out later. It filled with runts who dads coach. 2 of best travel balls kids I know, never played HS baseball. They were burned out from playing since 4 years old and 100 games a year.
This post was edited on 5/15/23 at 5:19 pm
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:44 pm to denvertiger
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Parent are the reason there's such a thing as travel ball.
it's pretty disgusting for all of the obvious reasons but the glaring one to me is that it's a very selfish absorption, being involved in a "travel" sport completely dominates the family for whatever the length of the season, travel ball and associated activities dictates all of the family's time and plans, including, and especially, other kids in the family that don't share that interest
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:44 pm to lsudocts
if you're kid isn't doing travel ball, it makes it very unlikely he's going to show up on highschool campus and not be left in the dust by all the other kids who have. assuming your kid isn't some physical specimen type athlete. travel ball is just ball now. rec ball is non existent at a competitive level.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:44 pm to lsudocts
They are full on lunatics with it at the plant. Any time my safety man gets started talking that shite with somebody, I have to walk away because they'll frick off for the next hour in a circle jerk over it.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:45 pm to lsudocts
What is travel ball in places like Houston? It’s nothing but paid baseball teams because your kid wasn’t good enough to make it in rec play so they take him/her to ride the pine or put them on the “B” team. They hardly travel anywhere in a place that big because the Houston metro area is probably close to 7million people. It is really “tournament ball”. It is about getting your kid noticed from what I can tell.
The best way to help your kid is put them in multiple sports.
The best way to help your kid is put them in multiple sports.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:46 pm to lsudocts
Because parents are living vicariously through their children. Travel soccer is a total scam. Half the kids aren't even good enough 
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:46 pm to lsudocts
I can picture all the Z71 Tahoe’s in the parking lot
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:47 pm to lsudocts
Hopefully the craze dies soon. Its a money racket. All it really does is replace rec ball with something that has prettier packaging and misleads parents into thinking their kids are better than they are.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:47 pm to Chad504boy
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if you're kid isn't doing travel ball, it makes it very unlikely he's going to show up on highschool campus and not be left in the dust by all the other kids who have.
I can see this as a freshman but any player that is a decent athlete will eventually catch up when they are facing the same competition for a couple years.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:48 pm to lsudocts
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.
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.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:48 pm to geauxtigers33
right. thats the line they sell you. the best athletes will find their way. they always do.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:50 pm to Vacherie Saint
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the best athletes will find their way. they always do.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 3:51 pm to GrizzlyAlloy
Two women I grew up with posted on FB they were at the ballpark "for 9 hours" and "15 hours" yesterday. The 9 hour was in Natchitoches and the 15 hour was in Hattiesburg. They both didn't leave until after 9pm and had to drive home to get their kid to school for testing today. Both under 12yrs old. My girls were into cheer for a bit and that was the same shite. Constant coemptions all over the Gulf South. Constant requests for more money. They burned out before they were teenagers so I was lucky I guess.
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