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You are absolutely right and if your kid wants to work you should. The game hasn't changed in the last 30 years since I was coming up through the legion ranks in Baton Rouge.

The kids that work and get 'some' quality instruction on technique will get better. They have to love it or they won't work at it. I give my kids every bit they can handle but once they say enough is enough...

For those kids that want 'more'. The amount of quality information out there is staggering compared to when I was growing up. I watched Will Clark's swing and tried to emulate it...that's about the extent of information out there in the 80's/90's.

Where travel has absolutely gone wrong, is taking the average/below average players and forcing them into tournament ball just to find games to play, with many of the Rec leagues stopping teams at 12u.

100% agree on the baseball front. My 14 year old plays some travel on a local/regional team, but football is his sport. He starts high school in the fall and he knows that eating and lifting are his job for the next 4 months.

The coaches love him and what he can do but at a 145 lbs he has to make those gains if he wants to make an impact next season.

Full disclaimer, we are at a very small 3A program where Freshman have a chance to compete for varsity positions and get on the field.

I think you and I are saying the same thing. There is a certain level athlete that belongs at that level if they want to continue being elite.

In the softball world this gets exasperated by the sheer lack of numbers playing the sport. The top 5% in the girl's game is a significantly smaller number than in the boy's game. In order to face that level of competition consistently and continue growth, these girls are forced to play all across the country.

College coaches simply want to see best vs best out there. They don't care if you are elite and beating up on lower level competition. I am thoroughly convinced through my experiences on this journey with her that iron sharpens iron in any sport.

Just to put a similar perspective on this, I have 17 year old daughter that plays on a national level softball team. She just committed D1 last fall.

At 13, SHE made the decision that she loved the sport and wanted to be great. We were just playing on a local team that myself and a few dads helped coach. SHE decided to tryout for our organization's national level team and made it. SHE decided to put in the work at lessons, in the weight room, at speed and agility training. SHE decided that college ball was where she wanted to be.

Our national level team has played in California, Colorado, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Indiana, Arizona over the last few years. These are basically the only tournaments that the P5/High Mid Major coaches attend. They never go to Rec or High School games. If you want to be seen you have to be on those fields.

As SFP said, she falls into that top 1-5% of athletes that belong at that level. The local tournaments have simply replaced Rec/Legion leagues that used to exist.

I have coached at the 14/16/18u National level and can tell you that the elite athletes getting recruited to play at those levels no longer come out of anything less than a high level regional team or national level team.

I like Sanderson as well but was looking to branch into something different for this next series.

From Rob Hayes, would the recommend the War Eternal or the Mortal Techniques series first?

I may also check out Brent Weeks Lightbringer.

I am in need of a new series to read. I have followed this board for a while and have seen some great recommendations based on past reads. Here are some of my more recent books/authors read so it is pretty easy to see the types of genres I am interested in, but I'm willing to expand out.

John Gwynne - Bloodsworn Saga
Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time Series
Pierce Brown - Red Rising Series
GRRM - Game Of Thrones
Joe Abercrombie - First Law Trilogy + other extended universe
Frank Herbert - Dune Series
Ken Follet - The Pillars Of The Earth Series
Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn Series
Steve Erickson - Malazan Series

Based on some other recs from this board I dove into The Master and Commander series as well as Lonesome Dove.

Thanks for all the help!