We dont agree on much, but this is absolutely on point Archived Message
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes on February 2, 2024, 13:04:32, in reply to "I'm not sure actually, but it is not cheap"
It's not cheap, but I believe the personal growth I've seen is worth the cost. Also believe that there's absolutely nothing wrong with AYSO or park district soccer, it just wasn't right for us. He's likely not going to make it past 13-14, and that's perfectly fine. Cross that bridge when the time comes.Previous Message I truly believe it to be an investment for our 11 year old. She loves it and we've already seen personal growth in just a few months of being on the team. It also bakes into her week physical activity, people other than us highlighting importance of things like sleep, hydration, proper nutrition. She has always struggled with accepting and leaning from failure and continuing to work hard at things that don't come easy. These have also improved. We aren't doing this believing there is a D1 scholarship on the other side. Kids are expensive and providing them access to something they love is important if you're able to do so. In this case we are and I feel lucky that we can. Previous Message Previous Message Our volleyball club is fantastic. They have national, regional plus, regional teams at each level. Even up to 18 only practice twice a week. Major emphasis on injury prevention and building personal responsibility. Of the 40 kids they have on teams at 18 y/o, 20+ are playing in college including 10 high major (2 to the beloved). Previous Message Previous Message Apparently it's "stay to play", so the team has to have at least 8 rooms booked from the official tournament hotel block. There's more than 8 families and the tournament hotel is both not cheap AND far away from the tournament site. RIP the team manager parent's text inbox, she's already hearing from people that dont want to use the official hotel. Also, only 3 kids from the B team were invited to attend, despite more than 3 occasionally subbing with A team.
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- Ooooohhh a new level of youth sports drama - the first tournament requiring travel - ISeeDeadHawkeyes February 2, 2024, 11:28:56
- Last update for those of you that found this amusing - ISeeDeadHawkeyes February 9, 2024, 13:19:26
- Who loves hilarious meddling mom updates? - ISeeDeadHawkeyes February 6, 2024, 16:17:13
- One more summer of travel softball for me and finally done - Tbag February 2, 2024, 15:52:52
- As an aside, I will take youth sports 1000 times over what I hear my colleagues talk about - OWWDig February 2, 2024, 12:07:28
- Wife was a competitive gymnastics director at one point - ISeeDeadHawkeyes February 2, 2024, 12:34:52
- We do both, and it's ... a lot. - AintHatin February 2, 2024, 12:32:12
- *cries* i have 2 in competitive dance this year* - lcubed February 2, 2024, 12:25:27
- 100%. Competitive dance and cheer is awful in every single way. There's legitimately no benefit* - longsnapper February 2, 2024, 12:14:45
- Dude. - EffinIllini February 2, 2024, 12:14:23
- man, it must suck to be a poor kid - Sammich February 2, 2024, 12:11:53
- I’ve been at a couple convention centers where those dance competitions were happening, and - doubledown February 2, 2024, 12:09:48
- amen* - OWWDig February 2, 2024, 12:14:36
- Youth sports are such a racket* - longsnapper February 2, 2024, 12:03:54
- mostly, yes.* - Ari Gold February 6, 2024, 16:45:50
- 100% late capitalist bullshit* - Jackie February 2, 2024, 12:48:29
- Yep. You have to sort through a lot of bullshit - BradUnderwoodforprez February 2, 2024, 12:23:57
- This statement is way too broad. Very dependant on the team/club - opey8 February 2, 2024, 12:14:22
- Yes. For so many reasons. - EffinIllini February 2, 2024, 12:11:44
- How enforced are those "stay to play" tournaments? - EffinIllini February 2, 2024, 11:58:46
- If it's out here, that's very common. - tvillini February 2, 2024, 11:43:04
- Stay to play is such a fucking racket. It's always the worst hotel and they jack up the rate. * - doubledown February 2, 2024, 11:41:30
- we're doing a tournament in Peoria that is that way - Gene Parmesan February 2, 2024, 11:38:13
- my nephew had a baseball tournament here in Atlanta... - shua February 2, 2024, 11:36:49
- I went from no kids doing any real sports to kid had to go to taekwondo nationals - gvibes February 2, 2024, 11:34:29
- I really don't understand how this is worth it for anyone involved* - Sammich February 2, 2024, 11:30:00
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