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Originally Posted by PedOncoDoc
We elected to move my son up an age division early for soccer as he was already outscoring the other team on his own. His coach recommended he try out for the travel/development team.
My son is 6 and was the smallest kid on the field; some of the kids trying out on the same field were 10 (the tryouts were combined for U8,U9 and U10), and my son was still scoring goals and mixing it up with the bigger kids!  He will be the youngest player on his U8 team. |
Travel teams can be awesome. Make sure you are ready for the $ and time commitment. Can you say "Mouse Races"?
Here., we call it "select" and it can be tough on parents.
Another thing to think about is what is the desired final outcome. What sold me on our team was the involvement of the High School coaching staff. They see this as their farm system. I like that they are looking for 8 YOs to help take State 10 years from now. They are committed to a long term relationship with the kids. the tryouts wore me out, but Little Dude took it all in stride.
I hope your little dude has fun. (oh yeah, burn out is a real risk, Mom and Dad are the first line iof defense, there.)