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Heisman Winner [105975]
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You want extra spending money?
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:28 PM
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Don't let your kids play travel/club sports. I could have a nice truck right now.
Soccer x 2
Volleyball
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDDDGGGGGGEEEEEEEE
They better make school sports so I can quit paying this bullshid. Daughter wants to play club soccer too but we squashed that one.
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Oculus Spirit [79006]
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4runner is a nice truck***
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:30 PM
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Oculus Spirit [79508]
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How bad is the travel? We were driving over 1 hour for fugging
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:32 PM
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tball this fall, I would imagine you're looking at 4-5 hour trips for this. Do you hire somebody else to attend to the third kid? I have no idea how families with similar age children make this work.
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Orange Blooded [4728]
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1 hour for tball? They don't even know which way to run at that point***
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:44 PM
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Oculus Spirit [79508]
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That was my thoughts, half the team never showed up for
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:46 PM
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away games. Which I get, cause getting home at 9pm on a Tuesday is pretty rough with a 4 year old.
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All-In [43377]
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Oh my.
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:52 PM
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Lot o points [163012]
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OMG. We had our kids in Y ball until they decided they wanted more
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Dec 1, 2023, 3:24 PM
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or wanted out.
Y ball was disorganized, but they had fun playing it. All games at the Y, sometimes at the one across town, but both within 5 miles or our house. One got into club sport until he hurt his foot. They both take after their dad, very unathletic. LOL.
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Heisman Winner [105975]
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So far, it isn't bad. The farthest we went was Raleigh for soccer and it
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:49 PM
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was only once. We missed one weekend though, so the team went twice. Also Pinehurst. Those are 2+ hours away.
Volleyball wasn't going on during soccer season. It starts this weekend but travel isn't until January. Soccer starts back up in January. I think the chaos will start then, but Volleyball only travels like 3-4 weekends.
None of these teams are the BIG TIME travel, local 2-3 hour trips, all in-state or Myrtle Beach so far. Charlotte is even too far for these clubs at my kids' levels.
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Oculus Spirit [83209]
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For travel vball, we used to go to Orlando twice a
Dec 1, 2023, 3:41 PM
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year, 3.5 hours. Tampa once a year, 2.5 hours. The Atl every year. Both of us couldn't always go. Fun though. Met some lifelong friends and a lot of d o o s h e s also.
Where we live, it's like the end of the Earth.
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I'd like to make a suggestion, if you'll allow me.
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:34 PM
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Have you tried introducing your kids to some of the Goth potheads that are in their school? It's way less expensive to have your kids sit in their rooms all day posting angry memes on social media when compared to youth travel sports, you know.
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Lot o points [156301]
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Lulz. You coming in here like
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:38 PM
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Jack White trying to tell Paul McCartney how hard it is being a famous musician.
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Heisman Winner [105975]
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Oh man, I know, you are/were in the throws of National travel as well.
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:54 PM
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That is LEVELS above where we are, but these clubs offer it for the older kids.
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Lot o points [156301]
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lol. Just teasing a little, but if you want any
Dec 1, 2023, 3:47 PM
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Input, there are a number of us on here who have run this gauntlet at a pretty ridiculous level. Depending on the sport, the kids age, and the goal of playing said sport, travel sports can be anything from almost mandatory to the biggest waste of money you can imagine.
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I dont mean to be the bearer of bad news
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:42 PM
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but there is about a two year financial reprieve between the end of club soccer and the beginning of college tuition.and thatshitllkillya.
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Orange Blooded [4728]
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Soccer and volleyball, lulz
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:43 PM
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I've got a traveling hunter/jumper equestrian.
Don't sign any of your kids up for pony rides. I did it at a weak moment and my freaking luck that the kid is actually really good at it.
HTH.
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Heisman Winner [105975]
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Lol, we aren't horse people.
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:50 PM
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just lol. I know people from high school who are trying to be horse people and it cracks me up.
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Orange Blooded [4728]
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I didn't have it on my bingo card either but she cute
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:54 PM
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PS, she doesn't have chubby cheeks anymore
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Heisman Winner [105975]
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sold
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:57 PM
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We did horseback riding with friends once before we went out west one year just to make sure the kids could do it before we paid to have an excursion (in Big Sky, I think). They loved it and begged to do it some more but we squashed that with a volleyball and a move to another city.
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Orange Blooded [4728]
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Let's see... she tried soccer, gymnastics, dance, tennis, surfing, golf
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Dec 1, 2023, 3:07 PM
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basketball, softball, karate, swimming... I may be leaving something out....I will say it's not my smartest decision but it has completely changed her life.
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Heisman Winner [105975]
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surfing is the next one my kids want to do, luckily my neighbor is a
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Dec 1, 2023, 3:10 PM
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surf instructor on Wrightsville and wants to teach them (and me) to surf.
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Many years ago when I worked as a surfing instructor, we would always
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Dec 1, 2023, 3:33 PM
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cover the prospective students from head to toe in blood and then have them paddle WAY beyond the breakers to help weed out the people who had no business in the sport.
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All-In [40369]
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mine are showing an interest
Dec 1, 2023, 11:03 PM
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I have a great pig of daughter of riding on the nose of my longboard with me.
I'm really hoping this summer is when they actually catch on.
If you are ever trying to go on IOP, holla at me, I got an extra longboard you can use
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Greenr and fam be at Carolina beach like
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Dec 1, 2023, 5:02 PM
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Heisman Winner [105975]
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"Your kid seems like a natural at this"
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:52 PM
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-Every trainer/coach trying to get someone to sign their kids up for incredibly expensive sports.
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Yes, I see that, but look at the WAY he took that grounder...
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Dec 1, 2023, 3:00 PM
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to the face.
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Re: Yes, I see that, but look at the WAY he took that grounder...
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Dec 1, 2023, 3:06 PM
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Re: You want extra spending money?
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Dec 1, 2023, 2:51 PM
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Only got 1.5 more seasons of travel soccer until high school for my second. Our travel is not bad compared to others. Longest ride is probably 45-60 mins.
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So we've done soccer for three of our kids and of course track for one
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Dec 1, 2023, 3:00 PM
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Track you get to pick and choose the events you can afford/want to go to.
Team sports however you are at the mercy of the coach, team mom, and club. I've coached long enough to have enough cred to say to the coach, hey, lets find a tournament in state or just play some friendly matches with club XYZ down the road. Tharealdonjuan does something similar with his, too.
I know Obed® has done national travel but ECNL or GA level soccer, the costs are INSANE. National travel to NJ (holla at my boy Murcielago) Washington state, California, Texas, etc. I have heard stories of 5 digit spending on one season from some of those parents. My kid plays in an ECNL club but thankfully, hasn't had the desire or want to to go that high.
I can honestly say, some people just have too much money
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Heisman Winner [105975]
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My middle son did not qualify for the pre-ECNL team(s) with our club
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Dec 1, 2023, 3:09 PM
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which was nice. However, some of the kids on his team SUCK. I could not imagine paying more than rec ball money if my kid was that bad. I think this is the first year of really sorting kids out (10U) and some of them will not continue. We may not continue, we were just tired of the crappy coaching at rec-league.
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CU Medallion [66383]
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at 10U they really shouldn't be traveling more than an hour
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Dec 1, 2023, 3:13 PM
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shoot I think the games are 50 or 60 minutes long anyway. I coached 12U this fall and we never traveled beyond Columbia except for the Wilmington tournament (which I chose not to go to.)
I guess it depends on what you, your wife and you kid want out of it. 10U is usually the introductory phase where lots of kids join in and kind of decide if it's for them. If he/she stay with it, 13U is where it starts getting more competitive and serious
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Re: You want extra spending money?
Dec 1, 2023, 4:30 PM
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Son play travel basketball. We EASILY spent $1,000 per weekend. We had about 6 weekends away each year. He played 5 years of travel ball.
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pees and tees
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Dec 1, 2023, 5:45 PM
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happy to be out of that world and was much happier when 9th grade happened so they could play lax and field hockey at school.
only downside was negotiating work and rolling to raleigh, charlotte, virginia, etc to play other schools.
had one that danced for 11 years and thank zeus ex handled dance mom. dance travel was beastly and dance $$$ was complete bs.
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110%er [9127]
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club sports re a $$ maker for the coaches***
Dec 1, 2023, 10:12 PM
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