dodgerblue wrote:Been in this since 10U travel now currently Gold and don't know (1) kid that's been loyal to any one team. Unless your the coach that's managed your DD the entire time I find it hard to believe any (1) girl being loyal to any team.
when we made the jump from rec to travel in first year 12's in the fall of 2006, we were naive like many. coming out with a successful all star team, thinking we would be with that group for years.
we had great success right away, but players/families' needs, goals, and talent levels change and things changed after that first year.
this is my kid's 4th season in travel, and she does not have any players on her current team that were on that first team back in 2006.
there are alot of those players that are in the organization we are in now, which is a different organization that we started with, but they are on different teams and age divisions.
I think a realistic approach is take it one season at a time, and re-evaluate where your kid needs to be after each season.
Thinking your kid will stay with the same group all the way to the end of her travel ball career is not a realistic approach.
As always, JMHO.
Deserve's got nothin' to do with it.