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<blockquote data-quote="zoops" data-source="post: 77458" data-attributes="member: 790">Weird story at the high school level, sounds like this is some sort of a rec league for kids that didn't make their HS team.&nbsp; Big deal if you get your butt kicked, go out and play ball and get some exercise.I do think there is something to this at the elementary level, kids get recruited as 3rd, 4th graders or younger to load up a travel team and then go beat everybody by 50 - what's the point in that?&nbsp; Even a lot of the talented kids don't progress much because they're playing on a team that could sleepwalk and still beat most of their opponents and the kids on the leftovers teams decide at a young age to quit the sport because they weren't one of the chosen ones when they were 10 years old.&nbsp; Lots of value in letting kids play with less talented teammates - teaches lots of life skills, not to mention sport skills.&nbsp; Big part of declining participation in my and many others' opinions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zoops, post: 77458, member: 790"] Weird story at the high school level, sounds like this is some sort of a rec league for kids that didn't make their HS team. Big deal if you get your butt kicked, go out and play ball and get some exercise. I do think there is something to this at the elementary level, kids get recruited as 3rd, 4th graders or younger to load up a travel team and then go beat everybody by 50 - what's the point in that? Even a lot of the talented kids don't progress much because they're playing on a team that could sleepwalk and still beat most of their opponents and the kids on the leftovers teams decide at a young age to quit the sport because they weren't one of the chosen ones when they were 10 years old. Lots of value in letting kids play with less talented teammates - teaches lots of life skills, not to mention sport skills. Big part of declining participation in my and many others' opinions. [/QUOTE]

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