That gets back to my point exactly, why play games 4 days a week and NEVER practice? Why not play 3 days a week and practice on those 'weaknessess" on the practice day instead of waiting for the "offseason"? This is not a debate about travel vs high school ball, it is a simple statement by me that summer ball does nothing to develop baseball players in my opinion. Now, there might be the exception to my opinion out there, but if you go survey 100 parents/players on what they are getting out of summer ball, I know what the results will be. And yes, the level of play at travel ball is light years above high school ball, but it should be, because for the most part it is the best players playing travel baseball.