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Reply to "Playing "Age" level vs "Grade" Level for travel"

Age or grade????   The older my kids get the more I realize it really doesn't matter. You will get to a point where the funnel is real. Either you develop into a better athlete or you do not. Talent is talent at what ever age you play. If your kid has aspirations to play at the collegiate level, first focus on developing into a varsity HS player. Don't put the cart in front of the horse, so to say. Believe it or not, even HA D3 schools are mainly composed of varsity HS studs. You will get more bang for you buck by having your child sit down and put together a generalized list of schools he is interested in. Then help him narrow it down based on majors. Focus your contact  on those schools that are a good fit. If you are part of a decent travel org then by all means utilize their networking abilities. Many parents are unaware that coaches do talk with other coaches. The longer you are in the baseball world, the more you will notice just how small it really is.     

Also to note: if your kid ends up playing with his "grade" you might just notice that the majority of his competition will be his "age". You just likely never noticed these late winter/early spring kids. This is because they have never had the luxury of being able to play down. 

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