Reply to "Questions to ask before joining/trying out for a travel team?"

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Depends on the age. For 14U my son played for a program that really focused on teaching fundamentals and emphasized practices over games during the Spring season...I think they had 3 practices per week during March before starting games in April. Each practice had about 30 kids (2 teams at the age group) and about 6 experienced coaches. No dads.

By 16U my son had been to the national tournaments a few times and we got a sense of the top regional programs. He identified one program that always fielded quality teams, tried out and made it. Before committing we had a long talk with the head coach about his current contacts and where recent players had committed. Very easy to verify using the PG site.

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