coach_pope said:
quick question for parents/coaches involved in travel ball. I'm heavily involved in a local dixie youth league. Don't have kids but i'm a board member, league commissioner, and manger. We have lost a good number of kids to a local select team, but overall the league is still healthy until 13/14 age group. My question is why can't kids play both league on weekday, select on weekends. It seems that most select coaches are against anything to do with league ball.
For the most part it comes down to time. If a kid is playing rec, then I'm assuming they'll have 1-2 games during the week and at least 1 practice. Select teams will play tournaments on the weekend, but also have 1-2 (maybe more) practices during the week.
Years ago when my son was 12, we tried this and the schedule was just ridiculous. We were running all over the place with something every day. Not good for us, and not good for the kid - they need down time to "do nothing" or do school work.