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re: Can we talk about AAU prices
Posted on 4/8/23 at 10:48 pm to ReauxlTide222
Posted on 4/8/23 at 10:48 pm to ReauxlTide222
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It kills me that some parents bypass all of that and make their kids feel like shite if they aren’t shining on some stupid 11u sports team.
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What’s wrong with watching your kid run around sucking at baseball? I have no kids but that seems fun.
Well hopefully that last part changes because we need more parents who think like this.
And you’re 100% right, it is fun. My kids played/are playing various sports and none of them are/were remotely close to the best players on their teams. But I made sure they knew I couldn’t care less about that, I just wanted them to have fun and make friends.
Some parents just miss the forest for the trees.
This post was edited on 4/8/23 at 10:49 pm
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Posted on 4/9/23 at 12:08 am to pioneerbasketball
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Anything over $500 to play is a SCAM trust me!!!
quote:I’ll never trust someone who so flagrantly fails in the they’re/their/there distinction.
their just robbing the parents that'll willingly pay…
Posted on 4/9/23 at 4:41 am to pioneerbasketball
My buddy has 2 girls in travel softball. He is hoping they can both get scholarships. I told him for the amount the pay for everything they could put the money in a 529 and pay for most of college.
Posted on 4/9/23 at 8:22 am to pioneerbasketball
Travel baseball for 7U in my area can run as high as 3k
Posted on 4/9/23 at 8:36 am to pioneerbasketball
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Im sure this could be said for travel baseball/softball.
basketball is on the level of soccer when it comes to being cheap and easy to play, a ball is all thats needed. There is zero needs for that kind of cash.
Baseball, softball not even close, glove, bat,etc.
Posted on 4/9/23 at 9:01 am to pioneerbasketball
I coached AAU basketball for many years right under the highest level of play (which would be the EYBL Nike league). Our costs were nowhere near that for our guys. Travel costs weren't cheap as we played tournaments from New York down to Myrtle Beach but they were maneagable. I coached U15-U17. We'd take a group at 15 and coach them through their last season of AAU. I got out of coaching not because of the kids but because of unrealistic parental expectations and the corruption in the bigger AAU programs.
Posted on 4/9/23 at 10:10 am to ReauxlTide222
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What’s wrong with watching your kid run around sucking at baseball? I have no kids but that seems fun. This shite is about building relationships, figuring out that your actions and skills can add to others, and working hard to find what you enjoy. It kills me that some parents bypass all of that and make their kids feel like shite if they aren’t shining on some stupid 11u sports team.
My kids play travel ball because the local leagues have gone to shite (I’m talking kids that don't know how to put on a glove at age 10).
In our travel ball group (which extends with teams from ages 8-13), we play a handful of tourneys every year and you can clearly see progression from the first few years where we’re getting killed to older when we’re competing with everyone and winning some tourneys. It’s all about the kids learning as a team and getting better as a team. We pay strictly what our equipment and entry fees cost. Dads coach, most with high level high school/college experience.
But in all age groups you see after year 1 or 2 kids that leave because their parents believe their kids are better than our teams so they pull them to play on these academy teams that cost thousands of dollars. Teams that are cash cows and just throw kids together, sometimes differently teams weekly, and unless you’re on the top teams, some meh coaching. And let me tell you his delicious it is when our “bad teams” beat up on those academy teams as we get older and better.
Posted on 4/9/23 at 4:11 pm to floridatigah
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???? How much of that does she make?
$1k/mo for 2 practices a week and 6-7 tournament
The court time rent gets you in DFW
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