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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Harry.Doyle[/i] [br]I'm looking for the community's advice. I have an 11 year old that's headed to 6th grade. He has played travel for the last couple of years on AA and AAA teams as a pitcher, catcher, corner infielder and #3 hitter. His school has a middle school team that's comprised of 6th - 8th graders that play 60/90. The school is small and have been told he is all but a lock for team. Assuming he does make the team, our expectations are he would be a backup/bench player with 7th and 8th graders playing ahead of him. My question is around a travel team. When looking for a travel team should we prioritize the most competitive team? Should we look for a team that has several of his friends, which might not be as talented? I expect him to experience some growing pains at the middle school level so should we look for something travel team wise that's a bit more relaxed? Being on the top travel team and collecting a bunch of hardware is not a top priority. We believe there's time for that in high school if the interest is still there. Looking for anyone that's had a similar situation. [/quote]