- Sep 29, 2014
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Our organization moved to this model the year I left (in house rec and select). Our problem was we had 4 teams in 10U and 12U and we played each other twice then played other teams from the community to fill out the rest of our schedule....those games were terrible we never had a competitive game outside our org. I took "MY" team not the All Star team a "regular rec team" to a travel tournament (B level) just to get some competition we went 3-3 and were competitive in every game. This wasn't middle of nowhere either this was suburban San Antonio, Texas. Our All Star teams consistently went to state and nationals, basically was just an area where there we no real travel teams close (within 20 minutes) and everyone knew the quality of the rec we played so they just played with us.
I think they only had one select team and the others stayed rec....it was almost like pre selecting All Stars. everyone just assumes rec is just for fun and while fun was emphasized the competition was stiff....but circling back around this is 8U...
I think they only had one select team and the others stayed rec....it was almost like pre selecting All Stars. everyone just assumes rec is just for fun and while fun was emphasized the competition was stiff....but circling back around this is 8U...