Travel baseball is where the kids who's parents help the coaches financially the most get to play while other kids who are better sit on the bench. Luckily I know the coaches and played ball with them growing up that two of my nephews play for and the other nephews dad coaches. They are all really good and put in the time at home with the correct instructions to learn how to hit, catch and throw. I hope they continue to excel at whatever sport they choose to focus on by the time they reach high school since you need to be a one sport player around here these days since sports last year round now with practice and 2 or 3 seasons of play. Only 1 or 2 of my nephews will stick with baseball. The one was born to play football and his size and strength will help him as long as he stays healthy.
My two favorites and I know I shouldn't say that have both graduated from high school and one is out of college so I am getting into the younger generations sports now. Both my nephew who just graduated last year and my 24 year old cousin had scholarships to play in college and decided to forget sports and focus on school.
My brother and nieces husband both quit being a head coach because parents didn't like them because they wouldn't play any kids unless they were good enough to play.
My nephews as I call them that I am watching now are actually my great nephews who's moms "my nieces" are just a few years younger than I am