My son played travel hockey for 14 years, travel baseball for 5 years. Generally a positive experience but the conflicts with family travel plans were kind of a pain. That and the parents over involvement in some cases was a real turn off. And definitely a mixed bag with coaches.
Daughter was interested late in sports and then blossomed in high school, lettering in multiple sports.
For me, I probably enjoyed the school sports more. All of her games were streamed on high quality cameras, less parent drama and a bit more team cohesion and character building IMO.
Now with both in college, they both are glad they played sports and is part of their foundation but honestly I don't know what I recommend. They will make friends either way.
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