Been there done that with both my daughters. You will cry when you realize the amount spent could have gone a long way for college tuition. Both my girls burned out and stopped playing.100%. Our daughter plays softball and the expectations of what they need to do is absurd. Hitting lessons, pitching lessons, etc… it is a fortune and it is just like keeping up with the Joneses. She plays club and now on JV in high school. We started when she was six. There is something almost every day, year round. We are fortunate to leave in a nice area, but the competitive nature leads to more more more. One day when she is done I’m gonna try to figure out how much we spent and I’ll cry, I don’t have the heart to do it until she retires.
I really enjoyed watching them play but with how things are with travel ball they burn out. Realized to late it would have been better to have them play rec softball and enjoy themselves without any pressure.