Another FYCYBL question

[Anonymous]

I didn't want to hijack someone else's topic. We moved here over the summer.

Who knows about the rising 8th grade division 1 boys teams in the mid-south-Fairfax area? It looks like our options are BRYC, Burke or SYC to be in-zip (22152) I have been studying the website! BRYC won the league last year, does that mean its a good team to go for with a good coach, or will there be no spots? The Burke team did not do very well, does that mean they will be moved down to the lower level out of the first division for this season? Also, does SYC even have teams? I don't see any for this age last year or most of the other ages but they have open practices listed on their website. Is there a reason people don't want to play there? (Bad coach or bad org?)

[Anonymous]

The coaches choose their division so even if a team was ranked last they could still stay in the same division if they want to.

Besides the point though because you aren't really in a position to be selective tryng to get a roster spot on an 8th grade boys team. (Unless your son is top top top level player, in which case, you probably would have him on a Maryland AAU team already.)

Don't get hung up on the first division thing. There are lots of good players and good coaches on the second and third tier teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The coaches choose their division so even if a team was ranked last they could still stay in the same division if they want to.

Besides the point though because you aren't really in a position to be selective tryng to get a roster spot on an 8th grade boys team. (Unless your son is top top top level player, in which case, you probably would have him on a Maryland AAU team already.)

Don't get hung up on the first division thing. There are lots of good players and good coaches on the second and third tier teams.

Everyone doesn’t wanna travel way out to PG or Ann Arundel County on school nights, getting home after 11pm just so their kid can play on a Nike or Adidas team. There’s a 4 star at from Reston that chose to stay close to home and always played on AAU teams based around Reston and even attends his local high school.
The important thing is that your kid is getting the proper training and developing as a player.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The coaches choose their division so even if a team was ranked last they could still stay in the same division if they want to.

Besides the point though because you aren't really in a position to be selective tryng to get a roster spot on an 8th grade boys team. (Unless your son is top top top level player, in which case, you probably would have him on a Maryland AAU team already.)

Don't get hung up on the first division thing. There are lots of good players and good coaches on the second and third tier teams.

Everyone doesn’t wanna travel way out to PG or Ann Arundel County on school nights, getting home after 11pm just so their kid can play on a Nike or Adidas team. There’s a 4 star at from Reston that chose to stay close to home and always played on AAU teams based around Reston and even attends his local high school.
The important thing is that your kid is getting the proper training and developing as a player.

Yeah, and if he doesn't make a team b/c OP is focusing only on "division 1" teams--which will have zero to few open roster slots--then he won't be training or developing playing in a rec league.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't want to hijack someone else's topic. We moved here over the summer.

Who knows about the rising 8th grade division 1 boys teams in the mid-south-Fairfax area? It looks like our options are BRYC, Burke or SYC to be in-zip (22152) I have been studying the website! BRYC won the league last year, does that mean its a good team to go for with a good coach, or will there be no spots? The Burke team did not do very well, does that mean they will be moved down to the lower level out of the first division for this season? Also, does SYC even have teams? I don't see any for this age last year or most of the other ages but they have open practices listed on their website. Is there a reason people don't want to play there? (Bad coach or bad org?)

I would just focus on having your kid try out for every team your zip code falls in. Your son may get more than 1 offer, or he may not get any. If he gets offers, I'd go by how the tryouts look to you (the way the coaches teach and how they run the tryouts, the level of other players, etc.). You can also try talking to other parents in attendance to get their opinions. The main key is just to get an offer.

In my kid's age group, BRYC was terrible. So I don't think it's based on "organization," but rather (1) the players on the particular team and (2) the coach.

[Anonymous]

Somehow bryc has a ridiculous amount of zip codes even though their rec league is very small. So their first teams should usually be good

[Anonymous]

Scope out the teams now (win/loss history, rankings…) and prioritize teams starting with your zip code (unless it’s in McLean because those teams are hard to make). Many teams hold tryouts in the same week (1st-2nd week of October) because they must submit rosters by a deadline to FCYBL organization. For this reason your DC may only have one team tryout option if they all occur on same days.

In 5th grade, we made the mistake of missing the last/3rd tryout day for our home zip code, in order for DS to tryout for an AAU team in Maryland. He didn’t make the local team because we were told the coaches held scrimmages to select on the 3rd tryout day (but he made the AAU team which ended up being a better option that year).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The coaches choose their division so even if a team was ranked last they could still stay in the same division if they want to.

Besides the point though because you aren't really in a position to be selective tryng to get a roster spot on an 8th grade boys team. (Unless your son is top top top level player, in which case, you probably would have him on a Maryland AAU team already.)

Don't get hung up on the first division thing. There are lots of good players and good coaches on the second and third tier teams.

Everyone doesn’t wanna travel way out to PG or Ann Arundel County on school nights, getting home after 11pm just so their kid can play on a Nike or Adidas team. There’s a 4 star at from Reston that chose to stay close to home and always played on AAU teams based around Reston and even attends his local high school.
The important thing is that your kid is getting the proper training and developing as a player.

Yeah, and if he doesn't make a team b/c OP is focusing only on "division 1" teams--which will have zero to few open roster slots--then he won't be training or developing playing in a rec league.

That 4 star plays at his mom’s old high school, travels to Texas with an AAU club for which his mom is a girls coach,
and is not a 4 star because of anything related to FCYBL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The coaches choose their division so even if a team was ranked last they could still stay in the same division if they want to.

Besides the point though because you aren't really in a position to be selective tryng to get a roster spot on an 8th grade boys team. (Unless your son is top top top level player, in which case, you probably would have him on a Maryland AAU team already.)

Don't get hung up on the first division thing. There are lots of good players and good coaches on the second and third tier teams.

Everyone doesn’t wanna travel way out to PG or Ann Arundel County on school nights, getting home after 11pm just so their kid can play on a Nike or Adidas team. There’s a 4 star at from Reston that chose to stay close to home and always played on AAU teams based around Reston and even attends his local high school.
The important thing is that your kid is getting the proper training and developing as a player.

Yeah, and if he doesn't make a team b/c OP is focusing only on "division 1" teams--which will have zero to few open roster slots--then he won't be training or developing playing in a rec league.

That 4 star plays at his mom’s old high school, travels to Texas with an AAU club for which his mom is a girls coach,
and is not a 4 star because of anything related to FCYBL

Are you drunk?