When should you expect to hear back after tryout?

[Anonymous]

Website doesn’t give a timeline. This is for AAU basketball. At what point do you assume you didn’t make the team?

[Anonymous]

Usually a few days. Teams make offers to the kids they want right away and often will give them a day or two to decide (if they don't accept right away).

[Anonymous]

This is the one thing I think is terrible with basketball try outs.Most teams don't respond if you don't make it. Know one kid who is really good who tried out for a particular program. He assumed he would make it and play with his friend but he never heard back and ended up sitting out a season. He should have made the team easily but got left off by mistake and it never got corrected . I remember when we first started trying out snd had to wait for those emails. And I know parents who waited and waited and got nothing. All teams should respond regardless

[Anonymous]

My kid got an offer immediately after the first tryout. If you have not heard yet, they are probably waiting for kids who received offers to accept.

Last year, my kid did not make a team. We would get a rejection email about a week after the last tryout.

[Anonymous]

Tryouts are over a couple of weekends so they can offer a spot to the best kids/give them a week to respond after first round of tryouts and then they move to the next tier with day 2 of tryouts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tryouts are over a couple of weekends so they can offer a spot to the best kids/give them a week to respond after first round of tryouts and then they move to the next tier with day 2 of tryouts.

The team where my kid played did not make any offers after the first tryout. They may have done offers in rounds, but it was all done within a few days of the last tryout.

[Anonymous]

Our club makes offers on a rolling basis but they have multiple teams per grade level.

[Anonymous]

Our daughter recently tried out for and made an AAU team (elementary school grade level) and the coach notified everyone after the last tryout.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tryouts are over a couple of weekends so they can offer a spot to the best kids/give them a week to respond after first round of tryouts and then they move to the next tier with day 2 of tryouts.

The team where my kid played did not make any offers after the first tryout. They may have done offers in rounds, but it was all done within a few days of the last tryout.

Verbal offers are made even before tryouts. My kid played on a different team and the coach asked us for my child to play on his team before tryouts.

[Anonymous]

I think it's rude when clubs/coaches don't send rejections out at the end of tryouts. But OP, please know that offers go out on a rolling basis. So it can be days before you hear. Not hearing for a week after the final day of tryouts is a bad sign.

[Anonymous]

And some kids have verbal offers before tryouts but that's not true for most of a roster unless it's a circuit team.

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone. We heard back 5 days after the last tryout. We did make the team. We have a friend who tried out for the same team- different grade- they made the team too. They said they heard back 5-8 days after last tryout.

[Anonymous]

That's a pretty long wait, but congrats to your kid!

[Anonymous]

AAU parents of Established AAU players have networks that help them find their next team. Best way to start and build your network is to hang around at practices to talk with other parents, and go to games earlier enough to chat with and meet new parents, and finally offer to help your team coach or organization. Also introduce yourself and your kid to other coaches (opposing teams) after games, and you may get an invitation to join a practice.

My son—small but talented guard and sharp shooter—has been added to DMV team rosters based on his solid’s reputation but also my mine (as a former team manager). Otherwise he may not have stood out enough amongst a sea of similar qualified small guards. When younger, he played season for the top 2 DMV teams often mentioned in this forum. Now he plays for a smaller organization but he earned the spot because a former coach gave him (and me) a glowing recommendation to the coaches.

My son is continuing with his current (now sponsored) team but if he decides to leave, we have unsolicited offers from two other well known teams (no tryouts necessary).

One more thing — we are non sporty basketball parents who’ve never played any competitive sports (we were bank geeks). we just read a lot and asked lots of questions and networked, when we realized our son wanted to become a baller!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AAU parents of Established AAU players have networks that help them find their next team. Best way to start and build your network is to hang around at practices to talk with other parents, and go to games earlier enough to chat with and meet new parents, and finally offer to help your team coach or organization. Also introduce yourself and your kid to other coaches (opposing teams) after games, and you may get an invitation to join a practice.

My son—small but talented guard and sharp shooter—has been added to DMV team rosters based on his solid’s reputation but also my mine (as a former team manager). Otherwise he may not have stood out enough amongst a sea of similar qualified small guards. When younger, he played season for the top 2 DMV teams often mentioned in this forum. Now he plays for a smaller organization but he earned the spot because a former coach gave him (and me) a glowing recommendation to the coaches.

My son is continuing with his current (now sponsored) team but if he decides to leave, we have unsolicited offers from two other well known teams (no tryouts necessary).

One more thing — we are non sporty basketball parents who’ve never played any competitive sports (we were bank geeks). we just read a lot and asked lots of questions and networked, when we realized our son wanted to become a baller!

I am the OP. Thanks for this. We are just starting out and this is very helpful.