Skyview Information for Families of Attending Kids

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If I'm a soccer coach choosing from 130 boys, am I going to (1) pick any kids who have to be transported from another school and back, or (2) am I going to pick the kids who go to my school, who came to the off season workouts, and are already there ready to go for practices and games?

Hint, the answer is (2). Now, it may not matter so much with no cut or girls sports, but any little negative will swing the pendulum against you when a coach is choosing from a crowd.

oh please nowhere has 130 boys trying out for one sport. that's ridiculous.

You must be a girl parent.

Westfield boys soccer had 150+ at tryouts this spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I'm a soccer coach choosing from 130 boys, am I going to (1) pick any kids who have to be transported from another school and back, or (2) am I going to pick the kids who go to my school, who came to the off season workouts, and are already there ready to go for practices and games?

Hint, the answer is (2). Now, it may not matter so much with no cut or girls sports, but any little negative will swing the pendulum against you when a coach is choosing from a crowd.

oh please nowhere has 130 boys trying out for one sport. that's ridiculous.

Yes, they do. Heck, Carson has around 130 kids try out for Mathcounts, it is easy to see a large number of kids trying out for a sport.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I'm a soccer coach choosing from 130 boys, am I going to (1) pick any kids who have to be transported from another school and back, or (2) am I going to pick the kids who go to my school, who came to the off season workouts, and are already there ready to go for practices and games?

Hint, the answer is (2). Now, it may not matter so much with no cut or girls sports, but any little negative will swing the pendulum against you when a coach is choosing from a crowd.

oh please nowhere has 130 boys trying out for one sport. that's ridiculous.

Yes, they do. Heck, Carson has around 130 kids try out for Mathcounts, it is easy to see a large number of kids trying out for a sport.

Seriously!? That's kind of hilarious. I don't know anything about it, but is there some reason that a math club can't have everyone participate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is bias. Coaches have biases.

You would know the kid wasn't at your school because he would be late for all your immediately-after-school activities, and you would get a list at tryouts of all the students grades and schools because they have to register ahead of time.

Not the same in every sport, every kid. I am not worried at all about my kid making the team next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I'm a soccer coach choosing from 130 boys, am I going to (1) pick any kids who have to be transported from another school and back, or (2) am I going to pick the kids who go to my school, who came to the off season workouts, and are already there ready to go for practices and games?

Hint, the answer is (2). Now, it may not matter so much with no cut or girls sports, but any little negative will swing the pendulum against you when a coach is choosing from a crowd.

oh please nowhere has 130 boys trying out for one sport. that's ridiculous.

Yes, they do. Heck, Carson has around 130 kids try out for Mathcounts, it is easy to see a large number of kids trying out for a sport.

Seriously!? That's kind of hilarious. I don't know anything about it, but is there some reason that a math club can't have everyone participate?

The room the club uses can hold 30 kids, I believe. The team of 4 is drawn from the 30 who make the team. The club is run by parent volunteers who probably don’t want to work with 130 kids. The volunteers teach skills to kids and run practice tests that they use to determine who makes the team of 4 and then the 6 other kids who will participate in Chapter as individuals. They offer other math competitions for the kids to participate in but you are still talking about teams of 4-5 kids. It is just how math competitions work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is bias. Coaches have biases.

You would know the kid wasn't at your school because he would be late for all your immediately-after-school activities, and you would get a list at tryouts of all the students grades and schools because they have to register ahead of time.

Not the same in every sport, every kid. I am not worried at all about my kid making the team next year.

Sure some sports are no cut, and girls sports are easy to make.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is bias. Coaches have biases.

You would know the kid wasn't at your school because he would be late for all your immediately-after-school activities, and you would get a list at tryouts of all the students grades and schools because they have to register ahead of time.

Not the same in every sport, every kid. I am not worried at all about my kid making the team next year.

Sure some sports are no cut, and girls sports are easy to make.

That's not true at all. Girls sports are very competitive in Fairfax County.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is bias. Coaches have biases.

You would know the kid wasn't at your school because he would be late for all your immediately-after-school activities, and you would get a list at tryouts of all the students grades and schools because they have to register ahead of time.

Not the same in every sport, every kid. I am not worried at all about my kid making the team next year.

Sure some sports are no cut, and girls sports are easy to make.

That's not true at all. Girls sports are very competitive in Fairfax County.

They are incredibly easy to make compared to boys sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is bias. Coaches have biases.

You would know the kid wasn't at your school because he would be late for all your immediately-after-school activities, and you would get a list at tryouts of all the students grades and schools because they have to register ahead of time.

Not the same in every sport, every kid. I am not worried at all about my kid making the team next year.

Sure some sports are no cut, and girls sports are easy to make.

That's not true at all. Girls sports are very competitive in Fairfax County.

They are incredibly easy to make compared to boys sports.

#boymom amirite?

[Anonymous]

I think it's reasonable to assume that most sport coaches at base schools will give preference to base school kids unless your kid is a marvel or in a less popular sport. But is this a huge deal? Skyview will have club sports, there is AAU, year round competitive swim teams, travel soccer, etc. And it's 9th grade. One of my kids was on the football team and there were 100 kids on the team and only 7 played freshman year - non 9th grade sports is seriously not making a huge impact on 95% of the population.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is bias. Coaches have biases.

You would know the kid wasn't at your school because he would be late for all your immediately-after-school activities, and you would get a list at tryouts of all the students grades and schools because they have to register ahead of time.

Not the same in every sport, every kid. I am not worried at all about my kid making the team next year.

Sure some sports are no cut, and girls sports are easy to make.

That's not true at all. Girls sports are very competitive in Fairfax County.

They are incredibly easy to make compared to boys sports.

#boymom amirite?

DP and girl dad. Boys sports easily have twice the number of kids trying to make the team as girls sports, so yes the girls sports are much easier to make the cut. If you can't see and admit this reality due to your ego or some other reason, then there is no logical way to reach you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is bias. Coaches have biases.

You would know the kid wasn't at your school because he would be late for all your immediately-after-school activities, and you would get a list at tryouts of all the students grades and schools because they have to register ahead of time.

Not the same in every sport, every kid. I am not worried at all about my kid making the team next year.

Sure some sports are no cut, and girls sports are easy to make.

That's not true at all. Girls sports are very competitive in Fairfax County.

They are incredibly easy to make compared to boys sports.

#boymom amirite?

DP and girl dad. Boys sports easily have twice the number of kids trying to make the team as girls sports, so yes the girls sports are much easier to make the cut. If you can't see and admit this reality due to your ego or some other reason, then there is no logical way to reach you.

At our large fcps, some sports have four times as many boys trying out. Girls can make teams with no experience or only rec league play. Boys who have played club for years get cut from JV.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is bias. Coaches have biases.

You would know the kid wasn't at your school because he would be late for all your immediately-after-school activities, and you would get a list at tryouts of all the students grades and schools because they have to register ahead of time.

Not the same in every sport, every kid. I am not worried at all about my kid making the team next year.

Sure some sports are no cut, and girls sports are easy to make.

That's not true at all. Girls sports are very competitive in Fairfax County.

They are incredibly easy to make compared to boys sports.

#boymom amirite?

DP and girl dad. Boys sports easily have twice the number of kids trying to make the team as girls sports, so yes the girls sports are much easier to make the cut. If you can't see and admit this reality due to your ego or some other reason, then there is no logical way to reach you.

At our large fcps, some sports have four times as many boys trying out. Girls can make teams with no experience or only rec league play. Boys who have played club for years get cut from JV.

A lot depends on the specific sport. Basketball and baseball have broken boys' hearts with their cuts for decades. I think girls' basketball is also tough--but, softball not so much.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is bias. Coaches have biases.

You would know the kid wasn't at your school because he would be late for all your immediately-after-school activities, and you would get a list at tryouts of all the students grades and schools because they have to register ahead of time.

Not the same in every sport, every kid. I am not worried at all about my kid making the team next year.

Sure some sports are no cut, and girls sports are easy to make.

That's not true at all. Girls sports are very competitive in Fairfax County.

They are incredibly easy to make compared to boys sports.

#boymom amirite?

DP and girl dad. Boys sports easily have twice the number of kids trying to make the team as girls sports, so yes the girls sports are much easier to make the cut. If you can't see and admit this reality due to your ego or some other reason, then there is no logical way to reach you.

At our large fcps, some sports have four times as many boys trying out. Girls can make teams with no experience or only rec league play. Boys who have played club for years get cut from JV.

In the case where there are 130 kids trying out, unless the freshman boy is a star he’s probably going to be cut anyway.
Smaller high schools, rec leagues, and intramurals would help keep more kids in sports.

[Anonymous]

Can e get back to discussing Skyview and sports try outs? Please and Thank you