How to politely ask for extra time to consider an offer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ignore the troll.

When is the deadline and when is the other decision day? (How far apart?)

Do you have a strong reason to prefer Club B?
Club B's late tryout is indicative of poor management, or Club A's early deadlines is indicative of hostile management. Consider the context (other club tryout schedules) and go with the better managed club.

Ask the other club of they can give you an early decision or indication, because you have an exploding offer from a different club.

Club B's decision will likely come out about 3-4 days after Club A's offer deadline. We are waiting to see if DC can get a place on a higher-level team within Club B and Club B's tryouts are more organized than Club A's. Last year, we had to turn down Club B's offer because we received it one day after accepting Club A's offer...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have been in this exact situation with my kid. I simply emailed the coach to say that my son was trying out at a few different clubs and would like an additional (X days/weeks) to make his decision.

To speak frankly, my kid was one of the best, perhaps the best, player on his team at the time (which was the reason he was considering a new club, i.e., for more of a challenge) so I felt pretty confident that he would find a spot on some team.

In the end, the current club gave us an extra week or two (whatever I had asked for, I don't remember) and we ultimately made the decision to switch to another club. No hard feelings.

Same for us. Been with Team A for 6 years and he coach understood we were out growing them. Coaches do not care too much since they get paid no matter what. Higher ups care

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Contact Club B and see if you can come to a practice and do a private tryout earlier. You'd be surprised how open to this many coaches are.

Thanks! I don’t know which coach of Club B I should contact because there are different coaches for different levels.

Be honest with Club B that your DC got an offer from Club A but you want to consider Club B first.

Ask the Club B top team coach to attend their practice. If your DC doesn’t qualify for the top team, the coach will refer you to the second team.

Don't think DC is good enough for the top team (most likely 3rd or 2nd team). Would it be appropriate to ask the coach at the last field where DC plays during the tryout? I noticed that kids were moved from lower-level fields to upper-level ones during the first tryout.