Arlington travel tryouts?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately Basketball is not an equal sports opportunity. Some coaches will hold tryouts hoping a 6ft+kid will come or some super talented one. Coaches will pick who they know or a kid that really stands out from the rest.
You don’t go to try outs and expect to get pick

It's so true but so unfortunate for most of us. With HS tryouts coming up, I am not expecting much as we don't have an "in"

Do Arlington public high school coaches follow Arlington Travel teams or players, or do they follow any local AAU teams (Nova Cavs or Nova94) to evaluate players year(s) in advance of tryouts? I've read that some Fairfax high school coaches "recruit" their players in advance from across the county but I don't suppose Arlington coaches can recruit with rigid set school boundaries.

I am aware of private middle and high school coaches who follow top AAU teams in Maryland to recruit future players.

Does playing for an Arlington Travel team even matter for my son aspiring to make a high school team? With the BS described in this post, we are more inclined to put him on an AAU team that practices year round or on a competitive DC or MD rec team, if that exists.

That would be an option except that most AAU teams pause in the Winter so kids can play for their schools. It leaves a lot of kids not playing basketball at the HS level!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

STORM baseball is so political and it’s from the top down. I wouldn’t recommend their program at all. If you want a positive atmosphere for your child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately Basketball is not an equal sports opportunity. Some coaches will hold tryouts hoping a 6ft+kid will come or some super talented one. Coaches will pick who they know or a kid that really stands out from the rest.
You don’t go to try outs and expect to get pick

It's so true but so unfortunate for most of us. With HS tryouts coming up, I am not expecting much as we don't have an "in"

Do Arlington public high school coaches follow Arlington Travel teams or players, or do they follow any local AAU teams (Nova Cavs or Nova94) to evaluate players year(s) in advance of tryouts? I've read that some Fairfax high school coaches "recruit" their players in advance from across the county but I don't suppose Arlington coaches can recruit with rigid set school boundaries.

I am aware of private middle and high school coaches who follow top AAU teams in Maryland to recruit future players.

Does playing for an Arlington Travel team even matter for my son aspiring to make a high school team? With the BS described in this post, we are more inclined to put him on an AAU team that practices year round or on a competitive DC or MD rec team, if that exists.

I know that Arlington high school coaches do not recruit and simply evaluate the players that show up in the fall. Yorktown is the hardest team to make given the sheer numbers of talented in-bounds athletes competing for limited spots. The previous, now fired, coach purposefully had larger rosters to reduce the painful cuts.

Wakefield has traditionally been the best of the Arlington schools in recent years however. But all three high schools have won the Liberty District championship within the past few years.

[Anonymous]

Why was the Yorktown coach fired?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why was the Yorktown coach fired?

It really had to do with the school culture as I recall: Disagreements with the athletic director, upset parents over a losing record one year, etc. But Yorktown did win the Liberty District title with said coach. And I think he was quite good. (Yorktown sports parents have been known to be overly critical in the past.)

So a mix of things. Really not the right fit for the Yorktown school culture and he didn’t want to play along. He’d be great at another school. Maybe at W-L, if or when the current popular head coach retires after 40 years on the job.

(Parents tend to be much more low-key at the other Arlington high schools making it easier to coach.)