A general note to clubs about tryouts

[Anonymous]

I am confused about something that happened. Big club with four teams, child coming from a house league. We received an automated "congratulations" email invitation to accept a spot on Team #3. We declined right away. Then, the next day, we received an automated email invitation for Team #2. Never spoke with any coaches or received any emails, explanations, etc. What is going on here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Total newcomer here - what does it mean when the coach invites you to come practice with the team for a “closer look”? This happened to my son last night after his second try out. Son reports that they chose about 10 out of 50 or so kids to do this.

They weeded him out and now will compare against current team members and the other 9. They are using it to see where to place. Maybe 1-2 out of the 9 will go to the top team. Others may be slotted to lower teams.

Should we assume he will likely have a spot on some team with this club? He tried out to play/practice closer to home. We 100% do not care which team he makes - he loves playing and loves travel and we have the cash to foot the bill so we don’t care about competitiveness. We’re just sick of driving 40 minutes to practice.

[Anonymous]

I will add that child has an unusual name and is unlikely to have been confused with another kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Total newcomer here - what does it mean when the coach invites you to come practice with the team for a “closer look”? This happened to my son last night after his second try out. Son reports that they chose about 10 out of 50 or so kids to do this.

They weeded him out and now will compare against current team members and the other 9. They are using it to see where to place. Maybe 1-2 out of the 9 will go to the top team. Others may be slotted to lower teams.

Should we assume he will likely have a spot on some team with this club? He tried out to play/practice closer to home. We 100% do not care which team he makes - he loves playing and loves travel and we have the cash to foot the bill so we don’t care about competitiveness. We’re just sick of driving 40 minutes to practice.

How many teams do they have for his age?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am confused about something that happened. Big club with four teams, child coming from a house league. We received an automated "congratulations" email invitation to accept a spot on Team #3. We declined right away. Then, the next day, we received an automated email invitation for Team #2. Never spoke with any coaches or received any emails, explanations, etc. What is going on here?

That is unusual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am confused about something that happened. Big club with four teams, child coming from a house league. We received an automated "congratulations" email invitation to accept a spot on Team #3. We declined right away. Then, the next day, we received an automated email invitation for Team #2. Never spoke with any coaches or received any emails, explanations, etc. What is going on here?

Your child has a skill or position that the third team coach really needed, and maybe the second team already had players in that position. But rather than lose your business, they will sit your kid at the end of the second team bench.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am confused about something that happened. Big club with four teams, child coming from a house league. We received an automated "congratulations" email invitation to accept a spot on Team #3. We declined right away. Then, the next day, we received an automated email invitation for Team #2. Never spoke with any coaches or received any emails, explanations, etc. What is going on here?

They want your $ and saw you didn’t bite for the third team and somebody else probably declined 2nd team. One year they screwed my kid over and took a couple of bench warmers with loud mouth parents on next up and we declined so they scrambled and offered him a spot too. We declined that too because it said how they do business and kid wasn’t top choice. He went to a better team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Total newcomer here - what does it mean when the coach invites you to come practice with the team for a “closer look”? This happened to my son last night after his second try out. Son reports that they chose about 10 out of 50 or so kids to do this.

They weeded him out and now will compare against current team members and the other 9. They are using it to see where to place. Maybe 1-2 out of the 9 will go to the top team. Others may be slotted to lower teams.

Should we assume he will likely have a spot on some team with this club? He tried out to play/practice closer to home. We 100% do not care which team he makes - he loves playing and loves travel and we have the cash to foot the bill so we don’t care about competitiveness. We’re just sick of driving 40 minutes to practice.

How many teams do they have for his age?

Three

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am confused about something that happened. Big club with four teams, child coming from a house league. We received an automated "congratulations" email invitation to accept a spot on Team #3. We declined right away. Then, the next day, we received an automated email invitation for Team #2. Never spoke with any coaches or received any emails, explanations, etc. What is going on here?

That is unusual.

Not for Alexandria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am confused about something that happened. Big club with four teams, child coming from a house league. We received an automated "congratulations" email invitation to accept a spot on Team #3. We declined right away. Then, the next day, we received an automated email invitation for Team #2. Never spoke with any coaches or received any emails, explanations, etc. What is going on here?

That has never happened to us and we have declined plenty of lower team offers between three kids. That is ODD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am confused about something that happened. Big club with four teams, child coming from a house league. We received an automated "congratulations" email invitation to accept a spot on Team #3. We declined right away. Then, the next day, we received an automated email invitation for Team #2. Never spoke with any coaches or received any emails, explanations, etc. What is going on here?

That is unusual.

Not for Alexandria.

So Alexandria low balls kids to see what the lowest team is they will accept?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am confused about something that happened. Big club with four teams, child coming from a house league. We received an automated "congratulations" email invitation to accept a spot on Team #3. We declined right away. Then, the next day, we received an automated email invitation for Team #2. Never spoke with any coaches or received any emails, explanations, etc. What is going on here?

That is unusual.

Not for Alexandria.

PP-It wasn't Alexandria but it was VA soccer org.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Total newcomer here - what does it mean when the coach invites you to come practice with the team for a “closer look”? This happened to my son last night after his second try out. Son reports that they chose about 10 out of 50 or so kids to do this.

They weeded him out and now will compare against current team members and the other 9. They are using it to see where to place. Maybe 1-2 out of the 9 will go to the top team. Others may be slotted to lower teams.

Should we assume he will likely have a spot on some team with this club? He tried out to play/practice closer to home. We 100% do not care which team he makes - he loves playing and loves travel and we have the cash to foot the bill so we don’t care about competitiveness. We’re just sick of driving 40 minutes to practice.

How many teams do they have for his age?

Three

He will definitely make 1 of the 3 teams.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Total newcomer here - what does it mean when the coach invites you to come practice with the team for a “closer look”? This happened to my son last night after his second try out. Son reports that they chose about 10 out of 50 or so kids to do this.

They weeded him out and now will compare against current team members and the other 9. They are using it to see where to place. Maybe 1-2 out of the 9 will go to the top team. Others may be slotted to lower teams.

Should we assume he will likely have a spot on some team with this club? He tried out to play/practice closer to home. We 100% do not care which team he makes - he loves playing and loves travel and we have the cash to foot the bill so we don’t care about competitiveness. We’re just sick of driving 40 minutes to practice.

How many teams do they have for his age?

Three

He will definitely make 1 of the 3 teams.

Thank you! You guys are so helpful. Not having to drive 40 minutes to practice will be life changing! Just trying to not get ahead of myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am confused about something that happened. Big club with four teams, child coming from a house league. We received an automated "congratulations" email invitation to accept a spot on Team #3. We declined right away. Then, the next day, we received an automated email invitation for Team #2. Never spoke with any coaches or received any emails, explanations, etc. What is going on here?

They want your $ and saw you didn’t bite for the third team and somebody else probably declined 2nd team. One year they screwed my kid over and took a couple of bench warmers with loud mouth parents on next up and we declined so they scrambled and offered him a spot too. We declined that too because it said how they do business and kid wasn’t top choice. He went to a better team.

This happens especially if the numbers are close for forming the final team. We told a club that we didn't think a low team was worth the price they were charging and they upped the offer to the higher team. It was a small club that really needed people to take offers to have enough kids to field two teams.