Our rec team sends invites about 2 weeks before the tournament. They practice twice a week so get in 4 or 5 sessions before the tournament. |
I wouldn't take the all star thing too seriously or worry about extra practices. It's just a fun thing at the end of the year that gets tacked on for a few kids that might get a medal (maybe even a sombrero medal Are there coaches that take it too seriously and go nuts? Sure. We generally know who they are and they are the definitive mayor of loserville. Ignore them and try to have fun anyway if your DC is selected. Generally this is a meaningless tournament filled with a handful of kids (usually the coach or coordinators kid and his/her friends) just having snow cones and after a meaningless tournament. |
ultimately all tournaments are meaningless rec or travel. when my dds played rec they were very serious hardcore about the all star tournament and wanted to win and would not have been happy about the award being a silly sombrero. other kids might be there for the snow cones and that's fine too.
op-do FPYC. on their website they list cya as a participating so it seems like even their own rec club isn't wanting to do the valor tournament. bad sign. |
Huh. CYA is listed for the FPYC tournament, but not SYA. I guess SYA doesn't get a choice! |
Ouch! |
Yikes, some of these kids try hard and feel.proud for being selected. This is a rude take. |
so your kid didn't get picked eh |
+1 yes it seems a little quaint once your kid is playing at a much higher level but most of the kids participating on all star league tried out and made the team and want to compete and do well. its rude to act like its no big deal and give them some cheap hat or a snowcone. |
Let’s be honest about these so called “tryouts” for all stars. We had a group coordinator who was also the all star coach. He was always the all star coach because as group coordinator he picks the coach. Shocker! Ultimately, the tryout was a fake sideshow to allow him to set the all star team with his DD and her friends. There were many more talented players in the league that he bypassed. I don’t think the PP is trying to belittle all stars or the players but let’s not kid ourselves what it is. It’s not really like travel tournaments or travel tryouts. Those coaches are legit and their teams are assigned accordingly. |
Loudoun does tryouts midseason. They have four practices. The cost is about the same as the rec season. They sell it as a good deal, 5for about 15 hours of training. To get to 15 they include the tournament matches and the allstar tryouts. |
Well that makes sense as to why they always do well in the all star tournaments. It’s much more haphazard for other leagues. Not sure why they don’t all do it this way. |
That is wild! Your rec league is way more advanced than mine! My kids play for FPYC. The coaches always just asked a few kids to join the team towards the end of the regular season. They had practices only after the regular season ended. It wasnt quite as severe as a poster upthread about it being a popularity contest, kids are chosen on ability, but its a very subjective look and no tryouts. The kids who dont get asked just dont know about it happening. |
Loudoun does play really well in all stars. Some of the other teams could learn from their model. Actually having talented players as opposed to some volunteer coach slapping together some clique of players at the end of the season. That’s how you develop a winning team! You listening CYA? |
Your kids play for FPYC? That means no Valor Taco Tuesday tournament? Too bad! |
Loudoun does well in All Stars because their rec leagues are very big=picking best players
from 20 teams vs smaller locales picking best players from 5 teams... Being more organized is just cherry on sundae |