Capital Academy

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Anonymous wrote:In the 2030 class some of the best local players have already gone to hero’s, M&D, or other teams that go through high school. Capital won’t have the best local girls at tryouts this spring.

This is the situation every year, where a handful of the "top" talent are already at teams like the ones mentioned above, with no plans to move. But one would argue that Capital, regardless of the talent they pull from each year, still does an incredible job of developing girls and getting them recruited to great schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not assume that Capital is "locked down" now, and only available to the BLC pipeline. For one, there certainly aren't 44 Capital-caliber players for each grade level in the BLC system.

I could see a good but not great player at BLC, who has been in the Academy and spending money, getting a nod over a non-Academy player of equal athleticism and skill who attends tryouts. That might affect the bottom half of the Blue roster and a portion of the Orange roster.

I would offer that for the top 10-12 Blue players, Capital is going to pick the best talent that shows up at tryouts. That's how they compete with the top clubs, sustain their reputation, recruiting success, etc. No way they are going to accept and outsource a BLC tryout process at the 6th grade level or earlier as dispositive for a Capital high school team. Capital leadership's "confidence" in their ability to identify talent is very high, as uneven as it may be in actuality. I'm guessing they will maintain their lucrative middle school clinic series, which also serves as an opportunity to spot talent, in addition to the Academy.

For filling out the rest of the Orange team, they will also need talent from additional clubs.

Why would anyone take an orange position after feeling like they deserved a spot on blue? That would be some difficult emotions to work through for a year.

Orange is obsolete after roster caps. Don’t do it.

Interesting take. Hadn’t thought of that. Roster cap impacts could be real in college.

This is not the case so far. Most schools were already at or near 38. Transfer portal is bigger issue, but mostly affects Top 15

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1450 is a lot and a money maker for capital!

43,500 to be exact

Looks like 32 players paid their deposit for a capital roster spot

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Anonymous wrote:1450 is a lot and a money maker for capital!

43,500 to be exact

Looks like 32 players paid their deposit for a capital roster spot

If only it was that easy…

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capital has a winter training also, i'm assuming that will basically be limited to the capital academy attendees this time.

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Anonymous wrote:capital has a winter training also, i'm assuming that will basically be limited to the capital academy attendees this time.

Doubt it. They will open it up.

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Anonymous wrote:SW is a big reason the younger teams are struggling and people are leaving.

Preach

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She’s why we jumped ship! In hindsite, my dd wishes she had tried out for BLC bc now she feels like Capital is essentially locked down for the ‘30s and ‘31s

Best thing you can do is tell your DD to suck it up buttercup and not play into the woe is me.
She has 9? months to create a gap between herself and others.
9 months to do 10% (or 25?) more than she'd normally do on reps, focus each day.
9 months to make incremental gains in the weight room that stack up like Jenga blocks.
9 months to watch and then train/try to emulate both the fundamentals and useful experimentation that she can easily witness daily nowadays on her phone.
Buy a calendar, stick it on her bedroom wall, and circle the presumed date and have her number the countdown every day.

If she's a focused athlete, she'll do some or all of the above on suggestion. Not by nagging, either, not your job. Or you can play into and validate the self-victimization. Your call.

I’m the PP, and my dd is definitely not doing any woe is me type stuff. She’s working her tail off but is trying to look at the big picture and figure out what teams to try out for next summer. She’s mad at only herself that she didn’t try out for YJ or any MD teams last summer and doesn’t want to make the same mistake again.

That's great. I was responding to your comment that she wishes she had tried out for BLC because she feels the next 2 classes are locked down for Capital. From them, I suppose? That is incorrect, and it were me I wouldn't feed into it. Capital hasn't been chosen, not anywhere close to the same as bumping onto a MD team. YJ I'm not sure. 10%. Weight room.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:capital has a winter training also, i'm assuming that will basically be limited to the capital academy attendees this time.

Doubt it. They will open it up.

Famous last words

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Anonymous wrote:capital has a winter training also, i'm assuming that will basically be limited to the capital academy attendees this time.

Are they charging another $1500 for this winter training?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:capital has a winter training also, i'm assuming that will basically be limited to the capital academy attendees this time.

Are they charging another $1500 for this winter training?

I think you’re confusing Capital Academy with Capital clinics. The Academy lasts for 9 months though a lot of it at the end is via zoom, it’s $1500 for the year and by invite only. The clinics are for a 2-3 month season and anyone can join for a few hundred $.

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Anonymous wrote:capital has a winter training also, i'm assuming that will basically be limited to the capital academy attendees this time.

Are they charging another $1500 for this winter training?

I think you’re confusing Capital Academy with Capital clinics. The Academy lasts for 9 months though a lot of it at the end is via zoom, it’s $1500 for the year and by invite only. The clinics are for a 2-3 month season and anyone can join for a few hundred $.

i assume that capital academy gets first dibs at the clinics though right? And with only 60-70 slots, is that like 20 left for others not in the academy?

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Anonymous wrote:capital has a winter training also, i'm assuming that will basically be limited to the capital academy attendees this time.

Are they charging another $1500 for this winter training?

I think you’re confusing Capital Academy with Capital clinics. The Academy lasts for 9 months though a lot of it at the end is via zoom, it’s $1500 for the year and by invite only. The clinics are for a 2-3 month season and anyone can join for a few hundred $.

i assume that capital academy gets first dibs at the clinics though right? And with only 60-70 slots, is that like 20 left for others not in the academy?

BLC 30's and 31's will get early access to the winter training. Its usually a day or two before it gets released to the gen pop.

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Anonymous wrote:capital has a winter training also, i'm assuming that will basically be limited to the capital academy attendees this time.

Are they charging another $1500 for this winter training?

I think you’re confusing Capital Academy with Capital clinics. The Academy lasts for 9 months though a lot of it at the end is via zoom, it’s $1500 for the year and by invite only. The clinics are for a 2-3 month season and anyone can join for a few hundred $.

i assume that capital academy gets first dibs at the clinics though right? And with only 60-70 slots, is that like 20 left for others not in the academy?

BLC 30's and 31's will get early access to the winter training. Its usually a day or two before it gets released to the gen pop.

Effectively 44 spots already taken by BLC. 10 more by CAP. 54 spots filled leaving 6-16 open spots for the rest of the DC area teams.

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Nothing is being taken by BLC. You are trying to convince everyone of this and it ain’t so. All these spots will need earned! There is a lot of competition and a lot more players heading to Capital that are not BLC.

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It stinks