Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Would love some tips on travel tryouts, particularly on how to stand out in a crowded field of kids.
My daughter just squeaked onto a travel team last year (the numbers trying out were low) and worked hard and improved, but didn't make it the second time around. There were a lot more girls trying out the second year, and the new coach of her team said he didn't get a good feel for her talent during tryouts.
After a good year of rec and developmental (starting both teams most games, and doing well on offense, defense and goal), she's planning to try out again, but would love to be more strategic this time around. A couple of people mentioned to us that she has a tendency to play defense when nobody else is playing defense (she hates it someone scores on her team), and we wonder if that might have hurt her in a tryout setting where most of the girls are trying to show off their offensive moves. I've told her that this time around, she should try to highlight her offensive skills unless she is specifically assigned to play a position.
We're fine with sticking with rec and developmental, but developmental ends after next year, and she wasn't getting better just playing rec. I also signed her up for a weekly academy being offered this spring.
Thoughts?
Get in touch with the coach in advance, ask if she can come practice with the travel team, mention that you don´t think she shows well at big tryouts, and maybe do this for 2 or 3 different travel teams.
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