2 days should be totally fine. The process will go on a long time if every kid gets 5-6 days. Clubs want top kids to commit, that makes perfect sense. And other kids on the team I'm sure want the best players they can get as well. Tryouts are a lot of work and stress for everyone. Letting your special snowflake shop around to every club at their leisure is not helpful to anyone. |
Timmy is still Timmy Club A team 3 may be better than Club B team 2 How would you know how they value your kid after a tryout? Say that after six months |
I know a lot of travel coaches. They choose based on what their team needs. If your kid is a great defender, but the team already has three then he's not as valuable. If another club needs a great defender and is short on them he's more valuable to them. Teams don't want kids just because they are good at soccer in general. They want kids at specific positions. I've been told this by all the travel coaches I know. Keep in mind these are 2014 and up teams. |
This rings true with our experience. DC has an offer from somewhere that a teammate also tried out. The teammate did not get an offer, at least not for a higher team. DC and their teammate bring very different things to a team, and the coach told us DC has things they are currently looking for. The problem is that there's a new coach next year for DC's current team and none of us know who might show up to tryouts from outside and what this new coach will look for. Having tryouts so far apart is a real problem. I want this to be DC's decision, but they can't even make up their mind because they don't have all the info. |
If you're preferred club goes last and you have an offer from your second choice, you have given it thought. The only question is whether or not you are willing to eat a deposit. |
ya'll take going off topic to a new art form and twist it around and project your insecurities like no other...OPs original question was about contacting clubs that they're registered for a tryout because they got an offer from their #1 club already. |
Yes sir!
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New here, huh? |
Top players generally get pick of litter and coaches are more patient. It’s multiple bubble players when issues arise |
This is true in life as well. Might as well get used to it. Think of how college and grad school admissions work, or basically anything with selective admissions. Some kids wait weeks/months to hear a decision, while they wait for the top students who take their sweet time deciding between multiple early offers. |
We have players who have accepted an offer for another team. They continue to practice with us and also practicing with their new team once a week.
We have players that will be joining our team next season. The player continues to come to our practices. I personally think players should stay with their current club till the end of the season. But this is what happens when tryouts are held so early and offers are given. |
One team in our club had to forfeit a game last weekend because players were at another club's tryout instead. This in season tryout cycle is problematic. |
I really hate tryouts this early. It makes the whole spring season weird. My DC is staying with the team (as is most of the team), but it still feels really weird. |
Who had tryouts on a weekend? |
Timing of tryouts and offers is suboptimal for teams. We have two seasons in a row that offers came one day before a big tournament. No need to say that there were a few kids very upset with the offers, and tinted the atmosphere at the tournament.
For clubs, I understand it is a first move advantage. Fully agree it messes up the spring season, but players-customers-families unfortunately have little say if they want to play for a specific club. |