Allowing a group to form a lower level travel team

[Anonymous]

Our club with may levels is allowing a group of kids who go to school together to form their own team apart from all the tryouts etc. They aren't the top team, so are being allowed to create their own squad.

What would you think if this was happening in your club?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our club with may levels is allowing a group of kids who go to school together to form their own team apart from all the tryouts etc. They aren't the top team, so are being allowed to create their own squad.

What would you think if this was happening in your club?

What a lovely idea.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like fun

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our club with may levels is allowing a group of kids who go to school together to form their own team apart from all the tryouts etc. They aren't the top team, so are being allowed to create their own squad.

What would you think if this was happening in your club?

What a lovely idea.

except for all the other kids who don't get to pick their teammates and have to try out and have to earn their place on the team...it sounds totally great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our club with may levels is allowing a group of kids who go to school together to form their own team apart from all the tryouts etc. They aren't the top team, so are being allowed to create their own squad.

What would you think if this was happening in your club?

wish my club did this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our club with may levels is allowing a group of kids who go to school together to form their own team apart from all the tryouts etc. They aren't the top team, so are being allowed to create their own squad.

What would you think if this was happening in your club?

They already do it for rec teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our club with may levels is allowing a group of kids who go to school together to form their own team apart from all the tryouts etc. They aren't the top team, so are being allowed to create their own squad.

What would you think if this was happening in your club?

They already do it for rec teams.

Except this isn't a rec team, it's a travel team. Where everyone else has to earn their spot.

[Anonymous]

But if it's a travel club with multiple levels of teams, they take practically $$$ everyone who tries out anyway. There's no earning your spot for the 6th team in Alexandria or whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But if it's a travel club with multiple levels of teams, they take practically $$$ everyone who tries out anyway. There's no earning your spot for the 6th team in Alexandria or whatever.

Well, multiple kids don't make any travel team at all.

Maybe it does make sense, but if that's the case, why not just open it up to everyone that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But if it's a travel club with multiple levels of teams, they take practically $$$ everyone who tries out anyway. There's no earning your spot for the 6th team in Alexandria or whatever.

This is exactly the purpose of VISTA. So all the club is doing is keeping a group under its umbrella rather than forcing them to look elsewhere. Good for the club for thinking about the kids and making it easy for them to play together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But if it's a travel club with multiple levels of teams, they take practically $$$ everyone who tries out anyway. There's no earning your spot for the 6th team in Alexandria or whatever.

This is exactly the purpose of VISTA. So all the club is doing is keeping a group under its umbrella rather than forcing them to look elsewhere. Good for the club for thinking about the kids and making it easy for them to play together.

Yeah, and don't forget the $$ they'll make!

[Anonymous]

More money for the club and fun for the kids, what's not to like. Especially if the kids are at a pretty similar skill level to each other. Sounds like it is being formed as a whole new team, so no one is "missing out".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But if it's a travel club with multiple levels of teams, they take practically $$$ everyone who tries out anyway. There's no earning your spot for the 6th team in Alexandria or whatever.

This is exactly the purpose of VISTA. So all the club is doing is keeping a group under its umbrella rather than forcing them to look elsewhere. Good for the club for thinking about the kids and making it easy for them to play together.

Where could they go as a travel team though?

[Anonymous]

We have a few teams like this in our club. They fit in between advanced and travel. One team has had the same kids since U-littles and are now around U15 or U16. They only pick up a player if one leaves. Same coach the entire time. They play in lower level travel tournaments. Not sure what league they play in. I don't see the problem with it. They would be like an E or F team if they were in our normal travel hierarchy. They don't have any effect on any of the normal travel teams, so I say let the kids play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a few teams like this in our club. They fit in between advanced and travel. One team has had the same kids since U-littles and are now around U15 or U16. They only pick up a player if one leaves. Same coach the entire time. They play in lower level travel tournaments. Not sure what league they play in. I don't see the problem with it. They would be like an E or F team if they were in our normal travel hierarchy. They don't have any effect on any of the normal travel teams, so I say let the kids play.

This sounds wonderful.