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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD has limited experience with trying out and participating in showcases, but she's interested in doing them. We're aware they're a big thing during recruiting years (not quite there yet) and now they're offering these showcases for younger and younger years (AU futures, Apex, etc). She's a skilled attack on a good team that really emphasizes team play, but as a result she's really focused on making the right play vs. getting the goal and does not like to ball hog. This is 100% what I would want for her as a player, but in these showcase environments where every girl is trying to get their shot on goal and midis tend to get a lot more action, she ends up frustrated and feeling like she didn't have a lot of opportunity.

Does anyone else with a player like this have any advice? Should she just ball-hog more? Stay true to her style of play and hope it works out? We're at the end of middle school years - does team play in these environments get better as they get older?  I'm tempted to just say let skip these events altogether, but as she gets older I think this is something she's going to have to learn to navigate in a number of environments if she wants to keeps playing.[/quote]

If she has fun and you can afford, definitely do it.   From experience, though, from both a training and visbility perspective, going to college camps will be a better return.  Most focus on doing the right thing as opposed to me-ball.

And yes,  no college coach is adding girls to his/her list based on a 8th grade showcase.[/quote]

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