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[quote=Anonymous]Our kid just completed a tryout and didn't get an offer.  We're not 100% objective, but our kid was better than at least half the kids that got offers on all objective measures, such as speed, skill, and aggressiveness/compete level.  Our kid has improved a lot over the past year by doing privates, clinics, and working with a strength trainer, but people within the community have typecasted who they believe are the top players, and there is little room for improvement.  Does anyone else feel this way?  Are teams decided based on phone calls rather than performance at tryouts?   I don't think we are difficult parents - we've rarely spoken with coaches over the years.  We've never complained about playing time or made demands.  If anything, we keep to ourselves too much.  Our kid is not a troublemaker.  He had one bad year where he had an overuse-type injury in a growth plate that was extremely painful, and he played through it but poorly.  Maybe people only remember that year?  There are other teams, and our kid will get an offer, but this particular tryout felt like a sucker punch because our kid played very well and expected a different result... [/quote]

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