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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question about overlapping tryout time on the same day. We are thinking about trying out for both club A and B.  The only problem is that the time of club A overlaps with the start of club B.  Do you think it's appropriate to go to club A and leave early to go to club B?[/quote]
A few years ago we did this with my DD and here are a few things we considered. We prioritized the club she was more interested in deciding which tryout to cut short. Depending how things line up, if you have a choice between missing the beginning of one tryout or the end of another, our judgment was that missing the beginning when they are still getting settled in and going through warmups was the better option. Many clubs do more gameplay towards the end of a tryout and that's the part where they will start to pull girls aside to have individual conversations.

This kind of situation is also a good reason to go to fall clinics for the clubs she's interested in. When my DD had this situation, we communicated with them ahead of the tryout that she was going to miss the first half hour or so of a 2 hour tryout. She was already known to that club and they had expressed interest in her during the months leading up to tryouts so we weren't as worried that it would hurt her chances of getting an offer (which she did get).

For better or worse, in many (maybe most?) cases tryouts are not the place where clubs are doing most of the evaluation of prospective players. Between returning players and players they are recruiting during fall clinics, tryouts are often just a formality or a chance to pick up a few players to complete a team. This is less of a thing for younger teams or at less competitive clubs.   [/quote]

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