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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We had a similar experience at Mojo. There were so many girls and my daughter was relatively new to the club and didn’t get a look from the start. We left. Ironically they were still supposedly looking for players and having more clinics afterward but we had accepted another offer from a club that actually watched her play and saw her value. It was a total money grab. No question. [/quote]

That's too bad, its hard to get noticed at a club tryout if you are new to club but great she accepted an offer from another club.

Every year after tryouts we see posts on this forum about how a player didn't get a fair tryout or was on the bottom court or wasn't watched enough by coaches.  While I don't think the PP story that started this discussion checks out because they weren't actually there, I'm sure there are tryouts where it does happen.

[b]Genuine question for DCUM. Would you rather have tryouts open and available to everyone or closed and invite only? The other option in between those is for clubs to tell people they've not to show up to tryouts, but if they haven't seen you they can't do that.[/b][/quote]
Personally, I think open tryouts are better, but I do think there is lots of room for improvement in the process. Clubs should be transparent about what to expect at tryouts, especially with players who they get to know during clinics and camps. If they don't believe a player that has been coming to clinics has a realistic chance of making a team at their club, and the player/parent asks the question they should be ok with delivering that message. Similarly, players and parents also need to be realistic about the level of play/team that they are trying out for. It's fine to tryout for a stretch team, but have a backup plan. And parents need to try and educate themselves on how this process works. It's still shocking to me to hear about players at tryouts who didn't go to a single clinic or have any exposure to the club ahead of time. Sure, sometimes these players will make a team, but for most clubs (especially the more competitive ones) they have a pretty good idea of who they are making offers to before a single player steps into the gym at a tryout.

The funny thing about the tryouts money grab perception, is that it wasn't that long ago that some tryouts were free. Clubs with no tryout fee would get an insane number of girls at tryouts, most of whom were just there to have another option in case their first choice fell through. [/quote]

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