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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting--Stoddert's U11 teams have 15 kids on each team this year. Is that normal? Does it mean a lot of kids are just going to be sitting on the bench?[/quote]

Good question. I had the impression that U12 rosters were limited to 12, for teams in the NCSL. But that U11 rosters could be larger. The other thing is that maybe Stoddert offers 15 places per U11 team with the expectation that some kids will decline. Like overbooking on airlines.[/quote]

Prelim rosters. Lots of kids try out for more than one team and then choose the one that their friends also make or the one that's closest, etc.[/quote]

The challenge with trying out for more than one team is if your kid is good, they will get a top team offer after the first tryout, and you have 48 hours to decide.  Once you decline, you can't really go back to any more tryouts where you got the offer to see if you really liked that program/coaches/competition.[/quote]

I would think that clubs know that kids are trying out with more than one club. And that the clubs have different deadlines for accepting / declining. So there will be kids who say yes by the deadline but then, after the deadline, learn they've been offered a place whrere the team is a better fit. This must happen all the tiime: a kid first accepts, then within a few days receives a different offer that's better for him. Can the first club really expect that every Yes will remain a Yes?[/quote]

Doesn't work like that.  If you say Yes, and later reneg, you are done at that club.  Done a lot of tryouts and this is why you never go to the 1st tryout.  They will give you an offer and then the clock is ticking.  I have been at no club that said, sure, go shop around and see if you can get a better offer.  So you basically always go as a walk up to the last day and hope for the best.  Or, pick the club you want and just focus on the tryouts there.[/quote]

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