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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The cream rises to the top.....the clubs all want to win and will promote a second level player if the player is good.

With that said, the promotion will not be instantaneous as there are constraints on rosters and politics with parents/families that cause delays. At most clubs, you will have to put in your time on the second level team and that might mean a full year; especially if you are new to the club. New players have a disadvantage as they are unknowns and you can only get so much from a 1 hour "tryout" session. Many clubs have a good percent of their rosters determined before tryouts even start. They do this because they have a known group of kids being moved up a year from within the club. This leaves less spots open at tryout time. If you spend a year on the second team, you will be a known player next year that will move based on the level of play you have demonstrated.

If you really want to be on the top team, use the year with the second team to prove yourself and also interact with your coach and ask what skills you need to work on to be considered for the top team.[/quote]

Bethesda is really bad about moving up from within. They would rather pull kids from other DA's directly over than promote from within as that means another registration fee for the club.

When they did promote, the DA coach came down to the blue practice and had them run sprints for 30 minutes. He took the three kids who consistently finished first in the sprints to practice with the DAs. That was it for the internal promotions.[/quote]

I guess YMMV...I have observed 3 kids from the Green team jump to the DA team in one year.[/quote]

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