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[quote=Anonymous]I will add -- the level of play at a given high school is entirely dependent on the level of club play of the kids who go there.  A high school coach has really no time to work on skill development or fitness.  So, who walks in the door really determines the shape of the team.  If the area has quite a few top level clubs then there is a pretty decent chance that a good many of those kids will end up on the high school team.

This can be a surprise for parents (but not really for their kids).  Here they are thinking their kid is doing okay on their middle school team, and then first day of high school tryouts a bunch of kids show up who were playing fairly high level club ball year round while in middle school,and so did not play for the middle school team.

So -- a high school coach has their tryout, and basically is hoping to see a bunch of club players show up.  They then are going to focus on trying to figure out positions for the varsity team.  It is not an easy task.  And, for girls in particular, they will likely be mixing up 9th graders through 12th graders.  That's easier for girls as 9th graders are often fully grown whereas the senior guys may be way bigger than the 9th grade guys.

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