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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know if the second tryout is identical to the first?  Just want to prepare DS for what to expect, if possible.  [/quote]

Yes it is. Here are some tips - listen to the coaches by looking at them in the eye when they're talking, get the ball when it goes out of bounds, don't show off with big kicks unless you can control where it goes - they want team players not showoffs, show you can be a good teammate by giving feedback or communicating to "teammates".  Goodluck![/quote]

Thank you!  I told my son to be a good listener and that the coaches probably wanted to see the boys hustling and showing that they really wanted to be there, in addition to soccer skills (which are kind of hard to demonstrate on those little playing areas).  [/quote]

Psst! Those little playing areas are great for demonstrating soccer skills -- either you have the footskills to control the ball and receive/pass it accurately, or you don't. Smaller area = less margin for error, and the coaches want to see what players make of that.[/quote]

Quoted PP here, maybe it was just the group my son was in, but they were basically just moving around the mini-field in a cluster and kicking the ball out of bounds every 5 seconds!  In theory my son would've tried to position somewhere else on the field for better spacing (he was pretty solid in that regard in rec) but I think because it was a tryout he was wanting to get contact with the ball (which, if everyone is doing that results in the maddening cluster of kids).  That's a good point about some ballhandling skills being more visible in that regard, though!  [/quote]

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