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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've absolutely seen a travel baseball team with several dad and coach friends schedule a tryout , but keep many of their less athletic sons on "their" team.[/quote]

Baseball - same experience. And also there were spots allocated for different rules. I think we didn't "know" enough people/network hard enough/have parent friends to get on the team as we are newer to the area. [/quote]

NP: one of my DSs plays on a strong and well established travel ball team (with paid coaches- no dads). The core of the team has been together for a few years. The coaches have been clear that they only want to add “immediate impact players” at this point ( ace pitchers etc) so if a spot opens that is generally all they are looking for. They’ve had kids try out who would be in the top half or so of the roster skill wise and they still don’t take them unless they fit a specific need/role (for example if a catcher left -they’d be specifically looking for a catcher). . They view this as being loyal to current players. The team is already playing at the top level of competition and the kids/families get along reasonably well so they aren’t really looking to make changes. I think a lot of teams are similar, up through the early high school years at least.

I do think it helps to have connections with other parents as someone else said- they can often alert you to spots opening up on teams (and also clue you in to the kind of kid they are looking for or what positions are open etc). [/quote]

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