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[quote=Anonymous]What age group?

Most clubs will have two or three tryouts.  I would recommend going to all.  Maybe your DC was just having an off day?

[quote=Anonymous]I feel crazy posting about this, but it’s been bugging me so here goes. Last night DC went to a tryout at a club that would be a step up from their current situation. They had attended a training session with the club and definitely held their own. More importantly they liked it better than current club. The first tryout consisted of some drills followed by scrimmaging on small fields. DC did well enough on the drills I think, but then in the scrimmages DC was standing around a lot asking for the ball to be passed to them. The kids had decided postions among themselves and DC was playing up front. They didn’t run back to help on defense despite being more than capable because they were staying in position. The kids on defense kept losing the ball because they weren’t passing.

I know I really shouldn’t care, but I am baffled as to why DC did not go after the ball more and wondering if this ruins their chances. DC has been to tryouts before and I thought they understood that waiting for passes is not really the right thing to do. Will a coach understand that DC was trying to stay in position to receive the ball, or just think DC is lacking effort? If they did well in the drills, does that balance out their performance in the scrimmage? All the kids were bunching up like it was a little kid game and DC was getting frustrated. They play a more possession based style at their current club. Just kind of bummed for my kid if this chance to get into a better situation is lost because they didn’t play more aggressively. [/quote][/quote]

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