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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 2nd grade DS tried out for a travel select team this week (no longer in DC area), and they rotated a group of about 70 kids (25 make it) from station to station. My kid was paired with a peculiar group - one kid who was a ball hog and never passed, one kid who kept flinging himself on the ground and tantruming and crying, then my DS and one other boy. Tryout was pretty much a washout for my kid. Blah. Feel bad for him.
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2nd grade??

This means nothing, absolutely nothing.

If your kid was better they would have taken the ball.

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LOL, um - that is not how this works. They are looking for positional awareness, not hyperactive hogging.[/quote]

In 7 year olds? No, they really aren’t. They’re looking for your kid to be faster and more
Competitive and beat the other kid to the ball [/quote]

No they aren't. That hasn't been the case for at least 15 years. Have you read the new standards and guidelines?[/quote]

If you honestly think the dads running the “pre travel” teams for U7 or U8 are picking the kids who stay back on defense and wait, or who stand away from the action and wave their arm and say “pass!!!”, over the kid who takes the ball down the field alone and scores, I have a bridge to sell you.

They’re babies. They’re picking the athletic ones at this age. What you’re describing comes later. [/quote]

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