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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do girls have time to go to all these club clinics if they are playing 6 days a week for their HS team starting next week?[/quote]
Its a balancing act and you have to plan well ahead. Make a list of target clubs, make sure you get to at least 1 session for each of them. If you are interested in a club after getting to a clinic, make sure to reach out to the coach or the club directly via email and let them know you are interested. Any good club coach at the HS age understands that you will have conflicts and that you have to rest at some point.

Most of the upper level clubs run some kind of clinic/open gym on the weekends.  Its very possible if you are practicing 6 days a week (private school?) that your DD will have double practices on some days.

As soon as a club releases their schedule, if a sign up is required do it ASAP.

If you are playing JV, the season usually ends a couple of weeks before tryouts. Make sure to attend as many clinics as you can during the weeks in between season end and tryouts.

If you are playing varsity, the season end depends on the league/conference you are in and how deep you go into it. As soon as your season ends get to as many clinics as you can for your target clubs. If you can't its OK to email the club and let them know you'd really like to come to a clinic but can't because of your successful varsity season.

Keep in mind that school JV & varsity programs level of play can differ a lot. If your school has a lot of club players you can look up their club teams and see the level of play (both in AES and if they are Open, National, etc.).  And if you don't have many club players on your team and you haven't played club before, don't set your club expectations too high.

A great club coach my DD played for gave us some great advice: 
If you want to play for a club and they are your first choice, there's no harm in letting them know. Most of them will work with you to get you in a gym somehow. The worst they can do is say no.  But don't lie and tell everyone you want to play for them - if they give you an offer and you turn it down, you probably won't get a second chance.[/quote]

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