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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a U12 at an FVU feeder and we haven’t received anything about tryouts. I know some players have been invited to ID sessions and scrimmages. I would think a link on their website would be operational if they are saying registration is open. I don’t have high hopes for my child making it because I think they mostly know who they want by now. But they aren’t so far off that it’s not worth trying out and a good experience either way. [/quote]

It's definitely good to go for experience but if you weren't invited to go to their winter ID sessions then your chances of making the team are slim to none. [/quote]

Yeah, DC knows. Realistic about the low odds but hoping maybe some of the most wanted players go elsewhere due to having better options, or maybe get to be a development player or whatever they call it. DC says they want to play at that level but doesn’t always want to put in the work outside of practice. Maybe the tryout will be a good wake up call and motivator. Or they will decide they’re happy where they are which is fine too. [/quote]

If your DC doesn’t “want to put in work outside of practice”, that’s a whole separate issue of its own.  When players make it onto a top team, they should feel obligated to stay on the level of the better players to be able to contribute to the team effort.  
Not trying to accuse your child (since I don’t know who you are), but I’ve seen this many times. Some players, and much worse, their parents, seem content when they make it onto a top team.  The better players are constantly putting in extra work and they continue growing through the season. If those players content with just making the team do not put in extra work, the team doesn’t improve as a system.  Those content players are keeping the rest of the team down. [/quote]

DC works hard at practice and does some outside group training, but I don’t see them living and breathing soccer like some kids apparently do. You know the ones with the parent run IG accounts where the kid is always in the basement working on their own or with private trainers. Mine would rather play neighbor kids after school than work on soccer skills by themselves. And I think that’s ok for a child who is still in elementary school, even if it means they don’t play at the highest level. They have to want it for themselves and I think it’s partly a maturity thing for them to realize they can’t expect a certain result without a lot of hard work. I was an elite athlete myself but I was not “grinding” at age 11, that came later. We are professionalizing youth sports and using language with young kids that used to be for teens and older. But that’s a different topic. [/quote]

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