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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unfortunately Basketball is not an equal sports opportunity. Some coaches will hold tryouts hoping a 6ft+kid will come or some super talented one. Coaches will pick who they know or a kid that really stands out from the rest.
You don’t go to try outs and expect to get pick[/quote]

It's so true but so unfortunate for most of us.  [b]With HS tryouts coming up, I am not expecting much as we don't have an "in" [/b][/quote]

Do Arlington public high school coaches follow Arlington Travel teams or players, or do they follow any local AAU teams (Nova Cavs or Nova94) to evaluate players year(s) in advance of tryouts? [b]I've read that some Fairfax high school coaches "recruit" their players in advance from across the county but I don't suppose Arlington coaches can recruit with rigid set school boundaries.[/b]

I am aware of private middle and high school coaches who follow top AAU teams in Maryland to recruit future players.

Does playing for an Arlington Travel team even matter for my son aspiring to make a high school team? With the BS described in this post, we are more inclined to put him on an AAU team that practices year round or on a competitive DC or MD rec team, if that exists.[/quote]

I know that Arlington high school coaches do not recruit and simply evaluate the players that show up in the fall. Yorktown is the hardest team to make given the sheer numbers of talented in-bounds athletes competing for limited spots. The previous, now fired, coach purposefully had larger rosters to reduce the painful cuts.

Wakefield has traditionally been the best of the Arlington schools in recent years however. But all three high schools have won the Liberty District championship within the past few years. [/quote]

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