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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question about supplemental tryouts that are literally labeled as such… not just an additional tryout happening later than some others…

Are these only to try to fill out lowest team? Can a kid with decent skills get considered for a higher team if they only attend the supplemental tryout? Or should we assume all offers for higher teams have gone out and they would not displace any of those kids for a new kid at this point?

Related question — do coaches give feedback after such tryouts? Wondering the value of attending just to see how coaches think kid would fit into their system. Would not leave current team to join this club’s lower team but potentially interested for future…[/quote].

My kid is only 12, but based on our experience trying out with multiple clubs this season (and hearing how things have played out for friends/teammates), I’d be shocked if there were still offers for higher level teams going out at this point.

My kid asked for feedback directly (from a coach who did not extend an offer, fwiw) and got some constructive feedback. Really recommend that they learn to do this themselves.[/quote]

So if you got an offer now from a first or second team at one of these mega-clubs, you know your kid was not their first choice and might have been their last pick, and might not okay much?[/quote]

I'd like to know this as well. [/quote]

No you wouldn’t be. As a PP says, offers for those teams are often offered prior to the tryouts start. That is, they know how many spots they’re trying to fill through tryouts.

That said, I don’t think it matters if you belatedly get an offer on the 1st or maybe 2nd team on a big club. Those offers are an opportunity to develop.

If you’re being considered for the first team of a big club, know that your kid is probably at that level to compete against them. So find another smaller club that competes in the same division as that first team and see if you can get on that team as well. [/quote]

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