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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a question about ASA tryouts (2009 Boys, if it matters).  For the kids who make it through the "cattle call" tryouts, does ASA assign them a color team before the deadline to accept/decline the ASA travel roster spot?

DS tried out (with ASA) last year, made the first cut into the travel program, and attended the "sorting" tryout (I don't know what it's called, but the session for all the kids who had made it through the cattle call tryouts, and were now being sorted into the color teams).  We were on the fence between doing travel and doing ADP, and ultimately decided on ADP.  We declined the travel offer a couple of days before the deadline for decisions, and before DS had been assigned to a color team.

Now we're back in the same travel vs. ADP quandary again this year.  DS has had a wonderful ADP experience, but is still interested in travel.  If he were to make it through the travel tryouts, it might be helpful to know what team he would be on before deciding whether to accept the roster spot (and forgo ADP).  Perhaps the weakest travel team isn't a big enough upgrade over his (rather good) ADP team  to justify the increased cost and time commitment?

Does anyone know how this process works?  We short-circuited it last year, and didn't get to see how the order of operations works at the tail end of the tryout process.  Any thoughts on the relative merits of lower travel teams versus ADP?[/quote]

Any age after U9 - you will be told the team color with offer.

Only U9s go through the second sorting/placement tryout.

I assume your kid is a U10 this year.

Since you are mentioning ADP I assume this is Arlington—guessing this isn’t ASA (Alexandria also ASA) or Annapolis.

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So Arlington starts U9 travel tryouts weeks before everyone else, holds three sessions, forces a decision to join if given an offer and then holds a fourth session only after accepting to find out what team he/she will be on? That's absolutely preposterous.

What if you accept and end up on the lowest team instead of trying other strong clubs where your kid might make the top two teams (Usually better training than lower teams).

Does this happen at McLean, Alexandria, VYS or BRYC?[/quote]

A couple of years back, we tried out at 3 out of 4 of those mentioned above in the past and received top offers after the first tryout.  I hear Arlington makes you go through the entire process.[/quote]

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